How To Avoid Backache And Nervousness
Providence reader Mrs. Adeline B. Lynch reports relief from backache headaches and nervousness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes weight gain improved health and urges other women with similar symptoms to consider the remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company.
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Providence, R. I
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adeline B. Lynch
Plain St
Providence
R.I
Ground Flying Teaches British Airmen to American Pupils
British instructors train American pilots in northern space on ground flying, a high skill and daring aerial tactic. The method emphasizes mastering control to reap hills trees and telegraph poles, revealing the fine line between maneuver and recklessness in fast machines.
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Oace
Rise of Czecho Slovakia Troops in Siberia for Entente
The article praises Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia aiding the Entente against Bolshevik and German forces. It notes their journey from Austria Hungary under oppression, recognition as an independent nation by the Entente, Masaryk as president, and Allied support including troops from the US, Italy, France, and Britain. It argues their fight preserves Siberia from German economic and political domination and frames the cause as repairing a historic wrong to Bohemia and Slavic nations.
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Siberia
Galicia
Cunliffe- Owen
New York Sun
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
America
Vladivostok
Thomas Masaryk
Prague
Entente
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Austria-Hungary
Doctor Masaryk
France
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Sibéria
Tonkin
Indo
China
India
Germany
Belgium
Alsace
Lorraine
Rhine
Bulgaria
Turkey
Philippines
Indo-China
Europe
Hapsburg
Ferdinand of
Austria
St. Wenceslaus
Ferdinand I
House of Hapsburg
Ferdinand II
The
White Mountain
Teutons
Vienna
Pesth
Hohenzollern
Czi
Berlin
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Hungary
Charles
Come-back Health Claim for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for overwork weakness and related ailments. It claims rapid relief for kidney, bladder, stomach and related troubles and urges seeking the genuine Gold Medal product with a money back guarantee and no substitutes.
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Haarlem
Holland
C Ioney
PGOLD
Adv. Ie
Passage on railroad counter fashion and a street encounter
A fragment describes a scene where a small, dapper man walks along a street between stylish passersby and two tarabs who notice them with a grin, drawing the officer's attention to the incident. The wording is incomplete but suggests a brief street interaction and observation.
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Tarabs
Cuticura Beauty Ad Mentions War Free Samples
A brief Cuticura beauty advertisement touts free samples with a wartime tone. Mentions Doctor Jeanne and Pence, Dept X Boston, and mail order options for Soap 25 Onit 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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Cuticura
Jeanne
Pence
Cura
Dept. X
Boston
Mail
Brooklyn surgeon reports cure for gangrene with solution
A Brooklyn surgeon reports an erg based solution cures most cases of gangrene. The claim notes rapid recovery and broad effectiveness, suggesting a breakthrough treatment.
Parsec Defined as Stellar Distance in Astronomy
An explanation notes a parsec is a large unit used in astronomy, about 20 trillion miles. It equals the distance light travels in 3.3 years, and several nearby stars lie within one to five parsecs of Earth.
Gift Brought Punishment In Kobe Shipping Office
A young woman working for a Kobe shipping house received a large New Year gift from her millionaire employer. She took the money home, was thrashed by her mother for stealing, and dragged back to the office to apologize. The tale ends with an unresolved admonition.
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Kobe
Caporal Roots of Captain Title in Medieval Latin
The term caporalis in medieval Latin meant a chief or commander, sharing a root with the word captain. An ad mixture of meaning and spelling with the English corps influenced the later form. This linguistic lineage explains how caporal became caporal and then caporal in French.
Teach Children to Be Kind and Compassionate
A call to nurture kindness in youth, warning that deliberate cruelty harms others and society. The message emphasizes empathy, responsibility, and the duty of adults to model respectful behavior toward all people.
Styles in Africa Bring Fashion Anxiety to Rural Schools
Miss Pearl Mulliken notes in the Centenary Bulletin how African schoolchildren in Rhodesia dress in patched store clothes and improvised outfits. Beads, brass, unbleached cotton, and castoff finery from town women populate daily wear, with even bedsheets used as garments. Names given by mothers include Spoon, Saucepan, Hotel, Pumpkin, and Cigarette.
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Africa
Memorial Hall To Honor Soldier McCarthy In Toledo
Members of the American Flint Glass Workers union gather in Memorial hall Toledo for a service flag unfurling with 866 stars. John J. Quinlivan of the Toledo Central Labor union praises union support for the government as William P. Clarke recounts the heroism and sacrifice of Charles H. McCarthy who died in France and left $10 000 insurance to the United States government.
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Sam
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Memorial Hall
Toledo
John J. Quinlivan
Toledo Central Labor Union
William P. Clarke
Charles H. McCarthy
France
McCarthy
Glass Workers’ Union
Mr. Clarke
United States
Slab-Handling Battery Truck Saves Man Power in Steel Plant
A Cleveland steel plant uses a slab handling storage battery truck to haul heavy slabs 500 feet from storage yard to furnaces. Replacing hand trucks, the truck uses a tilting platform attached to the rear axle by a pivot and moved by a horizontal ram to lift and tilt the load for transfer.
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Cleveland
Popular Science Monthly
Gentile German Complaints Mocked by Letter to Sun
E J Riggs writes to the New York Sun ridiculing German protests over American soldiers using shotguns. He recalls a Leadville card shark of 1879 who swore he would not play in a rigged game after discovering his holdout gone from his boot.
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E. J. Riggs
New York Sun
Sun
Leadville
Dear Lucy and the War Time Baby
A wife, separated by service, bore a bouncing baby boy and asked when leave and the war would end. The husband replied he did not know either date, but if the infant is called up before leave, send him with a parcel to the serviceman. Your loving husband, Big.
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Lucy
London
Giving Rooster Its Due
On the way to the railroad station with Victor and his parents for a vacation 3 TL remarked that.
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Rooster
Victor
Lift Off Corns With Freezone Touch and Lift
A simple at home method uses Freezone applied to a corn to soften it then lifting the corn away with fingers. Follow product directions and consult a clinician if discomfort persists.
Freezone corn remover advertised as painless cure
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless cure for all corn types and calluses. It promises immediate relief without soreness and claims a small bottle costs only a few cents at drug stores. The copy credits a Cincinnati inventor as the discoverer of this sensational product.
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David Roberts
Grand Ave
Waukesha, Wis
Cincinnati
Memory and the $30 Circumstance in Bar Admission
A courtroom exchange recalls a 20 year old event where a defendant’s counsel taunts a witness about attire and a loan. The witness recounts the shirt visible through breeches and a $30 loan from fathers that was never repaid. The line calls the sum a significant circum stance.
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New York Times
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertises Cure
An old advertisement explains Hall's Catarrh Medicine for nasal catarrh and recurring colds. It claims to build up the system, purify the blood, and reduce susceptibility to colds. The notice offers testimonials and a $100 cure promise, with 75 cent price and Toledo, Ohio makers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Its Movement Uncertain. Willie Say Pop Lightning
An unclear passage discusses chance and movement around a figure named Willie and his father. The fragment hints at a dialogue about uncertainty and elements of luck.
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Willie
Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills Advertisement
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills contain only vegetable ingredients. They act as a gentle tonic and purgative through stimulation, not irritation. Adv.
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Wright
The Egg That Can’t Be Beaten Fails to Impress
A playful look at an egg product that promises unrivaled quality but leaves readers unsure if it truly delivers. The piece mixes humor with consumer skepticism about claims and branding.
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