Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Wagoner Woman
Mrs Viola Finical of Wagoner Oklahoma credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with lifting her from two years of illness and two surgeries. The advertisement urges middle aged women to heed symptoms like suffocation hot flashes headaches and dizziness and promotes the product as guiding women safely through the change of life.
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Wagoner
Okla
Lydia E
Lydia E. Pinkham
Viola Finical
Line on them from the road to Birmingham joke
Two English laborers asking an old Irishman Pat the time to Birmingham learn the punchline after he estimates four hours once he sees how fast they walk. The tale preserves roadside humor and Irish wit without graphic detail.
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Birmingham
Pat
Soothes Itching Scalp With Cuticura Ointment
On retiring, gently rub spots of dan druff and itching with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water, using plenty of soap. Cultivate the use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for everyday toilet purposes. Free sample by mail with Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Gave Daddy Away Boots and shoe repair tale in window notice
A shop window proclaims "Boots and shoes repaired neatly while you wait" as a boy brings his father's patent leather shoes. The boy says his father wants them soled and heeled and stretched, revealing a rueful family anecdote about a stingy father cited in a broader memory.
Office Boy Outsmarts Boss With Baseball Insight
A spirited office boy answers the manager that if his business understanding matched his baseball knowledge, he would hold the job. The manager concedes, and the boy suggests making business as engaging as baseball to attract workers and investors.
Vindictive man lacks joy unlike the forgiving optimist
A sharp saying contrasts a vindictive man who wallows in enmity with the cheerful type who can smile and forget. The remark valorizes restraint and lightness over grudges.
Holland Exports $23,863 Bulbs in 1916 Trade
In 1916 Holland exported bulbs valued at $23,863, including 3800 units. The report highlights a strong selling year for Dutch floriculture with significant shipment volume abroad.
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Holland
The Peony and Its Culture by E Van Benthuysen
The peony ranks high for hardiness ease of culture and bloom as a lasting garden feature. Old varieties tolerate neglect yet thrive for a century with good care, especially in large beds with evergreen backgrounds. Plant in stiff loam or rich soil with old manure, deepen roots six inches, and provide winter mulch though protection is optional for extreme cold.
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E. van Benthuysen
Gardening Notes on Propagation and Autumn Care
Practical instructions for propagating rubber plants and caring for flowers in autumn. Details cover rooting with moss, potting carnations, cuttings from geraniums, greenhouse plant care, bulb preparation, sowing mignonette, and rose manure. Includes a humorous aside about a maid and reproof.
Frugal Soup Talk Provokes Skeptical Audience
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a working-class lecture on economical cooking. A lecturer praises bone based soup from Sunday leftovers, prompting a man to quit mid talk. He jokes about bones in half a pound of liver, sparking social humor.
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Bill
London
Youngstown Sees 100 Foot Wild Cherry Tree
A wild cherry tree in Youngstown, Ohio, reaches about 100 feet tall and 8 feet in circumference.
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Youngstown, O
Soja Bean Declared Leading Food Plant in Orient
The United States Department of Agriculture in Bulletin No. 121 calls Soja the most important food plant after rice due to its widespread use in the Orient. It notes Alice Pork and Beans as a combined product of Soja and Navy beans and suggests trying them.
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France
Flanders
United States
United States Agricultural Department
Orient
Alice
Material Purchase Gap Sparks Wife Husband Banter
The wife complains her dress materials lack a body in the purchase while the husband, opening his parcel, reflects there is plenty of spirit in his. The exchange shows a playful marital contrast on parcel contents.
Peps-Aid Claims Cure for Stomach Troubles
PEPS-AID promises to remove stomach trouble with a claimed positive cure where doctors have failed. The ad touts 25 cent, 50 cent, and dollar sizes and urges buyers to ask users. PEPS-AID Company, Goshen, Indiana, USA.
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Peps-Aid
Peps-Aid Company
Goshen, Ind
Adv
New Zealand Sends Food Worth 121 Million to England
Since March 1915 New Zealand has supplied England with food valued at 121,946,200 dollars. The shipments reflect wartime aid and sustained economic support to Britain during the period.
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New Zealand
England
St Paul Evangelistic Group Faces $12,000 Tabernacle Fund
A local evangelistic organization in St Paul is described as dedicated to raising a $12,000 tabernacle fund. The brief notes the initiative and its financial goal without broader context.
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St. Paul
Seized Her Opportunity at Lakeside Wedding
A village tale follows Tom wooing Jennie for nine years on a farm. He muses about the Lakes of Killarney drying up in a thousand years while they plan a honeymoon. Jennie eagerly clutches his arm, then the wedding bells ring the next month in the village.
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Jennie
Killarney
Tom
N. B
Magic Corn Removal Drops Adverts
An old advertisement promotes a corn and callus removing liquid product. It claims a few drops loosen corns and lift them away with fingers, promising no pain in use.
Freezone Promises Pain Free Corn Removal
A Cincinnati man developed a compound named freezone sold by druggists in tiny bottles. A few drops on a corn or callus instantly relieves soreness and shrivels the tissue so the corn or callus lifts away without pain or irritation. It dries instantly and works on hard soft or toe corns and painful calluses. If unavailable, ask a wholesale drug house to order it.
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Cincinnati
Freezone
Adv
Fragmentary Excerpt Hints at National Chorus Progress
A clipped excerpt quotes a director remark about an upcoming national chorus effort. It suggests the group has already reached or surpassed a benchmark set by Columbia and hints at momentum building for a broader airing.
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Columbia
Time to Get Ready Draft Board Message
A Marion county man phoned the draft selection board to ask if his wife’s signature is needed on an exemption affidavit He was told it is required only if his claim rests on the wife being dependent The man asked if someone else could sign The board advised him to get ready to go and prepare for possible conscription
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Draft Selection Board
Marion County
Indianapolis
the Inquirer
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertises Whiter Clothes
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as making clothes whiter and lighting the homes of housewives. Promotes a large package for five cents at all good grocers. Also notes Switzerland's 1915 trade: imports valued at $3,882,680,836 and exports at $322,872,036.
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Switzerland
Canada Holds Vast Telegraph Wire Network
Canada reports 208,551 miles of telegraph wire in service, indicating a substantial nationwide communications network. The figure reflects extensive infrastructure across provinces and regions, supporting long distance messaging and business communications.
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Canada
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