Vindication for Dr Pierce in libel suit against Ladies' Home Journal
A jury found in favor of Dr. Pierce against The Ladies Home Journal and Curtis Publishing Co over a May 1941 article claiming Alcohol and harmful ingredients in Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription. The defense argued the product was a vegetable preparation with no such constituents and cited medical authorities supporting its claimed uses. The defendants later issued a retraction stating analyses showed no alcohol opium or digitalis in the medicine.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Curtis Publishing Co
Medina
Ft V Pieree
Pierce
Curie Publishing Co
Edeward Bok
Moe
Plerow Lad
India
Rok
Nispencary Medical Association
Vito
United States
Ceres Publishing Company
Nielous
Dyspepsia From Eye Strain, Says Doctor Gould
Philadelphia eye specialist Dr. George M. Gould asserts that about half of eye strain sufferers have some form of dyspepsia with roughly 48 percent attributed to their visual defect.
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George M. Gould
Philadelphia
Cure for eczema advert claims dramatic relief
A reader from Comdon details a six month eczema ordeal, failing three doctors before trying Cuticura. The product allegedly cleared a thick, spreading rash on face and body, restoring clear skin and prompting others to report comparable cures. The note is signed with an address and date.
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Mtr
Graton for Fifty Years Turing interview of NT years
The fragmentary OCR mentions Cullombton church figures Deven Rawland and Samuel Veluy in a general context. It hints at a ceremony or event tied to a long tenure, possibly fifty years, with references to a general held row and local tones. Unable to determine full details from the damaged text.
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Graton
Turing
Hurch
Deven Rawland
Samuel Veluy
Eaice Cineral
Unclear Weather and Timber Market Report Fragments
Fragmentary OCR text references reward sums, timber weights, wind, water, and place names like Spring and Windlove. Lacks coherent events, dates, or identifiable people. The snippet appears to be garbled notes rather than a complete news item or notice.
Significance of Money Signs in Currency History
A Washington Star discussion traces currency symbols origins from Latin roots. It explains the pound sign I from libra and M for solidus denarius, the long U.S. dollar S with a line, and the dollar symbol likely evolving from the Spanish real combined with the S. The piece notes historical coinage and how symbols reflected monetary systems before American currency.
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Washington Star
Speedy Recovery Visit With Naval Figures
A New York Tribune summary recalls a visit of the American fleet to European waters led by Admiral Erben, with Capt Alfred T. Mahan. An invitation misunderstanding emerged, prompting official replies where Erben clarifies that Capt Mahan is indisposed and later accepts invitations for both, noting Mahan is removed from sick list.
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Ehelish Waters
Erden
Alfred T. Mahan
Mallay
Mahon
Erben
U. S Navy
Mahan
Duke of
Bisok
Alek Mer
Malan
Duke of Blank
Capt
Marian
New York Tribune
Educating Children and Shifting Educational Focus
A fragment discusses changes in education from rote copying of old models to stimulating emotions and cultivating interest and suggestion. It notes neglect of many useful practices in common schools and predicts future creative development in instructional methods.
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Coilier
Fragmentary mush blocks meaningful news
OCR garble from a Malden page yields few readable items. Names, dates, places and events are obscured, leaving scattered fragments. No coherent event or person can be identified for a reliable summary.
Implied Survival Care Figures In Obscure Text
Fragmentary OCR reads like a jumble of names and phrases. Core entities appear random and inconsistent, hindering a coherent event, date, or location. The piece seems historical and fragmented with unclear individuals and actions.
Stomach Troubles Prompts Dyspepsia Cure Testimonial
A testimonial from Miss Minerva O. Todd of Teachers, Massachusetts, endorses Dr Williams Medicine Co Mok Pills as a remedy for weak digestion. She describes relief from belching, pains, and fatigue after three weeks, crediting the pills with restored appetite and freedom from earlier misery. The ad urges readers to request What to Eat and How to Eat for free.
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Minerva O. Todd
Teachers, Mass
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Sehenectady
N.Y
Pay of Chinese Engineers on Manchurian Railways
Chinese engineers on Manchurian railways earn 12 to 45 gold monthly while Japanese engineers seek similar wages on the Asiatic continent. Also advertised are remedies and household products including a liver and blood purifier and a wall preservation product for damp bricks.
The Famous Red Creme Ball Blue Item by Russ Company
The Famous Red Creme Ball Blue large 208 tents supplied by The Russ Company in South region, details read as a product listing for distribution or sale.
