How Many Women Get Up Singing
Springtime sunlight in Georgia brings a happy day but a weak woman at the table cannot eat or sleep. Mrs Belle Thompson of Rossville Georgia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with helping her sleep, regain strength, and sing in the morning. Irene Rezo of Decatur Illinois also testifies to improved health and ability to work after using the medicines. The ad notes the medicine has been in use for over fifty years.
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Georgia
Belle Thompson
Route 2
Rossville
Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Decatur
Illinois
Lydia BD. Pinkham
Irene Rezo
Greenwood Ave
Decatur, Ill
New Gyroscopic Eye Guides Tanks Without Crew Sight
Army scientists in Baltimore perfect a gyroscopic device for tanks that keeps a safe course through fire fog rain or hail. The eye attaches to the tank’s machinery and shows its position on a scaled land map via a compass controlled rear unit. As the tank moves the exact path is marked with a needle on the map.
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Baltimore
Popular Science Monthly
Come Again Chickens Invade Gardener’s Plot
A humorous dispute unfolds as a gardener confronts a neighbor about chickens wandering into the garden daily. The neighbor denies any breach, claiming the chickens stay. The gardener threatens to keep any eggs found each evening, escalating the exchange.
Has Several Broods There Is No Native Bird
Nature Magazine notes mourning doves excel in domestic breeding with three to four broods possible from May through September. An advertisement promotes Cuti cura Talcum Powder, part of the Cutiura Toilet Trio, as a versatile antiseptic and perfume.
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Nature Magazine
Old Time Quip Sparks Diplomatic Laughs
A brief caption captures a humorous exchange about asking for money, with a lighthearted diplomatic quip suggesting mother, dime, nickel and mutual jest.
Fads and the lure of a profitable craze among journalists
A luncheon group of young advertisers, writers, designers, a wealthy patroness, and others discuss how to conjure a new fad to supplant the cross word puzzle. They weigh athletic fads, dances, music trends, crafts, and social pursuits as potential mass obsessions, noting how fads emerge, spread, and profit.
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Mildred Jakson
Ray Walters
Simon and Schuster
Power From Gasoline Raises Car Efficiency Views
The Bureau of Standards states engines use 20 to 80 percent of gasoline power with an average around half. It suggests carburetor refinements could boost typical car efficiency by up to 80 percent, though even at 10 percent efficiency gains are discussed.
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Bureau of Standards
Locomotive Efficiency Compared With Coal Energy
The remark notes that locomotives convert only about five percent of coal’s chemical energy into useful work, a figure implying the engine’s inefficiency relative to energy content. The context frames a comparison between mechanical output and energy input in early industrial propulsion.
Steel replacing rope for heavy loads in modern industry
The article notes a transition from vegetable fiber rope to steel cable for lifting heavy weights. It emphasizes how a thin steel wire, pencil sized, can bear loads that would have required large traditional ropes, reflecting advances in material strength and industrial practice.
Mammoth Suspension Bridges Rely on Steel Cables
The vast suspension bridges resemble the Brooklyn Bridge and rest mainly on steel cables. Their strength can be calculated to the precise fraction of a pound, explaining their immense load bearing capabilities.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Grace's Marriage to Bargain Clerk Sparks Gossip
In a fragment from a society column, Grace marries a clerk described as a remnant bargain hunter. The dialogue notes Grace’s willingness to take risks and hints at public curiosity about the union. The tone implies sympathy and social scrutiny.
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Grace
Resinol Dog Hospital Proposes Dog District Nurses
Four young women studying care of sick dogs at Totteridge England plan to work as district nurses for dogs after training. They note many dog owners with small pet values will pay up to 25 dollars for in-home treatment, extending care to those unable or unwilling to send pets to hospital.
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Dog Hospital
New Idea
England
Totteridge
Herts
Man Questions Price of Melons at City Store
A colored man browses cantaloupes at a Senate Avenue fruit counter while clerks work other stations. He asks a clerk how much the melons cost in a sing song tone and is met with a sharp reply as the weighing continues.
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Senate Avenue
Indianapolis News
Little Boy Seeks Pants Like Sister in Modern Complaint
A modern complaint follows a boy crying he is not a girl and wishes to wear pants like his sister. The piece highlights gender expectations and clothing as tools for identity.
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