Change of Life Woman's Trial and Lydia Pinkham's Remedy
In Illinois Emma Culver testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills relieved her eight month postmenopausal illness. She reports improved energy, able to perform housework, walk miles, and credits the products with stabilizing nervousness and hot flashes. Neighbors also benefited from the medicines.
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Illinois
Lydia Pinkham
Ms. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Culver
7Th St
Forty Five Years Ago Item in Newton Kans a Republican
The item notes a harsh judgment on young men lingering with old folks and their daughter as coal oil costs 15 cents a gallon with rising trend, reflecting a moralizing tone from the Newton Kans-a Republican.
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Newton Kans
Masterpieces for Brides and Her Attendants Fashionable wedding gowns
A detailed guide to wedding dress trends with georgette crepe de chine organdie nets and silver cloth accents. Describes gowns with long trains veils coronets orange blossoms and satin slippers. Highlights color schemes orchid turquoise rose and pale green for bridesmaids and attendants.
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Georgette
Pas
Old Darky Misadventure Reveals Many Wives Tale
A column recounts Moses Diggs an Alabama man jailed for multiple marriages. He explains his six marriages with a blunt, comical tone, noting incompatibility and moving on. The piece also discusses divorce rings as symbols of severed marital ties worn by widows and remarries.
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Moses Diggs
Alabama
Harper’s Magazine
Tough talk from dock side workers at Brest in wartime paper
An American Legion Weekly excerpt describes two Negro dock laborers behind a packing case in Brest boasting about their fathers skills. One claims his father shaved with an ax and filed feet, while the other claims his father was a plumber who shaved with a blowtorch.
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Brest
American Legion Weekly
Irresistible Woman Meets Immovable Man Quote
A wry Life magazine line asks what happens when an irresistible woman meets an immovable man and answers with a sharp aside about inevitability. The remark reflects gendered dating banter rather than a full event or person.
Denver Stamp Collector Claims One Of A Kind 1859 Envelope
August Luttkien of Denver, a leading philatelist, holds an 1859 envelope valued at 12500 dollars. It has no stamps and uses postmasters stamps demanding 5 cents for overseas postage and 5 cents from the recipient on delivery. No street address, as such letters were received by visiting the post office. The practice ended around the Civil War, and Luttkien believes his specimen may be the only surviving example.
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August Lutteken
Denver
Lutteken
Happy Medium Skirt Debate in Harsh Wardrobe
In a Paris salon Miss Cayenne critiques the length of flapper style skirts. She rejects extremes while seeking a balanced hem that avoids both street brushing and overly short fashions.
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Miss Cayenne
Our Political Sandows in Steam Roller Exchange
A clipped transcript notes a heated exchange where two figures are described as adept at rolling over public heads with a steam roller. The dialogue frames power, rhetoric, and public reaction in a sharp, century-old political dynamic.
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Mothers of the
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Iroo
Namoor
New York
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York City
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Cleveland
Buffalo
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Toronto
Hudson River
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Washington
Cosmopolitan Tours Company
505 Traction Bldg
Old Darky
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
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