California Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Safe Child Laxative
An old advertisement urges parents to treat feverish or cross children with a fruit laxative. It promotes California Syrup of Figs as harmless and effective for cleansing the liver and bowels, claiming a tea spoonful cures illness and leads to a playful child, directing to ask druggists for a genuine bottle made by California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Inhuman Punishment Debated by J Fuller Gloom
Kansas City Star quotes J Fuller Gloom opposing cruel penalties while describing a film scene showing a tyrant tortured on screen. He objects to graphic punishment and calls vengeance excessive. The comment reflects wartime or moral debate within the era.
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J. Fuller
Potsdam
Albhigh
Kansas City Star
Cuticura Claims Dandruff Cure and Free Samples
An advertisement states Cuticura kills dandruff by applying Cuticura Ointment to spots and then using Cuticura Soap in a hot shampoo. It claims gendered results and offers free samples by mail from Boston. Soap and Ointment prices are listed 25 and 50 cents for each.
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Dept
Boston
Reaping What We Sow: A Law of Cause and Effect
A compact maxim states that the law of reaping follows sowing. The text likens pennies sown to penny crops and dollars sown to dollar returns, underscoring the universal rule that actions determine outcomes. The phrasing emphasizes inevitability across all scales.
Waves Arrive In Grand Style Then Go Away Broke
A reflective line evokes waves arriving with pomp at the shore and departing in ruin, drawing a parallel to men who seek fortune only to lose it. The brief metaphor suggests bold undertaking ends in financial loss.
Gunner Depew true wartime tale of courage and camps
Foreword describes Gunner Depew as nonfictive but intensely thrilling. The work claims to recount an American youth’s fighting career and life inside German prison camps with stark realism. It emphasizes human courage and endurance and urges every American to read to the end.
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Gunner Depew
Ship Seamanship to War Time in Navy Memoir
A young American recalls growing up by ships, serving as a cabin boy on a whaler, then helmsman on a tramp, and finally enlisting in the U S Navy. He describes rough seas, fights with a marine, a swift rise to gunner, and his view of navies, plus his family’s wartime losses in France and his decision to join the fight across the Atlantic.
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Walston
U. S. Navy
Therifus
Boston
Newfoundland
Liverpool
Europe
New York
United States Navy
Navy
Uncle Ser
Brig
U. S. S. Des Moines
Iowa
United States
War Breaks Chapter II Garbie’s Return to Duty
After a four year Navy career ending with an April 14 1914 discharge the narrator plans a brief break before rejoin in wartime. He notes skepticism about early Belgian atrocities reports but personal ties to Alsace France and Grandmother in St Nazaire shape his interest as France enters the war. He doubts initial Hun Kultur claims citing his view of Fritz as a clean sailor.
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Belgium
Hanover
France
St. Nazaire
New York
Democracy
U. S
Boston
Sam Murray
Ed Brown
Tim Flynn
Mitchell
Murray
Brown
Pennsylvania
Flynn
Fritz
Paris
Germany
Brandenburg
Foreign Legion
Cassard
U. S. Navy
Navy
Alsace
Diervieux
Hun
Gunners Demonstrate Marksmanship Before Trench Duty
Gunner Depew aboard the French dreadnaught Cassard fires a sample shot admired by the Poilus and then departs for the trenches to join frontline action in the war report. The narrative promises continuation in the next installment.
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Depew
Greeted by the Devil's Rainbow in a Scottish Tale
The vignette recalls Scots viewing the aurora borealis as the devil's rainbow. Walter Lunny recounts seeing it six times in July and fearing its omen. A past flood and wind story follows, noting the drought and Quharity cresting the river bank and washing away corn and wool.
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Scotland
Walter Lunny
Dominic
Moon by Earthlight in the crescent view
A description of the old moon in the young moon observed when the new moon appears in the west. The faint earthlight lighting the crescent’s shaded portion makes the full moon barely visible to the eye.
Harnessing Sun's Heat Sparks Industrial Use Claim
An experimenter at the Royal College of Science in Toronto claims a method to harness the sun's heat for broad industrial tasks. His mirror experiments focus reflected rays to melt a lead bar from below freezing to a depth of one and a half inches in 43 seconds.
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Royal College of Science
Toronto
Lucy Calms Pup as Neighboring Dog Approaches Friendly
Lucy plays on the lawn with her puppy when the neighbor’s dog wanders over wagging its tail. The pup tucks its tail and heads for home. Lucy reassures the pup that the dog means no harm and is simply making a friendly introduction.
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Lucy
Pup
Hisself
Berlin Exhibition Promotes Paper Clothing Use
A recent national exhibit in Berlin showcased paper garments to popularize wearable paper fashion. Designers demonstrated lightweight, inexpensive creations and potential applications for disposability and rapid prototyping. The event drew industry professionals and curious spectators alike.
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Berlin
Woman Works 15 Hours a Day in Peru Ind
Mrs Anna Meteriano of Peru Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after long hours and back pain. She says doctors advised surgery but the remedy helped her regain strength enabling her to work full days and feel well again. The notice urges other women with similar ailments to try the product.
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Peru
Ind
Gst
Rani
Lydia RE
Pinkham
Anna Meteriano
West 10Th St
Lydia E. Pinkham
War Era Speech Referencing 10 Down Inventions
A fragmented wartime remark contrasts 10 down plays with questions about aircraft and submarines. The quote hints at strategic focus amid hostilities and technological threats in the conflict.
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