Misery of Backache Prompts Lydia Pinkham Endorsement
Muskegon Michigan resident Mrs G Schoon Eld credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing six years of back weakness and restoring her strength and ability to work. The ad touts the product as a remedy for women’s ailments and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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California Fig Syrup Ad promotes a child's laxative
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children and stresses checking for the California label on the bottle. It promises easy dosages, a fruity taste, and urges mothers to give it with confidence. The snippet ends with a aside about budget concerns and rent.
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California
Ady
Coal Operators Demand Reservations on Commission Award
Washington January 3 coal operators submitted to President Wilsons coal commission a list of reservations to be passed upon before they agree to accept the commissions award Miners agreed to accept the wage award without reservations John Lewis acting president of the United Mine Workers spoke for the miners and Thomas Brewster for the operators Brewster raised questions on finality enforceability downward adjustment and cost reducing devices Henry Robinson chairman announced the commission would consider the operators questions and make a statement later He urged witnesses to present evidence at the hearing.
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United Mine Workers
Thomas Brewster
Brewster
Henry Robinson
Robinson
U S Absence Casts Doubt on Versailles Peace
London papers regret that the United States did not ratify the Versailles treaty and join the League of Nations. The Telegraph warns reconciliation hinges on America, while the Daily News and Chronicle doubt lasting peace without U S participation and confidence in Britain and Italy leading Europe.
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Daily News
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Italy
Europe
Daniels Plans Navy Reserve Training for Youths
Secretary Daniels will submit plans to Congress for a large naval reserve force formed by summer training courses for high school and college youths at naval training stations. The program would start next summer using Great Lakes Hampton Roads and Pacific coast stations with transportation and subsistence provided and may include short cruises.
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Naval Reserve
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Congress
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Pacific Coast
Wood vows to stay in army amid Republican bid talked down
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood denied plans to resign to seek the Republican presidential nomination. He dismissed rumors as unwarranted and unauthorized. Senator Moses had suggested a resignation, but Wood remained in Washington for a commanders meeting and avoided political talk while meeting supporters.
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Leonard Wood
Prdent
U Authorized
Moses
Wood
Bank Robbery at Medill Missouri Stolen $750
Two men robbed the Farmers Bank at Medill Mo twenty five miles west of Keokuk on January 12. A masked robber forced the cashier into the vault and helped by the other man unlocked the door from inside with a screwdriver. They escaped in an automobile.
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Medill
Keokuk
Newly Invented Rocket May Make Trip to Moon
Washington reports Professor Albert H. Goddard of Clark College describes a new pocket rocket design. The device would lift recording instruments to near space, then return quickly, enabling weather data from beyond the current 19 mile record.
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Washington
Moon
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Clark College
Smithsonian Institution
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Treaty not enough to end wars Foch warns
Paris Jan 13 Final ratification of the Versailles treaty will not end war Marshal Ferdinand Foch warned. He said peace requires prudence and will to prepare for possible conflict, noting war is a science and industry that evolves with progress and that violence cannot be avoided by wishful thinking.
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Iloid Marshal Foch
France
Woch
New quake kills many in Casautlan vicinity Mexico
A tremor near Casautlan Vera Cruz today reportedly kills over 100. Refugees reach Puebla with six villages on Mount Orizaba slopes wiped out. Soldiers aid survivors as relief efforts begin amid ruined homes and scarce supplies.
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Mexico City
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Vera Cruz
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Barranca Nueva
Plans for Peace Army Under Conference Today
Washington officials report that departmental and divisional army commanders met with General March to discuss peace time army plans. The main topic is the relationship between education and military training within the force.
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Washington
General March
Navy Pay Increases Backed By House Committee Unanimously
Washington D C The House naval committee voted unanimously to recommend pay raises for the Navy. Enlisted men would receive 20 to 59 percent increases while officers would gain annual advances from 240 to 840 dollars. All ranks including recruits and admirals would share in the boosts.
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Unfilled US Steel Orders Rise in December
New York reports United States Steel Corporation unfilled tonnage reached 8,265,366 on December 31, up from 7,125,330 from the prior figure. The increase totals 1,137,036 as of year end.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Industrial Peace Idea From Chicago News
Peace in industry will come when capital and labor are satisfied that neither one nor the other is trying to push a measure. The article argues that mutual concessions are needed to end conflict and achieve harmony in the industrial arena.
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The
Chicago News
Austria Forever a Poorhouse Says Hoover in Aid Debate
Washington January 13 Hoover told the House Ways and Means Committee that the peace treaty left Austria a perpetual poorhouse unless reform comes. He urged extending 150 million dollars in loans to Austria Poland and Armenia to stave starvation while insisting Europe bear responsibility for Austria. He warned against repeated credits and suggested a Bavarian Austrian union as a solution. He noted Boleshvists delay Poland recovery and said Austria faces dire options migration death or industrial shift.
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Herbert Hoover
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Ways and Means
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Europe
Bavaria
Kenyon Introduces New Blue Sky Bill
Senator Kenyon of Iowa introduces a national blue sky law to curb fake stock schemes. The draft requires interstate promoters to file public statements with the postmaster, disclose promotion fees and underwriters, and attach the statement to every bond and security sold. He cites widespread schemes targeting farmers widows and workers with worthless stock in the middle west.
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Kenyon
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Towa
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Bayer Aspirin Promoted as Safe Worldwide
An ad claims aspirin from Bayer has been proscribed by physicians for nineteen years and brand names Bayer and Beyer assure genuine tablets. It touts uses for colds headaches toothache earache neuralgia lumbago rheumatism neuritis and palsy with safety marks on the packaging and urges buyers to choose Bayer. Boxes of twelve are cheap and larger packs are sold by druggists.
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Drage
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Suez
New York Times
Phrase Ends in Coffee Confusion at Luncheon
A guest recalls a luncheon mishap when a maid misreads a cup as strong coffee, causing embarrassment as the hostess remarks the drink looks weak. The narrator nearly died of humiliation in a vivid Chicago Tribune reminiscence.
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Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Proven To Reach Disease Source
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh by taking internally and affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. The formula blends tonics and blood purifiers. Sold by druggists for 7 cents. testimonials available. F J Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney, & Co
Props
Toledo, Ohio
Storing Up Vital Energy and Sleep Lessons
An excerpt from Practical Therapeutics by Henry Lindlahr argues sleep stores vital energy like a battery and that only wakeful effort uses it. It claims no food, drink, tonics, or stimulants can replace lost sleep.
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Henry Lindlahr
Inherent Antagonism Over Prohibition Law Debate
Quotation highlights a paradox in legal circles as lawyers struggle to outmaneuver prohibition. The dialogue frames the issue as a clash between legal doctrine and bar interests, questioning the efficacy of the prohibition principle.
Naval tale of fog bound orders to Admiral Sims
A naval peer recalls Admiral Sims in English waters during a foggy night. A ship officer sent a wireless asking whether to proceed or return. Sims, amused by the misread message, replied briefly with a single word No, after the officer corrected to fox bound.
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Admiral Sling
Admiral Sims
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The Stingiest Man in Our Office Exchange Incident
A client waits as the clerk handles monthly bills and is told his is ready. The client remarks he will accept two cents, highlighting a eponymous stinginess. Shortages recur, yet Christmas trees are burned as a note of seasonal irony.
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