Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Anna Meteriano of Peru Indiana says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her backache and dragging pains after doctors suggested surgery. She reports waking at four, doing housework, working in a factory, then returning home full of energy. She urges other women with similar ailments to try the remedy.
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Peru
Ind
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anna Meteriano
West 10Th St
Lydia E. Pinkhant
The Murder Question From a Child’s Rhyme
A stage thought reader predicts a murder mystery by audience request and reveals the crime was committed by a relative on the father's side for gain. The exchange ends with the question Who killed Cock Robin? posed to the crowd.
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the Inquirer
Cock Robin
Cuticura Ad Promises Dandruff Cure and Free Samples
An advertisement touts Cuticura for dandruff removal with ointment and a hot shampoo using Cuticura Soap. It urges immediate use and notes a free sample offer addressed to Cuticura, Dept. Boston, with Soap priced 25 cents and Ointment at 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept
Boston
Fragmentary Pencil Puzzle Exchange
Dialogue shows two speakers debating spellings and sounds with playful phonetics about a word. They compare letters and imagine camouflage in pronunciation, creating a light linguistic moment.
Complaints Outweigh Praise Regardless Of Effort
A noted aphorism warns that no matter how well one performs a task more complaints than compliments arise. An advertisement touts Roman Eye Balsam for overnight relief of eye irritation with a one gram dose before sleep. The moth is praised for its refined dress sense in a separate note.
Feeding the Armies in France A Vast War Kitchen
In France the American army consumes about 1.5 million pounds of refrigerated and fresh beef daily, plus large quantities of bacon, mutton, canned goods, bread, and vegetables. Brig. Gen. Hagood explains the enormous logistics network of the S O S, including railways, ports, depots, and the American Special train, as teams of staff units coordinate transportation construction supply and hospitalization to support 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 troops.
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Charles N. Wheeler
Chicago Tribune
France
United States
Soissons
Toul
Marseilles
Bay of Biscay
Mer
War Department
Washington
Johnson Hagond
S.O. S
Star Department
Army
General Staff
Congress
South Carolina
University
West Point
Bell
Wood
Hagood
West Pointer
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
War College
Europe
Chicago
General Pershing
General Harbord
General Purchasing Board
Charles Gates Dawes
Astride Plane Upside Down Rides To Earth
A British airman had the tail shot off at 1,600 feet. The aircraft went inverted and he was thrown from his seat yet clambered onto the fuselage bottom. He balanced and steered the doomed plane to glide down under heavy fire, crossing German lines before a crash landing left him injured but to recover.
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London
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Promises Relief for Back and Bladder
An old advertisement extols GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil as a cure-all for back pain lumbago sciatica rheumatism and kidney bladder and other organ ailments. It claims quick action cleansing kidneys purifying blood and even preventing fatal diseases while urging immediate purchase from druggists.
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Haarlem
Painted Poker Promises and Popular Speaker Line
A farmer confronts his son chasing laborers with a red hot poker in the yard after a wakeful commotion. The boy promises to stop but repeats the act, insisting it is only painted this time. A London Tit-Bits quip notes a speaker’s popularity depends on ball admission fees.
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London
The Kaiser as World’s Greatest Example of Ignorance
The remark characterizes the Kaiser as a man who did not know when he was well off, framing him as an infamous figure in historical commentary. The quote implies a critique of leadership and self awareness. The statement reflects wartime or interwar sentiment about German leadership.
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Kaiser
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Katey
Eatonic
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Geraldine
Phila
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