Remarkable Rec Testimonial for Vegetable Compound
Forest City Iowa woman Mrs Oscar F Borgelin reports severe illness after first child and a year of sickness. After five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved, able to work, milk, care for chickens, and tend baby. She endorses the product and offers to answer letters. Letter serves as testimonial. Sold by all druggists.
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Forest City
Iowa
Oscar F. Borgelin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago Porches and Dream Homes Shape a Farm Family's Path
Selina and Dirk DeJong pursue architecture amid Chicago urban change and farm life. Dirk, studying at Cornell, rails against glass sun parlor flats while Selina champions sleeping porches and practical American homes. Paula Arnold's marriage to a wealthy executive reshapes alliances during WWI.
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Selina
Chicago
Arizona Desert
Dirk
Seling
DeJong
England
Spain
France
Italy
America
Cress
Eastern College
Haymarket
August Hempel
Dirk DeJong
Cornell
Hyde Park
Evanston
Paris
Ithaca
Pervus
Hollis & Sprague, Architects
Beachside
Lincoln Park
Potter Palmer
Public Library
Charcoal Kilns Describe Old Method of Charcoal Making
The article explains charcoal as amorphous carbon from heated wood. It details making fuel by partial combustion in a mound shaped heap covered with earth and a top opening, fired to slowly convert wood into lighter, nearly black charcoal.
Alaska’s Dog Car Powers Arctic Mail Run
The Detroit News notes Alaska uses many transport forms from railroads to dog teams. It describes the dog car as an Alaskan invention. An abandoned Nome rail line serves a mining camp as an arctic mail hitches a dog team to a hand car and climbs the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
The
Detroit News
Nome
Arctic Circle
Unbeatable Smith and Jones in Courtroom Tug of War
Smith sits with witnesses before opening. Jones enters and questions the witnesses. Smith confirms them, and Jones concedes rivals have faced such witnesses before. Pathfinder reports a courtroom clash with a taunting remark about prior witness experience.
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Smith
Jones
Pathfinder
Largest Canadian Lakes Named Great Bear and Great Slave
The largest lake in Canada is Great Bear with 11,821 square miles. The second largest is Great Slave with 10,719 square miles.
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Canada
Engagement Ring Warrant Denied Over Gift Rule
Louis Peterson sought a warrant at a San Francisco police court to arrest a former fiancée who kept an engagement ring. The magistrate ruled the ring is a gift, not a trust, and denied the request. An ad touts Roman Eyeed drops for eye infections, and a quip about borrowing trouble closes the passage.
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Louis Peterson
San Francisco
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Atlanta
Ipa
Il Nwanna
Gorp
Mrpal
United States
Census Bureau
Edna Ferber
Michigan Boulevard
Rock Pool
Roelf Pool
Anti
Hollis
Arnolds
Eugene
Paula
Arnold Garage
London
Grandpa
O'D
Jesse James
Grandfather
Father
Gene Stove
Adam
Cornelius
Adam Bras
Maud Muller
Marie Antoinette
California
Paula Arnold
Theodore A. Storm
Aug Hempel
Teddy
Theodore Storm
Hempel-Arnold
Europe
Hempel
Belgium
Hollis & Sprague’s
Forst
W. H. Forst
Scottdale, PA
Bellans
Shake EL Ocury
Wes
Allen
le Roy
N. Y
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