Woman Sufferer Credits Pinkham Remedies For Recovery
Mrs. Harry Ashcroft of Covington Kentucky describes severe back and abdominal pain and weakness from poor health. She tried Vegetable Compound Blood Medicine and Sanative Wash after receiving Lydia E Pinkham’s leaflet and reports regained strength and warmth. She offers to answer letters from other women seeking advice.
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Covington
Mervous
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Ashcroft
Beech Avenue
Kentucky
Swedish Ore Fields Found by Electrical Prospecting
Swedish mining engineers locate rich ore beds in the north using a method based on higher ore conductivity. Copper pyrite near a sandy plain 30 feet down and a copper vein under a frozen lake 80 feet deep are cited as examples. The Lundberg Nathorst method uses wires in shallow trenches and listening through a telephone to detect ore.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Royal Bank of Canada reports 720 million in resources
Following consolidation in Canada, the Royal Bank now holds resources totaling 720 million dollars.
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Canada Bank
Canada
Royal Bank
Peter Gnome and the Whooping Cough Wretches Visit
Peter Gnome protects two children John and Gordon from the Whooping Cough Wretches who intrude on their home. He admonishes the wretches for troubling the boys and orders them to leave, noting his concern for children’s happiness and safety. The scene ends with the wretches packing up to depart.
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Peter Gnome
John
Gordon
Honey
Baby
Peter
Daddy
Care of the nails in good health and grooming
A 1926 wellness note explains nails protect fingers, grow about an inch and a half yearly, and should be trimmed roundly and kept clean. Use a file, avoid knives, trim before washing, soak in hot soapy water, and press back the cuticle. White spots mean bruising. ridges appear after illness or injury.
Ear trouble from swimming warns on summer water safety
An public health advisory notes rising ear infections as swimming baths and beaches grow. It urges rubber or cotton ear protection, plugging the nose, avoiding stagnant water, not staying chilled, and warns middle ear infections can be painful, dangerous, and rare mortal consequences.
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American Medical Association
Maharajah Dies Off His Bed Defying Custom
A Calcutta based tale shows a dying maharajah not dying in his bed. British surgeon clashes with Eastern physicians as a crowd carries the monarch to the courtyard to fulfill a traditional rite. The ruler dies just after being moved, not in his bed.
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Calcutta
India
Maharajah of
Pipal
Bedlam
Indians Protest Grazing Leases on Peigan Reserve
About sixty five Indian chiefs in Ottawa protested grazing leases on the Peigan reserve Alberta. The Toronto Globe notes the petition in the house of commons with signature names such as Rats Alone Hair on Body Meat Face and other colorful monikers.
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Peigan
Alberta
Toronto Globe
Ottawa
Little Girl
Little Cry
Lame Man
Muggins
Tom Escape
Shining Double
Frank
Tom
Four Horns
Mike and
Harold
Sharp Edge
Jim
John Rabbit
Jack Crow
Tom Big Smoke
Big Face
Striped Squirrel
French Red Cross offers administration course for hospital auxiliaries
The Societe de Secours aux Blesses Militaires in Nancy organized an early 1825 course in administering territorial auxiliary hospitals. Cherbourg will soon follow. Regular administrator courses halted by war will resume for women seeking welfare work roles and include study of principal social laws.
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Societe de Secours Aux Blesses Militaires
French Red Cross
Nancy
American Red Cross
Cherbourg
The Bungle Book Suggested for World Crisis Title
A Chicago publisher quips that Churchill’s Gallipoli defense in a new volume falls short. Rudyard Kipling reportedly read the book and observed that Churchill calls it The World Crisis, proposing a sharper title The Bungle Book.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
Gallipoli
Chicago
Rudyard Kipling
Churchill
Most Traveled Cat Leaves London for Norway
Araguaya Tom the mascot cat aboard the Royal Mall Steam Packet Araguaya departs London for Norway. The feline has sailed about 108000 miles, an amount equated to more than four world circumnavigations based on sea faring miles.
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London
Norway
Royal Mall
Separators For Cream Quality And Efficiency
Clemson college dairy specialists praise standard centrifugal separators over gravity skimming. Benefits include higher butterfat yield, better cream quality, adjustable cream thickness, reduced impurities, and natural skim milk.
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Clemson College
Alfalfa vs Bran Shown Equal For Dairy Cows
Wisconsin alfalfa proved equal to three tons of bran per acre in feed value for dairy cows says D Graber of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. Acreage rose from 150000 in 1923 to about 400000 planned for 1925 as farmers embrace alfalfa due to high lime and protein. Tests show substituting alfalfa for bran yields a slight milk increase.
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Wisconsin
D. Graber
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Value of Alfalfa Meal in Dairy Cow Feeding
A Central Experimental farm test with Ayrshire and Holstein cows fed corn silage clover hay and meal compares alfalfa meal and bran. Alfalfa meal proved less valuable than bran, but savings of 10 to 15 percent in price could make it economical.
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Ayrshire
Fence Breaking Habit of Cows Hints at Fence Fixes
The passage notes cows break fences after learning the habit. It suggests two remedies: feed cows fully and tighten fence wires so heads cannot pass. When well fed, cows prefer to lie down and chew their cud.
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a superior remedy for acute and chronic stomach misery. It pledges a full refund if the first bottle fails to help, citing a testimonial about the medicine's effectiveness.
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Dave
Quintessence of Punctuality at Middlesex Hospital
Joseph Taylor head of the stores department at Middlesex Hospital London has been on duty at 5 30 every morning for 37 years without a tardy and has worked from 100 to 112 hours a week throughout that period.
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Joseph Taylor
Middlesex Hospital
London
Seeds Planted After Twenty Five Years Grow Rapidly
A packet of sweet-pea seeds mailed to a man twenty five years ago has been planted this year and is growing rapidly, showing the surprising longevity of the seeds and renewed bloom.
Death day of Bizet marked as Carmen air played
The day of the composer Bizet’s death the opera Carmen was performed for the thirty third time, reflecting enduring public interest in the work.
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Bizet
Carmen
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