Cascarets Promise Quick Cleanse For Liver Bowels
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a 10 cent box that cleanses and regulates the stomach, removes sour fermenting food and foul gases, relieves excess bile in the liver, and moves constipated waste through the system. It claims users sleep through its effects and avoid headaches, biliousness, and indigestion.
A Minister’s Sermon Stirs Unease in Baltimore Parish
A Baltimore minister, about to address his congregation, declares his topic "A Man's Wife" and interrupts with a hymn about seeking mercy, leaving listeners looking daggers as the story unfolds in the Baltimore American.
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Baltimore
Suffered For Four Years Backed By Dodde Kidney Pills
J M Sinclair of Olivehill Tennessee describes four years of backache kidney weakness and bladder inflammation. He says a doctor diagnosed diabetes and heart issues but Dodde Kidney Pills brought relief. Diamond Dinner Pills cured his constipation. Price 50c per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Free household hints and recipes offered.
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J. M. Sinclair
Olivehill Tenn
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Allo
Conservative Estimate About a Tennessee Farmer
Jem Snedeker, a Fast Tennessee farmer, muses on the sunlit side of life while a preacher surveys his farm. He quips that the wheat crop looks fine, noting there is “right a part of it each as it is” in a lighthearted assessment of a modest harvest.
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Jem Snedeker
Tennessee
Jem
Hair or No Hair Ad Promises Scalp Relief
Ad copy promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for the scalp claiming to clear dandruff and soothe itching. Sample offer via mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept. XY Boston and states the products are sold everywhere.
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Dan
Adéreas
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Too Old to Learn and the Uses of Adversity
A brief exchange contrasts a quoted maxim with a skeptical reply about adversity. The dialogue reflects aging, learning, and the difficulty of embracing hardship despite wisdom. The speakers debate whether experience elevates taste for discomfort.
When Your Eyes Need Care Medicine Review
A fragmented text fragment mentions eye care medicines and topical salves. It appears as a garbled product note with references to Murine and remedies but lacks coherent claims or data. The readable portions hint at an eye remedy but no verifiable details or outcomes are present.
Two Sympathy Strikes Reported in Canada Last Year
The report notes only two sympathy strikes occurred in Canada during the previous year. It highlights the limited use of solidarity actions by workers and cites unspecified sectors affected in the brief.
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Canada
Open Season Proposed for Carp and Suckers in Nebraska
Senate bill introduced by C W Beal would allow carp and suckers to be taken any time of year in Nebraska waters. Western residents favor the measure for extra winter income and edible value, noting eastern states have eased winter seining. The bill faces committee hearings as state legislators gather after the session openings.
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State House
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Serbian Front Wavers as War Momentum Shifts
The report notes Serbia endures heavy sacrifices as the war presses on. Soldiers speak of renewed resolve after Austrian defeats and talks of new offensives rising. Wounded troops describe a renewed sense of purpose tied to the push to reclaim territory and aid kin.
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Union
Skopyje
Serbia
Associated Press
Dover Forts Foil Suspected German Raid Overheads
London reports Dover batteries opened fire Monday against a suspected German raid. Early messages said five hostile airships were seen over the town and later reports claimed they were driven off by fort guns. Another Dover line said fire targeted a German submarine.
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London
Dover
Commission Offers for Wilhelmina Cargo Aids Belgium
The relief commission for Belgium bids for the Wilhelmina cargo of foodstuffs aboard the American steamer sailing from New York to Hamburg. The cargo would be diverted to Belgium or Rotterdam as needed, to ease expected shortages of relief supplies.
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Belgium
London
Commission For the Relief of
New York
Hamburg
Germany
Rotterdam
State changes allow afternoon committee work at hotels
The plan to rent committee rooms at local hotels is projected to save the state between 2600 and 3000 dollars. The shift enables members to adopt afternoon committee sessions and greatly aids legislative work.
Reform Proposal Lets Taxpayers Schedule Property Assessments
Tea Solve Assessment Problem Puller of Seward county and other members of the house advocate a bill modeled after the income tax system. Taxpayers would come to the assessor with schedules, seated by a three member local board in each precinct or ward. The board could alter schedules and enforce appearances with penalties for missing filings.
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Puller
Seward County
Senate Defeats Hoagland Bill on Lincoln Firemen Pay
The senate swiftly passed to third reading then defeated Hoagland’s measure fixing Lincoln firemen salaries by a 15 to 18 vote. Hoagland did not expect such a quick end to the bill’s life.
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Senate
Hoagland
Lincoln
House approves minimum wage bill in committee of the whole
The house in committee of the whole unanimously recommended House Roll No 27 to pass. On motion by Mr. Rogers the bill was ordered to its third reading.
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House
Rogers
Roberts Convicted of Murder at Christ Sund Ranch
North Platte Neb Roy Roberts was found guilty of murdering Vernon Connett at the Christ Sund ranch on August 2. The jury returned the verdict Sunday after being out since 10:30 Saturday night sentencing Roberts to the electric chair. He remained calm as the death sentence was read.