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Russ Company
Boy Gives Doctor His Only Nickel For Dog’s Wound
A five year old, Alexander Wilson, walked into a hospital asking a physician to mend his dog Jessie after a street accident. The boy offered his lone nickel as payment, insisting the doctor fix the pet, and the scene drew the nurse’s attention before the coin was rejected.
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Alexander Wilson
Samaretan Hospital
Pr. Raiman
Philadelphia ‘Inquirer
Balman
Jessie
Alexanler
Tim
Alaander
Strange Theft Tales From a Detective’s Confession
A detective recounts bizarre thefts including ashes of Columbus in Chicago, a lighted stove moved on a push cart, and graves and skeletons stolen from a Wisconsin cemetery. He notes rivers diverted for land irrigation as equally audacious thefts, angering property owners.
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Columbus
Chicago
Lescog
Unlucky Fall and His Jarrow Escape
Ezra Simpson slipped from a roof on a Tuesday morning while cleaning a back piazza. His wife Kara yelled for help dropping a pan of dishwater nearly striking him. Kara warned him to watch his step as Ezra suffered a sprained ankle and internal jarring but escaped serious harm.
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Ecra Simpson
Piazza
Kara
Ezra
The Biggest Man of Addison County and Notable Mentions
A mixed set of notes covers Addison County prominence, a testimonial for Dean's Kidney Pills citing typhoid linked kidney issues and recovery, and brief tidbits on Ceylon bamboo and Utah route rates. Names include E C Scott and Foster-Milburn Co. References to Vergennes, Rthan Allen, and a Buffalo, New York seller anchor the items.
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Addison County
E. C. Scott
Vergennes
Rthan Allen
Apella
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Large Sum to Check Crime in London
London allocates about 8 million dollars annually to police court prisons and prosecuting officers to suppress crime. The article notes a spring conference planning and budget emphasis. Citizens are urged to prepare for upcoming discussions and reforms.
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London
Historic suite of furniture linked to Hastings and Tippoo
A historic ivory carved furniture suite once presented by Warren Hastings to Tippoo Sahib, including a card table sofa two small cabinets and four armchairs, sold at the Londesborough sale for 1000 guineas.
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Warren Hastings
Tippoo Sahib
Londesborough
Weather Wryly Quoted by The Old Satirist in Puck
A fragment shows The Cloud Compiler addressing Boreas with a jab about the Oldest Inhabitant not scoffing at the weather for a month, as the winged messenger stands nearby.
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Boreas
Puck
Dreadful Burial Ceremony Described by Traveler
Swiss traveler Paul Brun recounts a Congo expedition journal detailing a chief’s burial ritual of the Bakete. The ceremony features a chambered grave, young girls crushed with clubs, goats and fowls present, and the chief’s gun broken to deter theft. Wives and slaves are buried with the grave as earth covers it.
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Paul Brun
Congo
Alain
Dockyard Puzzle Under War Time Letter B Plan
A wartime puzzle shows Japan building a dockyard in the shape of the letter B in support of King Edward. Naval experts seek the fewest moves to reorder eight ships numbered 1 to 8 across marked squares. One ship moves at a time, each landing on an empty square with no two ships sharing a square.
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Edward
Fragmentary note on an old gold dollar description
A scattered excerpt describes a 21 cent place of world mold or coinage in California during the early era. It mentions a hard square octagon shape and a gold dollar as a small, fishy, harmless coin, with surrounding notes about a Herring Whale and related terms.
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Naboo
Calfornia
Gas leaks and explosions warn Philadelphia home danger
A Philadelphia home case illustrates gas leaks from a hidden pipe causing explosions and fires after lighting a match. A tiny jet, unseen before, leaked from beneath the basement pipe, smelling of gas, then burning wood, with charred joists traced to a lead pipe. Experts advise soap lather tests to reveal hidden leaks to prevent tragedy.
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West Philadelphia
Mater
Piatephia
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Supreme Court of the State
Cutiura
Windlove
Wanhies
Janls
Tom Dee
Vletud
Fae Calvi von Joanne
Cialy
Gene Homan
Boblle
de Lowe
Cates
Mmunele
Garfeld
Teis
Driheist
Spunking
Wrain
Postum Coy Battle Crook
Barton Post
Don Pan Rule
Scott
Ceylon
Salt Lake
Utah
Furnitu
New York
DODDS
Castoria
Bears
Ballard
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