Baby farming profits fuel neglect in Chicago
A Chicago Tribune exposé reveals how “baby farms” operated by a middle aged woman ship infants for five dollars a week. Cramped four room flats and attic rooms house eight to nine babies under filthy, unsanitary conditions with neglect, starvation and rough treatment. The article details specific cases, including a seventeen year old mother, crammed kitchens, stray infants, and inspectors clamping down on overcrowded homes.
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Chicago
Sunday Tribune
Tribune
Board of Health
Bo Bo
Elironnee
Ord
Kitche
Tan
Tribtune
Damsel Arise Miracle Told in Mark Five
A sermon on Mark five recounts Jairus daughter and the woman who touched Jesus garment. It highlights Jesus calm response and the call to believe despite sorrow and unbelief. The narrative underscores personal faith, divine power, and the healing moment when the child rises.
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Jesus
Jairus
Peter
James
John
Nazarene
Lazarus
Mary
Martha
Saving Habit Lesson From Archie's Banquet Tale
Archie Levy quoted a story about saving habits at a Chicago mining engineers banquet. A nephew mishears the word habit and asks what kind, prompting the uncle to distinguish between a beneficial saving habit and a foolish one, noting its ease of acquiring yet difficulty to break.
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Archie Levy
Chicago
Bes
Marvel
Unc
Moody Bible Institute lesson by E O Sellers
International Sunday School Lesson by E O Sellers director of Evening Department Moody Bible Institute Chicago discusses thematic scriptural guidance and moral instruction for study groups worldwide.
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E. O. Sellers
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Cuticura remedy promises soft white hands in one night
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and a one night treatment for red rough chapped bleeding hands. Soak in hot water dry apply ointment wear loose gloves at night to preserve hands and prevent redness. Free samples offered with a $2 Skin Book send postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
His Rank
A short dialogue frames a young Mary being teased about a lover’s rank as a lance corporal. The costumed exchange highlights social grading through military titles within a domestic scene described in a captioned illustrative piece.
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Mary
Kopp's Baby's Friend Cited for Soothing Crying Infant
Mrs L P Plum mer of Rockland Maine says her baby cried day and night until using Kopp's Baby's Friend cured her child. The remedy was used again for teething. Sold by druggists in 10 25 and 50 cents or sent direct by Kopp's Baby's Friend Co York Pa Samples by mail on request.
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Colie
Kopp
L. P. Plummer
Rockland
Baby's Friend Co
York
le Clerc
Fougera Co
Beekman St
New York
Advertising snippets and household tips from early 20th century
A collection of promotional phrases and humorous quips about consumer goods and daily life. It references Paxtine toilet product at 25 cents a box, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething, and general advice on thrift and social behavior. The tone mimics a juvenile or industrial era advertisement page with light moralizing and product placements.
Ivy Poison Relieved Quickly by Resinol Ointment
Mr. Edgar A. Norris of Astonville Maryland writes on May 9, 1912 that summer ivy poison caused severe itching and sleep loss. He praises Resinol Ointment for soothing itching and rapidly healing and notes other Resinol products ease sunburn heat rashes and insect bites.
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Edgar A. Norris
Astonville
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Fred
Maekes
Paxton Toilet Co
Mass
Red Cross
Okieetn
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
Bears
Eich
Resiuol Chem. Co
Ebaltimore
Carter
Carters
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
Brooklyn
P. C
IT. & P. Remedy Co
48Th St
New York City
Book of
Patent Office
Clements & Clements
Atlomeys
Colorado
Washington, D
Magic Wonder
Magic Cure Co
Indianapolla
Stanley-Falck CO
Corcoran
Philadelphia School For Nurses
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Lehr Alfe.Co
Addresis 2
Denver
Col
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