Nervous Woman Recounts Cure With Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Mary F. Herrick of Indianapolis describes severe nervous distress and a failed pregnancy, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery, strength return, and bearing three more children, and endorses the remedy for ex mothers and general reproductive strengthening.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia Pinkham
Mary F. Herrick
Detroit St
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkholm
The Brute Ends Lily’s Engagement
Ethel visits Lily who is despondent after breaking off her engagement with Jack. Lily says she told him never to contact her again and he has not replied, leaving her certain he will not reconcile.
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Ethel
Lily
Jack
Director Chides Ingenue Over Love Plot In Washington Star
The Washington Star reports a movie director telling an ingénue to stop looking foolish and to avoid falling in love again, reflecting on onscreen romance versus real emotion.
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Miss Blank
Washington Star
Taffeta Frocks for Spring Inspire Regal Streetwear
Spring fashion favors taffeta gowns and costume suits with slim silhouettes and pleated skirts. Designers draw on Victorian touches, lace collars, embroidery, and soutache braiding, creating refined yet ornate dresses and wraps for women and girls.
Tanlac praised by Buffalo engineer as world beating
Richard H. Lawson, a Buffalo engineer, testifies Tanlac meets and exceeds claims. He attributes relief from stomach trouble to Tanlac, noting improved digestion, appetite, sleep, and energy, and declares Tanlac is 100 percent good. Also mentions widespread sales and that Cuticura products advertise.
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Tanlac
Buffalo Citizen
Richard H. Lawson
Elmwood Ave
Buffalo
N. Y
Taniac
How Phone System Began and Its Growth Over Time
The first switchboard with eight subscriber lines marked the start of telephone service. Boston used a crude demonstration board in 1877, while New Haven installed the first practical eight line system in 1878. From a single switchboard the network expanded to city central offices, thousands of lines, and eventually hundreds of thousands, with plans for even larger capacities.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Poetic Theory in Forrest Reid’s Ponder Among the Residents
In a Chicago Journal review, the narrator contrasts poetry as primitive enchantment with learned technique. The critic argues rhyme and meter are mere walls unless the verse becomes a haunted, living art. The commentary frames poetry as a haunting experience beyond formal craft.
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Forrest Reid
Trefusis
Chicago Journal
A Considerate Mendicant in Pearson’s Weekly
A Pearson’s Weekly piece contrasts a generous passerby with a bold beggar. A large, able bodied man is urged to be ashamed to ask for money while the speaker rebukes theft yet claims kindness. The dialogue sketches social behavior and moral judgment in a vignette.
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Alf
Pearson’s Weekly
Central Europe Children Show Higher Tooth Decay Than Zulu Peers
Report indicates White children aged five to twenty in central Europe have over ten times more decayed teeth than Zulu children of the same ages. Data suggests stark disparities in dental health linked to regional factors and living conditions.
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Central
Europe
Business Men Like Others in Society
A column discusses businessmen not as a distinct race but as a diverse group with both flaws and strengths. It argues many business people are poor or unreliable, while others are capable and industrious, and notes that in the United States upward mobility allows the well to rise from the ranks. The piece also contrasts Russian aristocracy with American merit. Life is transfigured in the soft and tender light of love.
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Othine
Western
Canada
Canada Colonization Association
Tent
United States
St. Paul
Russia
E. W. Howe
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California
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Lia
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Orange District
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East Rich Street
Columbus, Ohio
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