Two Women Report Benefit From Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
Letters from Mrs. Goldie Shoup of St Joseph Illinois and Mrs. J Storms of Paterson New Jersey praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Both describe improved health after use and report greater strength for daily chores and family life. The notices urge readers toward better health on the Sunlit Road.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Goldie Shoup
St. Joseph
Illinois
J. Storms
Lane Street
Paterson
N. J
Student of the Revolving Door Critiques a Parasite
A humorous tirade compares a man to a parasite who walks through a revolving door without pushing, challenging his father and others to share the burden. The speaker mocks the notion of entitlement and laziness in the subject's behavior.
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Willle
There Are Such It Is easy to be grouchy when things aren’t
A concise Tribune item notes the value of resilience, praising the person who stays hopeful when plans fail and remains steady as circumstances improve.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Poisonous Plants: Daffodils and Rhubarb Warned
A note warns that many flowers and plants can be poisonous or semi poisonous. Daffodils are emetic and rhubarb is risky when only the top inch or two of the stem is ingested, separating poisonous leaf from edible stalk.
Notorious Name Attends Boston Browning Society Meeting
A newly rich woman invited to a Boston Browning society gathering heard verses read from the poet. She reportedly remarked as she left that if those samples were Browning’s best, she could not fault Peaches for leaving him.
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Boston Browning Society
Browning
Peaches
Boston Globe
Bayer Tablets Marketed For Pain Relief In Aisles
An old advertisement notes Bayer tablets sold in handy boxes of twelve for a few cents and available in bottles of 24 or 100. The text implies a consumer packing of pain relief medication with proven directions.
Watch winds itself and runs for years, says Bolton innovator
A Bolton watchmaker claims a wristwatch that never requires winding has been invented. The device uses a small balance weight that winds the spring with wrist movement. It winds in about half an hour of wear and stops after 40 hours of no use but restarts when worn again.
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Bolton
Renouncing Dishonor When Knowledge Comes From Books
A reflective note contrasts moral judgment with reliance on books for knowledge, urging broader learning beyond textual authority and warning against imprisoning insight in written sources. It frames discernment as a call to act beyond printed wisdom.
Tricky Trivia Quiz Answers Across History and Art
A list of questions covering discovery of the Columbia River in its era, presidents who died in office, energy definitions, athletic records, composers who blended Indian chants with spirituals, African rivers and ancient outlets, English poetry lines, political quotes, Davis Cup country, heart weight, galvanometer, Dutch colonial states, presidential assassinations, living composers of note, interior North American inland sea, Edmund Spenser’s poem, and Henry Ford's plant innovations.
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Columbia River
North America
Edmund Spenser
Henry Ford
Resolute Defeats Shamrock in 1920
A terse sports brief notes that Resolute defeated Shamrock in 1920. The fragmentary item appears among a list of historical or factual cues, with no additional context or details provided.
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Apollo Belvedere
S—Resolute
Shamrock
Passionate Love Song Fatal to Capercailzie
A male capercaillie dies of its love song as hunters exploit its deafness during the breeding season. In Europe and Asia the bird’s amplified hearing while singing lets hunters approach closely before the call ends. The capercaillie can hear a twig snap half a mile away, making close shots possible only in song-free moments.
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Ruminants Defined by Chewing the Cud
Ruminants are a group of animals distinguished by chewing the cud. The chief ruminants include camels, deer, giraffes, antelopes, sheep, and goats. Their food is partially chewed, swallowed, then brought back for further mastication.
Bishop Causes Apple Moment at Dinner
A bishop sat beside a lavishly dressed woman at a dinner party. Dessert brought an apple to her plate and, after a playful remark from the bishop, she ate it to learn she resembled Eve. She then asked quietly who gave Eve the apple.
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Bive
Slogans Shape presidential fortunes across American history
A Democratic slogan contest yields a phrase by Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard of Chestertown Maryland as a potential counter to Coolidge prosperity. The piece traces how campaigns from 1840 to 1920 used memorable lines and nicknames to sway voters, ending with a question about the 1928 campaign and its slogan.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ray Walters
Wall Street
Main Street
Democratic Party
Woman's National Democratic Club
Wilbur Hubbard
Chestertown
Coolidge
Jefferson
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Ohio
John Tyler
Virginia
Tyler
Harrison
Indiana
West
Old Hickory
Jackson
White House
Martin van Buren
New York
Blaine
Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Wilson
Roosevelt
J. R
America
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Republican Party
Maryland
Radio's Great Service Sparks Kindness in Needful
A New York woman once unable to attend concerts received a donated radio. An employee installed it, and the first sound was a violin solo with accompaniment. She declared it the first music she had heard in years, grateful for the gift beyond cost. Marconi's rewards lie beyond money.
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New York
Marconi
Distance's Lure 1 A Saying on Great Painting
The phrase warns against approaching a grand artwork too closely and implies that distance reveals its true scale and meaning. It reflects a common caution about intimate scrutiny of art and the value of perspective.
Viewing Women From A Distance A Curious Social Note
A quotation urges viewing women at a distance with four to five feet as a safer, rough reminder of societal norms. The line reflects late 19th or early 20th century attitudes toward gender and propriety in visual judgment.
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E. W. Howe
Two Kinds of Bores A Parabolic Thought
A concise musing contrasts the curious man who seeks knowledge with the know-it-all who insists on teaching others. The piece sharpens on the absurdity of both extremes and invites balanced inquiry.
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King Charles II
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Patrick Henry
Edward Everett Hale
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Texas
Great Britain
Oregon
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Tennessee
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