Woman Avoids Operation After Vegetable Compound Help
A New York woman suffered two years of illness with chills headaches and back pain. She refused surgery and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improvement after two weeks, avoiding an operation. Letters to Pinkham Laboratory emphasize avoiding unnecessary surgery and seeking advice by mail.
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Astoria
Saehar
Diinkham
Joan A. Rom
Flushing Avenue
N. Y
Eryone
Gardner’s Preparedness Drive Earns Quarter Aid from Tramp
A beggar approached a group of congressmen and singled out Representative Gardner. A veteran remarked the man is charitable, and the tramp spoke with Gardner. They talked, exchanged a coin, and the tramp left jauntily admitting no land was made, only a quarter given to support the national campaign.
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Gardner
The Cure Treats Health With Palm Beach Lure
A patient jokes with a doctor about health and money worries. The physician suggests a long stay in Palm Beach as a cure for anxiety and financial stress.
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Palm Beach
Ballad of a Naval Ball Quip Ends in a Mess
A Baltimore American item reports a Naval officer asking a pretty girl her opinion of his comrades at a naval ball. She replies that his mention has put her in a "nice mess" as she glances at the now-present companions. The piece ends with a wry line about sudden fame through distant relations.
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Baltimore
In This Matter of Health Right Eating Builds Strength
The piece asserts health hinges on diet choosing easily digested foods rich in nutrients. It urges rejecting thick indigestible fare and selecting items that promote sturdy bodies and keen reins.
Grape-Nuts Balanced Food For Body And Brain Health
Grape-Nuts is advertised as a balanced concentrated food made from whole wheat and barley. It claims to provide all grain nutrients including phosphates, supports digestion, is economical, ready to eat, and has aided thousands in a winning class.
Progressive delegates endorse Charles E Hughes for President
The Progressive National Committee voted 32 to 6 to endorse Charles E Hughes with 9 abstentions. The vote list includes Perkins New York Garfield Ohio Rowell California and 31 to 15 against a third ticket. Roosevelt declined and urged Hughes support to defeat Wilson.
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Chicago
Progressive National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
George W. Perkins
New York
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Chester H. Rowell
California
Matthew Hale
Masachusetts
Bainbridge Colby
Henry F. Cochems
Wisconsin
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Oscar King Davis
Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Wilson
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming
Hawaii
Dean W. D. Lewis
Italians Drive Austrians to General Retreat on Front
Vienna admits Austrian withdrawal between the Brenta and Disch rivers to safeguard freedom of action while Italian forces press the advance in Trentino and across the border. Russian efforts in Bukowina advance, but north of Kuty Austrians repulse attacks with heavy casualties.
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Vienna
Brenta
Etsch
London
Trentino
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Disch
Bukowina
Kmopolung
Kuty
Movement to block arms shipment to Mexico proposed in Congress
A resolution by Representative Ricketts of Ohio urged Congress to ban further sale and shipment of firearms, cartridges, dynamite, gunpowder, and other explosives to the Mexican de facto government, declaring such transfers unlawful.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Ricketts
Ohio
Congress
Memorial Exercises in Honor Yuan Shi Kai
Memorial services for Yuan Shi Kai, late Chinese Republic president, held in the Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution. President Wilson, cabinet members, and most of the diplomatic corps attended. Planned by Dr. Wellington Koo as part of worldwide observances.
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Washington
Yuan Shi Kai
Untitled Fragments From a Distant Archive
A fragmented note describes a brittle artifact and uncertain origins. It mentions a bell like object and unclear details about origin or purpose, with garbled text suggesting a museum or archive context.
Bells hidden under Allentown church floor in 1777
The article recounts how the state house bell and Christ Church bells were moved to Allentown to protect them from British seizure, buried under Zion Reformed church, then recovered after Philadelphia’s evacuation. John Jacob Mickley helped transport the bells, and Bethlehem Moravian records note the burial.
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Philadelphia
John A. Sheatz
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Howe
Battle of the Brandywine
Independence Square
Executive Council
State House
Christ Church
Bethlehem
John Jacob Mickley
Johann Jacob Mueckli
Hope
Whitehall
Lehigh County
Mickley
Jacob Lester
Moravian Church
Zion Reformed Church
Abraham Blummer
Lafayette Honored by Congress and People
Congress granted Lafayette $200000 and a township of land. As the United States expanded, many cities towns and counties were named for him and monuments and statues were erected in his memory by a grateful people.
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Lafayette
Congress
United States
The Bedford Flag and its storied colors
The Bedford flag carried by the Three County Troop is described as maroon satin with a silver arm and sword, cannonballs, and the motto Vince aut Moriture. This heirloom, dating to 1659, was used at Lexington and Concord battles and is kept in Bedford Public Library.
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Lexington
Essex
Suffolk
Middlesex
Massachusetts
Page
Nathaniel Page III
Bedford
Mass
Peleg D. Harrison
High Point Milling Co Advertises Flours for Baking
A concise note from the High Point Milling Company promotes Good Wholesome Flour. The white flour and luxury flour are presented as premier products made from the best wheat for bread cakes and pastry.
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High Point M *S
High Point Milling Company
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway timetable October 14 1914
Schedule lists southbound trains 21 and 23 from High Point to Thomasville Denton Gordontown and High Rock with arrival times in the morning and departure times afternoon. Northbound trains 22 and 24 run from High Rock to High Point with corresponding times. W E Price, agent.
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High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
W. E. Price
Agt
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Madgeon
Ganon
Tramp
Progressives
National Committee
O. K
Perkins
Grif Alexander
Ray
Carolina & Yadkin River
Tele
RitWise
Elec Tom and
Jasper Fireprest
Richmond
W. T. Kirkman & CO
Mr. Farmer
N. C
New Cochran Hotel
14Th and K Sts
N. W
Washington, D.C
Ates
Eugene S. Cochran
J. W. Sechrest
Wood’s Garden Seed
Mann Drug CO
North State Tele. Co
Postal Telegraph Cable CO
The
Postal Co
Bell
Henderson
Petersburg
Fredericksburg
Fayetteville
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