How This Woman Got Strength
Norwalk Iowa reader Mrs C J Wenner Mark writes how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her recover from long illness with swelling and pain after caring for four children and producing 300 quarts of fruit and 600 glasses of jelly this summer. She recommends the medicine for female troubles and notes it is sold by druggists nationwide.
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Norwalk
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. J. Wennermark
Gale
Luck's Companions in Duty and Character
Quotation attributes luck to a willing handmaid of upright energy and conscientious pursuit of duty, paraphrasing a thought from Lowell. The line links virtue with effort and steadfastness in personal conduct.
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Lowell
Cherokee Myth of Spider Fire Bravery
Indigenous tale recounts a Cherokee spider stealing a flame from a hollow tree on an island. Other animals fail to obtain fire while the clever spider carries ember in a silk bowl to share warmth. The story mirrors Prometheus style origin of fire and honors spider’s daring nature.
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Prometheus
Spider
Meaning Shifts Over Time in Bible Language
A historical note explains how words have changed meaning. Terms like outlandish, naughty, presently, careful, and careworn shift from old to modern usage, altering interpretation of biblical texts and prayers. The piece cites examples from the authorized version and London Tit-Bits on language drift.
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London
Origins of the Y M C A and Early Scottish Roots
The Y M C A began in England in 1844 when Sir George Williams, a London merchant, started a prayer and Bible reading group for coworkers. The jubilee led to his knighthood. Scotland had earlier youth religious groups, and 1824 saw David Naismith start the Glasgow Young Men's Society which evolved into the Glasgow Y M C A, spreading to the UK, France, and America.
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The
Young Men’s Christian Association
England
Sir George Williams
London
Williams
Scotland
David Naismith
Glasgow Young Men’s Society For Religious Improvement
United Kingdom
France
America
Glasgow Young Men's Christian Association
His City of Refuge
A train halts in a southern town and a color line scene unfolds as a traveling man claims a local Jim Brown as his future son in law prompting a cautious denial from a local resident. The Continent notes the moment in a colonial era vignette.
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Pusson
Jim Brown
Dis Town
Continent
Lost Talent Courage and First Effort
A quotation from Rev Sydney Smith urges that lack of courage robs talent and that many obscure individuals miss greatness by hesitating to begin. The speaker emphasizes risking cold and danger by taking the first step to achieve possible fame.
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Hivery Day
Sydney Smith
Will-o'-the-Wisp and its Latin meaning ignis fatuus
The term Will-o'-the-Wisp refers to ignis fatuus meaning foolish fire in Latin. It describes a light that floats above marshy ground or decaying matter and tends to recede when approached, linked to phosphorated or carbureted hydrogen emissions.
No one can ever get away from his past
The author reflects on how travel and experiences shape character. A neighbor, Isaiah Harding, tours the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and returns transformed. The piece argues every emotion, word, and experience leaves a lasting imprint, preventing anyone from fully returning to their former self.
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Isaiah Harding
Philadelphia
Economizing Gasoline As A Metaphor For Life And Work
The author argues steady, moderate effort saves energy and extends endurance. Kinney promises timely progress but delays ruin the plan, while Culver works consistently, proving regular pace yields more with less effort. Youths who exhaust energy learn the cost in later life.
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Spencer
Kinney
Culver
Powder Fire Destroys Major Government War Reserve Plant
Forty-five million pounds of powder stored for the war effort burned at the Old Hickory plant near Nashville Tennessee. Major Oscar Krupp says powder cost 50 cents a pound to manufacture during the war, now worth about one cent. Total loss exceeds 28 million dollars including facilities and inventories.
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Nashville
Tenn
Old Hickory
Here
Oscar Krupp
United States Ordnance Department
Krupp
Department of Agriculture
Nashville Industrial Corporation
War Department
Washington
Five Die In Auto Crash Near Hamilton Ohio
Five people perished when an auto carrying a bride and groom and others was struck by an eastbound railroad passenger train near Mc Conigles Station eight miles from Hamilton at 2 15 PM. Victims include Roy Fawns 20 and his wife formerly Miss Fannin Fanning, Hillsboro Kentucky, Ledia Fawns 15, J F Johnson 85, and Dolores Johnson 11. The couple had just wed at the bride's parents home in Hillsboro and were en route to Newcastle. Engineer Ike Stricker said the hill blocked the track view and the car entered the rails just as the locomotive approached.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Indianapolis and Western
McConigles Station
Roy Fawns
Spring Street
Newcastle
Ind
Fannin Fanning
Hillsboro
Ledia Fawns
Stricker
Cuban Bank Aided as National Bank Reopens Plans
A statement released outlines recommendations to reestablish the National Bank of Cuba. The report to President Alfredo Zayas by the temporary banking liquidation board discusses actions after the bank closed amid 1920 economic slump.
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Havana
National Bank of Cuba
Alfredo Zayas
Temporary Banking Liquidation Board
Powder Plant Fire Destroys Sheds in New Jersey
A blaze at the DuPont Powder Company in Carneys Point Penns Grove N J destroyed two large storage sheds and a drying building. Five hundred thousand pounds of smokeless powder burned but no injuries were reported.
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Penns Grove
N. J
Carneys Point
DuPont Powder Company
Some Wig Chicago Exhibit Features Ermine Fur Wig
A Chicago exhibit shows an ermine fur wig by Madame Louise, a hairdressing authority. She notes ermine is costly and unlikely to gain popularity, though the snow white wig marks a first in fur industry creativity.
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Chicago
Associated Fur Industries
Madame Louise
Ermine
Samuel Vauclain apostle of prosperity in American industry
Samuel M. Vauclain president of Baldwin Locomotive Works tours the country and earns the nickname Apostle of Prosperity among business associates. He influenced railroads and national defense circles, represented Westinghouse and Baldwin in Chile’s state railway electrification, and led the Prosperity Special steam locomotive train mission to boost confidence during a low business mood.
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Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
National Council of Defense
Mr. Vauclain
Chile
Westinghouse Corporation
Baldwin Works
Vauclain
Mrs Kellogg Presents 23 American Women to English Royals
Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg wife of the American ambassador at Buckingham Palace presented 23 American women to King George and Queen Mary at the last two courts of the season. The role highlights duties of the U S representative in Britain and Kellogg’s unofficial advisory work on the Dawes plan. He mingled with high officials at a Pilgrims Club banquet, seated near the prince of Wales and Secretary of State Hughes.
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Frank B. Kellogg
Court of
St. James
Buckingham Palace
United States
Kingdom of
Great Britain
Kellogg
Clara M. Cook
Rochester
Minn
Frank Billings Kellogg
England
London
Pilgrims’ Club
Prince of Wales
Hughes
America
Beam of Death claims stun and wipe out armies
British wireless expert H Grindell Matthews arrives in New York asserting an electrical beam can stop engines at 65 feet, kill small animals, and light a lamp. He says he will sell only to Britain and withholds details, while American scientists call the claims impossible and unproven. He refuses to patent the invention and says two associates would continue if he dies.
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H. Grindell Matthews
New York
Matthews
Great Britain
Brazil's President Bernardes Faces Liberal Reaction Split
The article portrays Artur da Silva Bernardes in a clash with liberal forces and reactionaries in Brazil. He pursued reform to cut expenses, reduced the army budget, imposed an income tax, and fixed food prices. His education spending aimed to curb illiteracy but angered powerful rivals including wealthy coffee planters.
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Artur da Silva Bernardes
Brazil
Congress
Latin America
Bernardes
Bernardo i
America
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