Health for Girls Aimed to Restore Vitality and Work Ability
The article cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for young women working in mills offices and homes who suffer monthly troubles and general fatigue. Personal testimonials from Carolyne Mingels Hee Angels Eleanor Sheblak Mary Plaza and others praise improved health enabling them to work without missing days. The piece also mentions a free booklet on women's ailments and a note on chamois leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Brooklyn
N.Y
Carolyne Mingels
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eleanor Sheblak
S6th St
Milwaukee, Wis
Halls Catarrh Cure Promoted As Quick Remedy
An ad claims cold symptoms arise from nasal catarrh and promotes Halls Catarrh Sifdicine a local ointment and systemic tonic. It says the formula strengthens the blood and mucous surfaces, reducing susceptibility to colds. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Sharkskin Leather Approved Advances in Production
Sharkskin leather manufacture is under development with strong demand. At a key plant 200 sharkskins are processed each day and the demand for the finished product exceeds supply.
Pills Claim To Tone Liver And Aid Digestion
An advertisement touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a gentle tonic for the liver and digestive system, claiming improved assimilation of food and tone without harsh effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Inflate Alway Accepts Compliment Phrase
A fragment notes that the only inflated thing always accepted at face value is a compliment. The line presents a paradox about praise being taken as genuine without verification.
The wages of sin is death but there is always a man
A terse proverb notes that sin brings death yet asserts there is always someone ready to take on the task. The line reflects a blunt, moralizing view common in period writing.
War Raises Textile Prices and Care Tips in Ad
The wartime prices of cotton and linen have doubled, prompting consumers to extend fabric life by washing with Red Cross Ball Blue. The note appears as a grocers advertisement urging practical laundry tips amid shortages.
Strictly Business from Stray Stories
A stern employer confronts Henry about returning late and kissing the typist. Henry admits and reminds the boss that he did all the work while away, reflecting a sharp exchange from Stray Stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
The Dollar Down Method Short Mottoes
A compact note presents two taglines about personal image and social judgment. The first line crowns clothes as a reflection of the wearer while the second warns that a collector may reveal more than expected.
Washing ton Conference Called a Patent Failure Bywater Says
Naval expert Rector Bywater singles out the Washington armament conference as a patent failure. He argues Japan will gain naval superiority by expanding cruisers and submarines while fortifying Bonin islands. Senator Robinson cited the article in the Congressional Record as of record in Senate debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
Rector Bywater
Washington
Robinson
Senate
Congressional Record
Bywater
Japan
Water transportation expansion eyed to ease freight woes
The article notes that high freight rates and railroad limits on capital push the shift to water transport and trucks. It cites Julius Barnes urging a transportation conference and reports coal and shipping interests pressing Washington to curb rate discrimination against Great Lakes traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence Servey
Lakes
Gulf Waterway
Great Lakes System
Washington
Julius Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Transportation and Shipping
Federal
Con Commission
H. I. Smith
Northwestern Coal Dock Operators’ Association
Fred. G. Hartwell
Chicago
Birth Control Bill Progress Stirred by Legislation Push
The Cummins-Nissel birth control bill faces a flood of proponent letters in senate and house committees as supporters push to repeal parts of the 1878 Comstock Act. Opposing contact is minimal. only one adverse letter each to Cummins and Kissel. The measure, backed by a Washington advocacy office and the Birth Control Herald, aims to allow circulation of scientific contraception information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary
Senate
House
Voluntary Parenthood League
Cummins
Kissel
Senator Cummins
John Sumner
Anthony Comstock
New York Society For Suppression of Vice
Comstock
Cummins-Kissel
Congress
Washington
Birth Control Herald
The
League
Rest for Congress Deliberated as Harding Drops Plan
President Harding chose not to call an extra session and let the current term end. The ship subsidy bill likely would fail, and business interests favored the pause to avoid further congressional agitation. A proposed federal railcar pooling plan was deemed infeasible and abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Asso
Transformation of a Husbands Room Visit
Mrs Makeuppe questions her maid about a man seen in the husband’s room. The maid reveals the man was the husband, mistaking Mrs Makeuppe’s beauty cream for shaving lotion this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathilde
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
The advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for any woman to dye or tint worn dresses skirts waists coats stockings sweaters draperies and hangings. It guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running and instructs buyers to tell the druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods.
Joking about Longfellow statue sparks Roosevelt daughter gag
The Washington Star reports a joke shared by two laborers viewing the Longfellow statue. One asks what he did, the other quips that he married Roosevelt's daughter, a line sourced to the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Dr Peery's Dead Shot claims to expel worms and cleanse mucus
An advertisement touts Dr Peery's Dead Shot as removing worms and tapeworms and cleansing the mucus where they breed while toning digestion. It claims one dose is sufficient.
A Friend No Longer. Brown Shows His Car To Friend
A scene shows Brown describing his car as not pretty but impressive in its chill. The friend answers with a flippant question about its direction, up or down, highlighting a strained moment of banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Fisher Folk in Milna Face $850000 Fortune
Fishermen of Milna on the Adriatic island of Brazza receive a $850,000 legacy from a native who left 20 years ago for Chile. The scene is Milna’s poor harbor community as they ponder how to invest the fortune and improve their village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milna
Isle of Brazza
Adriatic Sea
Austrian Dalmatia
Chile
Grudging praise noted as stinginess in critique
A brief opinion asserts grudging praise as the most despicable form of stinginess, framing it as a negative trait in evaluative behavior.
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Lydia E.prsnkham
Hee Angels
14Th St
Brooklyn, N
Webster, Mass
Mary Plaza
West Street
Lydia KK
Anly Welfare Society
Eadi
Mie
Garcia
Oal
ATRA
Ictui
Dean
Doan
FE. W. Morgan
Providence St
Delta
Colo
A. M. Dunbar
Washington Ave
Defiance
Ohio
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffalo, N. Y
Tive
Mr Grocer
Taos Are
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