Girlhood to Motherhood in Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Vinton Iowa woman Mrs Frank Sellers recalls starting Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at fourteen after quitting school and illness. She claims thirteen years of use before each birth and ongoing benefit and urges others to try the product. The piece notes generations of women praising the remedy for over fifty years.
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Vinton
Iowa
Shome
Lydia B. Pinkham
Frank Sellers
7Th Avenue
Lydia
Pinkham
Aviation Term Embodies Flapping Wing Inspired Aircraft
The term ornithopter covers any flying machine shaped after bird or insect wing flapping. The concept centers on machines that mimic natural wing motion for lift and propulsion.
Lottery Mention in Hewitt Marriage Note
A fragment notes Hewitt says marriage is a lottery while Jewett laments wishing someone else had their ticket, hinting at a prize moment not won. The lines imply personal reversals and irony about luck and fate.
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Jewett
Museum of the Roman Empire Opens in Rome
A new Museum of the Roman Empire opens in the old Sant Ambrogio convent in Rome. It houses 29 halls with documents, photographs, maps, models and reproductions detailing republican and imperial Rome, its topography under Caesar and provincial administration across Europe Asia and Africa. The exhibit aims to present a complete view of ancient Roman civilization.
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Rome
Sant’ Ambrogio
Christian Science Monitor
Europe
Asia
Africa
Marriage by Justice Sparks Quirky Fee Debate
A seventy-something spry man and his sweetheart asked Justice of the Peace Ben H. Flay in Dallas to wed. After the ceremony the couple balked at a fee, remarking they had been married four times before and never paid one, and left.
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Tve
Justice of the Peace
Ben H. Flay
Dallas
Texas
Glowing cross towers over Seamen's Church Institute NY
A fifty six foot cross above the Seamen's Church Institute in New York glows nightly with electric light from projectors. The radiant beacon is visible for miles down the harbor toward Sandy Hook.
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Seamen’s Church Institute
New York City
Sandy Hook
Fresh-water shrimp boosts Oregon trout growth
A freshwater shrimp named gammarus thrives in at least one Oregon lake. Officials note it serves as excellent trout food, causing fish to reach two to three times their original size.
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Oregon
Carry Me Back To A Geography Lesson
A brief juvenile scene from Melbourne’s Table Talk notes a boy showing keen interest in geography lessons and expresses a future aim to become a popular songwriter. The exchange reflects light schoolroom humor and aspirations.
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Melbourne
Mr Snail Misses Early Start At Mountain Party
A mountain lizard family invites insects and Mr Snail to a top of the mountain party with games and supper. Sammy Snail oversleeps and arrives late, but still makes it in time for the feast, choosing rest over an early start.
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Mountain Lizards
Mr. Snail
P. S
Sammy Snail
Fle
Sammy
Puzzles and Riddles from a 19th Century Page
A column of light quiz questions with wordplay and puns. It lists riddles about animals tools and daily items with witty answers such as a perch in a chicken house a moon beam gems and a promise versus word. The tone resembles playful humor in an old newspaper puzzle feature.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
J.d.kellogg
Northrop &Lyman Co.,Inc
Buffalo,n.y
Aaa Ed
Hanford
Haarlem
Daisy
Daisy Fly
Marold Somers Brocsiva
MN. U
Cincinnati
J. B. Barnard
Gye
Dr. Peery
Pearl St
Cross Guides Seamen
Tor Ford
Isha TV
Fate
OUR Comic
Pearl
IAL
Finney
Pion
Clark
Weatera Ne
Binghams
Sarah Bingham
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