Oklahoma farmer woman finds strength with Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
In a sunny Oklahoma pasture a tired dairy worker Mrs Cora Short describes relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports weight gain from 115 to 135 pounds and improved sleep and mood after seven bottles, urging other hard working women to try the remedy.
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Oklahoma
Lydia FB. Pinckham
Cora Short
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mrs. Short
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pain a Small Matter With Beauty as Goal
Pathfinder Magazine notes women's fortitude in enduring discomfort for appearance. It cites tight slippers six inch heels and sheer stockings as normal. It contrasts modern and ancient practices, claiming Greek women singed hair to keep skin smooth and hairless.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Greece
Traded Shirt for Pearl on Penrhyn Island Trade
Medford R. Kellum, after a two year South seas cruise, offered a Penrhyn Island native a few thousand dollars for a fine pearl. The native refused cash but accepted Kellum’s white undershirt in trade and valued the gem highly.
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Penrhyn Island
Christmas Island
Pacific
Medford R. Kellum
South Seas
Kellum
W Kellum
Fashioning two children alike, a family tradition
Virginia Dibble, fashion expert, notes that many well dressed families dress two children alike. A critic counters that the best-dressed families never had more than one child.
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Virginia Dibble
Woman's Home Companion
Miss Dibble
French engineer claims noninflammable gasoline discovery
Raoul Ferrier, a French marine engineer, is reported by cable to have discovered a substance that will render gasoline noninflammable, according to Compressed Air Magazine.
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Cable
Raoul Ferrier
Immune and Its Golf Wallet Worries
Immune quips the cost of playing golf rising sharply while noting that after the first few thousand spent, concern wanes. The exchange highlights financial realities and public figures' banter about leisure expenses.
Know Nebraska First By Will M Maupin
Nebraska offers two national forest reserves Halsey and Niobrara with pine nursery projects and scenic fishing lakes. The article extols Halsey between Dismal and Middle Loup rivers and Niobrara south of the Niobrara river in Cherry and neighboring counties, urging Nebraskans to explore state attractions including Curtis and North Platte experimental farms.
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Will M. Maupin
Nebraska
Halsey Forest Reserve
Dismal
Middle Loup
Thomas and
Blaine Counlies
Niobrara National Forest Reserve
Niobrara
Snake
Cherry County
Halsey Reservation
Chase County
Bluff County
State Agricultural College
Curtis
State Experimental Farm
North Platte
Nebraska Sand Hills Drive and Storm History Highlight State Pride
The piece extols visiting Nebraska’s Sand Hills including a Bessey Nursery named for a University of Nebraska professor, praising pine propagation for future timber. It recalls river drives, Mormon history near Florence, and Fort Calhoun, urging Nebraskans to embrace state heritage and pride while recalling storms of 1856, 1873, 1888, and the 1913 Omaha cyclone and heroic teachers and students.
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Bessey Nursery
Professor Bessey
University of Nebraska
Sandhills
Sand Hills
Sand Hill
Omaha
Missouri
Florence
Deseret
Illinois
Iowa
Brigham Young
Nebraska
Fort Calhoun
Ella Shattuck
Minnie Freeman
Louise Royce
Nebraska's Sand Hills A Rich Ancient Landscape Revealed
A narration extols Nebraska sand hills as green in summer and snow in winter, hosting cattle and rich springs. It notes historic sites such as fur trading posts and early U S military posts west of the Missouri, plus distant hints of Loess man and long forgotten tribes leaving primitive artifacts.
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Nebraska
Missouri
Mona Lisa
Uncle Sam
Missouri River
Kansas
Desolate Nebraska Sand Hills and a 1918 Omaha Cyclone
The piece recalls Crystal Lakes with wildlife and desert vistas, alongside Nebraska’s Sand Hills and Fort Calhoun cemetery view of the Missouri. It notes Genoa Indian school, Winnebago agency, ash hatcheries, and Lake Miniature. It retells heroic local teachers and the two Westphalen girls, and warns of the 1918 Omaha cyclone that killed 141 people and ruined property.
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Washington
Delaware
Fort Galhoun
Missouri River
Genoa
Winnebago
Thurston County
South Bend
Valentine
Lake Miniature
Scotts
Westphalen
Dodge County
Omaha
Famous Man Hid Fact of His Lowly Origin
The unveiling of a memorial tablet to Henri de Blewitz in his Czech birthplace reveals his lowly roots. A village schoolmaster presents a French letter seeking admission to the Roman Catholic church and a gift to the poor. De Blewitz, born Opper, is said to have Catholic beginnings though his auto biography notes otherwise. His father was a Jewish shopkeeper and synagogue caretaker. The village school records show Opper winning a Czech reading prize in 1884.
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Henri de Blewitz
London Times
Pierre Vat Paussen
Atlanta Constitution
Czechoslovakia
Paris
de Blowitz
Opper
Blovice
Chateau
Clergy Condemn Novelists as Preachers Train Writings
In New York Dr John Roach Straton denounces a book attacking the clergy and wishes novelists could be improved by their own writings. A luncheon quip highlights a businessman noting he preached his wife a sermon on economy and has since given up smoking.
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John Roach Straton
New York
Mineral wealth in Jammu and Kashmir disclosed by survey
Survey reveals vast mineral wealth in Jammu and Kashmir with large deposits of coal aluminum ore copper zinc iron talc china clay and potential fields. Gold aquamarines green tourmaline Kashmiri sapphires pink sapphire varieties plus nickel and cobalt ores identified in the high hills beyond the passes.
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Maharajah of
Jammu
Kashmir
India
European Time Standards Across Continent
European countries largely use standard time based on even hour meridians from Greenwich. Ireland, Holland, Russia, and Greece set their clocks by their capital meridians. Russia uses Pulkova time on railways and Holland uses Amsterdam time.
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Greenwich
Ireland
Holland
Russia
Greece
Amsterdam
Electricity Powers Plows Tested in Italy
Electric plowing with battery powered equipment is being tried in Italy. The plow is anchored on opposite field sides. High equipment costs and field requirements limit success to large, level fields free of stumps. Inventors pursue storage battery devices to ease operation.
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Italy
Misery loves company in a witty exchange
A terse dialogue turns on affection and irony as one says misery loves company and the other replies that it is the world's most notable example of unrequited affection. The exchange emphasizes humor and social perception.
World Upside Down Put To Test
A playful query asks if the world is inverted or if the observer is upright, hinting at perspective and balance. The line riffs on perception and challenge, inviting reflection on what we accept as normal.
Timely Odds
A young woman with a sporting turn bets on a horse with a bookmaker. She learns the payout for various odds and asks how much she would win if the race started at one o clock, highlighting a misunderstanding of betting terms.
Prominent club member hosts playful gift mix up
A business women's section leader from the Woman's Department club attends a bridal shower. On her way with a wrapped waffle iron gift she meets a young former soldier neighbor who teases with a cake insinuation, adding a light note to the social scene in Indianapolis News.
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Business Women’s
Woman’s Department Club
Indianapolis News
Doctor You Understand External Use Only Patient’s Wife Confesses
In a Boston Transcript item a patient’s wife explains she makes him rise to take a prescribed drink, noting the remedy is for external use only. The concise exchange highlights a physician’s instruction and a caregiver’s compliance.
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Boston Transcript
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