Physically Fit at Any Age Warns Against Kidney Strain
An old advertisement urges men to maintain health from youth, warning kidneys bear heavy load and uric acid crystals may cause Bright's Disease. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as immediate relief with refund if unsatisfied, claiming genuine version only in sealed boxes.
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Bright
Haarlem
Hollander
Dean
Albert Akro
Indiana Avenue
Philaphia
Thos. H. Walters
Japanese businessmen form fox farming company in Alaska import plan
A group of prominent Japanese businessmen organize a company with capital of 250000 dollars to raise foxes for fur in Japan. The plan includes importing the first stock from Alaska as part of an ambitious venture.
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Japan
Alaska
Convention Cities to Be Named Soon in National Plans
Washington reports that both national parties will choose convention cities by mid December with Chicago and St Louis favored. They expect Republican and Democratic meetings in early June 1920, and invite cities such as Cleveland Indianapolis Minneapolis Kansas City Denver Los Angeles and Portland to bid. The Army downsizes to 18 000 officers by mid 1920 and 10 000 temporary officers will be discharged.
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Washington
White House
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Denver
Los Angeles
Portland
National Committee
Congress
Army of the
United States
Secretary of War
War Department
Germany
Senate
Council of the League of Nations
Saar Basin
Council of the
League of Nations
France
Peasant class not wanted in American system
The piece argues the United States should avoid a peasant class and instead combine industrial scale production with small farm ownership. It contrasts European continuity with American pioneer spirit and urges ownership without letting land own people. It says Americans can learn from Europe while rejecting a peasant social order.
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Oliver Goldsmith
England
United States
Collier's
America
Europe
Fly Model Planes Into Wind
Expert guidance on model aircraft. Beginners should fly with the wind rather than into it. Reproduction models cannot be long distance flyers like stick models. A reproduction model requires an oversized propeller to generate sufficient thrust for flight.
Sure Cure for Lockjaw
A humorous local quote from Mr. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Ark questions doctors as a fad. He jokes that people panic and seek medical help while children should use common sense and self care, even with a toy remedy like German court plaster. Bearcat, his son, would be punished with a cherry pie if he mishandled a patch and risked lockjaw.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Bearcat
Transmigration of souls tale provokes amused reply
A young man presses an older man for an illustration of transmigration. The elder suggests a likely chain where the soul moves from a person to a canary, then a lion or tiger, then a donkey, ending with the joke that the speaker would claim the essence has not changed.
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Market notes show corn prices for various grades with cash and futures ranges, bundled hay prices per ton, oats and butter prices, eggs, live poultry, and cattle values. Farm price levels for hogs, sows, light shippers, pigs, and calves are listed, reflecting wholesale market activity and commodity terms.
Fiddle-Fit Health Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims headaches and bilious symptoms stem from a torpid liver and foul bowels. It promotes Cascarets to cleanse the stomach, remove undigested food, purge poisonous waste, and “carry out all the constipated waste matter” so readers wake feeling clear and rosy by morning.
The Skylight Return from the Club in an Airship
A quote from Justice Darling invokes a child's fear of a nocturnal intruder to illustrate how yesterday's wonders become tomorrow's routine. He imagines Tommy waking in panic and a mother replying that the sound is merely his father removing shoes to glide through a skylight after a club airship trip.
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Justice Darling
Tommy
Mother
Pearson's Weekly
Aspirin labeled Bayer tablets for headache and pain
Bayer branded aspirin advertised for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The Bayer package promises genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years with a handy tin of twelve tablets costing a few cents.
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Bayer
Russians Hit by Famines Across Century of Hardship
The National Geographic Society notes persistent Russian famine pain with early 1600 famine killing about 500,000 peasants and later crises in 1891 1906 and 1911. Relief funds reached around 125 million but were misapplied. 1906 issued flour rations to under 18 and over 59, while others received less. The 1911 famine spanned a third of Europe, starving about 8 million and driving people to bark bread and acorn meals.
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India
China
National Geographic Society
Europe
Dialogue Sparks Agreement in Conditional Betrothal
A man asks if his best man should marry him. She replies she would marry him only if it made him a better man, revealing a conditional stance on a close alliance and future marriage.
Helen's Matrimonial Tale Spurs Gossip in Town
Local chatter centers on Helen and her marriages as townsfolk note she is said to be married three times. Observers question whether wealth follows the unions while respecting the era's social norms.
Siam's Royal Elephant Hunt Spectacle Draws Crowds in Ayutha
The Siam king decrees a royal elephant hunt as government stock declines. Herds are located at Agabha and driven toward Ayutha where crews corral, select desirable animals, and taming follows over several days. Spectators witness elephants trumpet and struggle as trainers take mastery.
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Siam
Agabha
Detroit News
Beverages and teacups span centuries and cultures
The sixteenth century offered water mead sack and ale while tea arrived in the following century along with the china teacup. The cup’s handle traces to Mediterranean lands. Early cups were heavy earthenware used on jars and lamps. Bagdad is noted for white asses with ears and tails sometimes dyed red.
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China
Bagdad
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Price Boat
AL. Richards Co
Sherman, Tex
James P. Hornaday
Cincinnati
Dean’s
Doan’s Mipney Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Eatonic
Fatonic
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Royal Elephant
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