The High Price of Food and Drug Issues Debate
Discussion in Philadelphia cites food prices driving reductions and drug use as a consequence of enforced drinking cuts. Senator Penrose labels drug users as weak and warns a collection of victims is discouraging, invoking a Chinese proverb about rotten wood.
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Penrose
Philadelphia
Women Sufferers May Need Swamp-Root
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble may misinterpret symptoms as unrelated. Kidney health affects other organs and can cause back pain headaches and fatigue. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, a physician’s prescription, is offered via drug stores with a sample from Dr Elmer Co. at Binghamton NY, with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Dr. Elmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Foch Praises Bible Role for American Soldiers
General Ferdinand Foch writing on July 24 to the New York Bible Society calls the Bible the certainty and best comforter for American soldiers going into battle to sustain their faith and ideals.
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Foch
Marshal Foch
New York ‘Bible Society
New York Bible Act
Batte
Love's Security ens
Beth Longstreet loses her father’s papers and discovers the safe’s hidden stash of bonds and a first edition of The Vicar of Wakefield. Doctor Ned Danforth helps her recover the documents, enabling a future together and securing her mother’s care.
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Dad
Wakefield
Beth
Ned
Mother
Danforth
Doctor Longstreet
Jackson
Sign Language Dominates Chilmark Life on Martha's Vineyard
A 400 population town on Martha's Vineyard uses sign language as its primary mode of communication. Deaf residents run shops, churches, and farms while summer visitors learn the language to shop. A Santa Rosa church is noted for construction from a single redwood tree.
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Chilmark
Marthas Vineyard Island
Massachusetts
Santa Rosa
Carrie Adel Strahorn
Rep Reavis Recalls Front Trip and Chaplain Quarrel
Representative Reavis of Nebraska recounted his trip to the front where he witnessed a quarrel between two chaplains of different denominations. The senior chaplain urged burying the hatchet and claimed all are the Lord's work, while the junior chaplain agreed to work together to the best of their ability.
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Reavis
Nebraska
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy
A recipe describes mixing Rum, a small box of Barbo and a portion of glycerine to create a hair treatment. It claims the compound will streak gray hair, fade it, and leave hair soft and greasy without sticky residue or scalp rub-off, with full directions for making.
Humorous Exchange Over Weight Reflections
A reader recounts an amusing theater car ride where a slim man jokes about being fat too. The incident highlights social awkwardness around body size and embarrassment, as a bystander remarks supportively that he is not the only one dealing with weight.
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Chicago Tribune
Four-Mule Team Driver Warned Off German Front
A boy guiding a four mule team with rations nears German lines and is halted by a doughboy on a listening post who warns him to turn back in a whisper. The boy recalls his reply about turning the four mules while following orders.
Best Medicine for Women Promised in Portsmouth Trial
A fragment from an elderly ad extols a remedy labeled best medicine for women. It cites Mrs Saka Suaw of Portsmouth BR No 1 seeking oral guidance and mentions Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Mass claiming forty years of experience at service.
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Ohio
Saka Suaw
Ortsmouth
Lydia E. Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Eatonic Promises Quick Recovery After Flu And Fever
A sales pitch touts Eatonic as a remedy to restore appetite and digestion after flu or fever. It claims thousands see rapid benefits, citing a Civil War veteran testimonial and offering a risk free guarantee if no positive results are seen.
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Eatonic
Batonic
BANIC
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