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Roberts
North Platte
Neb
Roy Roberts
Vernon Connett
Christ Sund Ranch
California Raisins Worth Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand
California produced 180000000 pounds of raisins in 1914 marking a 51000000 pound rise. State viticultural officials value the crop at 7500000 dollars with growers’ net profit estimated at 1500000 dollars.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
State Viticultural Commissioners
A Day of Fasting Observed Across Italy
All Italy marked a national fast day on Monday with prayers to the Blessed Virgin for intercession against earthquakes. The annual practice, paused last year, is believed by devotees to be a divine reproof for abandoning the custom after the January 13 quake.
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Rome
Italy
Executions Reported of Carranza Allies in Vera Cruz Telegram
A telegram to General Carranza’s widow from Vera Cruz claims Hermon Ablando and Ignacio Peraldi were executed by General Santibanes, a former constitutionalist who joined Za Pat. The report cites General Jesus Carranza as the source.
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Laredo
Tex
Jesus Carranza
Himron Ablando
Ignacio Peraldi
Santibanes
Zapata
Carranza
Vera Crus
Miss Nona McAdoo Sails for Red Cross Work in France
On the Lusitania which sailed Friday passenger Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo plans to engage in Red Cross work in France. She travels with close friend Miss Catherine Britton of Washington and will be chaperoned by Colonel E M House and Mrs House of this city.
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Nona McAdoo
Aluminum in Baking Powder Declared Safe by Experts
Washington D C alum baking powders are no more harmful than other powders. A board of consulting scientific experts from the department of agriculture conducted three extensive human experiments. The unanimous report, signed by Ira Remsen and scholars from Johns Hopkins Yale Northwestern Penn Harvard, concludes aluminum compounds do not negatively affect nutrition or health.
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Washington, D. C
Free Board
Department of Aaricalents
Department of Agriculture
Adopted Idea Sparks Quick Crafting Gift
A young woman named Dorothy frets over a gray wool scarf growing too wide as 50 stitches become 90. Friends tease and share relief that pink and blue knitted pieces will reach Belgian children, turning the project into charity.
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Dorothy
Quite Obvious Tramp L It Is Needless To Ask
A fragment from London Tit-Bits features a dialogue where a woman insists on a request while the other laments limited resources. The line implies desire and scarcity with the servant already occupying the only soap.
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London
The Alternative Finds Paradox in Modern Comfort
A brief dialogue notes a tradeoff between improving appetite through automobiling and facing new financial strain. The exchange hinges on whether comforts born from travel outweigh poverty or hunger.
Nobody Entitled to Halo Without Jail Record
A columnist notes that virtue is not guaranteed by a clean record, arguing that never having been jailed does not grant special moral status or exemption from scrutiny. The remark challenges assumptions about character and redemption.
Sermons Faulted for Focusing on Money Over Souls
Reader notes critique sermons that emphasize purse strings over moral messages. Comment argues true faith changes conduct and generosity should come from conviction, not exhortations to give.
Our National Disease Caused by Coffee
An Arkansas doctor urges stopping coffee to cure dyspepsia and credits Postum with relief. He says from using Postum at meals he gained weight and improved health. A Illinois girl also improved after following his advice and gaining weight. Postum sold by grocers in instant powder form.
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Arkansas
Illinois
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Why Grip Is Dangerous And Peruna Endorsements
An old health note argues grip requires a tonic laxative to counteract poisons from grip bacillus with an expectorant tonic like Peruna as the safest remedy. It includes endorsements from Mrs. Gentry Gates of Fast Lake Alabama and Mr. George E. Law of Brazil Indiana praising Peruna’s grip cure and recommending it.
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Gentry Gates
First Ave
Fast Lake
Ala
George E. Law
N. Franklin St
Brazil
Ind
Bouncer Vine Named For Constantly Throwing Offshoots
A reader asks about the vine called rou or rali and learns it is nicknamed the bouncer vine because it continually throws off suckers. The exchange explains the curious name with a simple description of the plant’s growth habit.
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Rou
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Reclaims Natural Color
An old time hair treatment claims to darken gray hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. The brew is applied with a damp comb or brush and, after one or two applications, gray strands darken to a natural glossy color, plus it claims to curb dandruff and itching.
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Wyeth
Wreth
Made a Poor Choice Heck in what state were you married
The fragment references marriage in a state of mental irresponsibility. It appears as a terse remark possibly from a legal or personal note but lacks clear context, dates, or named parties to form a complete news item. Further readable details are needed to identify persons or proceedings.
Record-Setting Entertainer Faces Another Challenge
A performer keeps trying to surpass his own mark in a string of attempts. The scene hints at a poker themed finale and the absence of a band follows a recurring pattern in the act.
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