The Making of a Famous Medicine
A description of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound detailing herb selection seasonality, extraction methods, and sterilization steps. It emphasizes pasteurization and sealing for safety and attributes the medicine’s success to roots and herbs plus careful preparation, citing women’s letters as testimonials.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Growing Old Says The End Of Youth In Verse
A Macon Republican quip notes that aging brings philosophy as men grow older. The column observes some people already assign value to the tax on soft drinks, using sharp language about aging and policy.
Freezone promises painless corn removal
A vintage advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap remedy to lift hard or soft corns and calluses from feet. It claims instant relief from pain without irritation and urges readers to buy a tiny bottle from druggists.
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Cincinnati
General Pershing War Map Room Re-created in Washington Museum
A recreated Pershing war map room in the old National Museum in Washington shows the commander’s front room as it appeared when the map was in use. It features the chairs of Pershing and his aides, the map table, and walls covered with the original Uncoleum background, with the map now assembled in pieces.
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General Pershing
National Museum
Washington
Pershing
A Fair Proposition Ends With a Witty Plan
A man offers $3,000 to marry the daughter of Sir Grabcoin. The father questions the sum, the suitor insists it will last six months while he proves himself. The exchange ends with a grimly humorous note on choosing good company for life.
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Grabcoin
Foot Comfort and Farm Prospects Advertisements
An assortment of advertising blurbs tout Allen's Foot Ease for workers and footwear relief, encouragement for homeseekers to contact the U S Railroad Administration for farming information, and a Cuticura Trio promotion. Humorous quips about thumb sucking and general consumer pitches punctuate the page.
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U. & Railroad Administration
Joe Edwards
A & Railroad Administration
Washington, D. C
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney Relief
Advertising copy urges early attention to kidney problems and warns against delaying care. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a near immediate remedy, claims purity and import origin, and guarantees money back if not effective.
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Eonsole
Authors Handwriting Reveals Writer Personalities
Readers would learn about authors from their manuscripts. Chesterton’s handwriting is called shocking by an English editor. Jacobs types and edits little. Wells Kipling Bennett Doyle are neat to printers. Stacpoole alternates between neatly typed pages and scribbled notes from torn copybook steels.
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G. K. Chesterton
W. W. Jacobs
H. G. Wells
Rudyard Kipling
Arnold Bennett
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
H. de Vere Stacpoole
I Knew Your Father In Dialogue On The Train
A clipped exchange aboard a train centers on recognition between a deaf man and Riley. The caller insists they knew Riley’s father, prompting surprised denials and acknowledgments as the conversation lurches through mishearing and insistence.
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Mr. Riley
Roads to receive millions in central West state construction
Central West states plan extensive road and bridge work this year. Colorado reports 51 miles under construction at 800 000 dollars and 80 miles ready for contract at 860 000 with 3 bridges planned for 350 000. Idaho lists 87 miles at 720 000 under contract and 45 bridges at 425 000 with additional work around 1 800 000. Missouri shows 666 miles under contract at 1 785 000 and 888 miles ready for contract at 3 104 000 with 3 060 000 more construction planned. Local road spending about 7 000 000 in Missouri. Nebraska and Nevada figures also noted. Oklahoma outlines 128 miles including 80 bridges at 1 360 000 under contract. 105 miles more planned at 2 600 000. Federal aid and a national trunk-line program under Townsend bill expected.
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Central West
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Oklahoma
Federal Highway Commission
Saving of Improved Roads Cuts Transportation Costs
A 1914 joint congressional committee report finds eight cents per ton mile can be saved by upgrading dirt roads to durable surfaces. It notes real estate gains and social benefits are separate from the cost savings and urges immediate road construction to avoid further inconvenience.
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Congressional Committee
Joint Congressional Committee
Big Change In Sentiment Reported By Observers
Fragmentary text notes a shift in public mood with phrases about readiness and changes in attitudes. Limited readable items mention unspecified groups and generic roads and people, yielding a vague snapshot of opinion without clear names or events.
Leftover Recipes And The Hidden Design Of A Season
A reflective piece on seeing order in chaos and reuse, with kitchen tips for transforming leftovers into appealing dishes. It includes recipes for veal rehnent, roast pork or veal, and ham with jelly sauce, followed by a quotation about struggle and energy from Charles Wagners.
Inviting Dishes and Classic Kitchen Techniques
A collection of recipes and cooking tips for gravy without browned flour and rich color, celery and orange salad, green corn with green pepper, a cassolete with lima beans and chicken, a fig raisin filling, pressed corned beef, and a frozen coffee custard with coffee and whipped cream.
Fake aspirin sold nationwide as talcum powder
Fraudulent aspirin tablets were sold across the country described as genuine Bayer aspirin. The text warns that seeing the Bayer cross on packaging indicates a real product, implying many fake pills were distributed.
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Allways
Bayer
Monnacottcas Idestas
Sates Ont
No Pity There and Soapweed Ideas Across Acres
A fragment discusses German sympathy and wartime sentiment with a line about not pitying Germans. It then notes Spanish bayonet soapweed as an ingredient for toilet and wool soaps, detailing harvest and baling. A bedtime exchange asks about prayers with a child’s witty reply.
Ideals Shape Standards and Law Across Action
A fragmented quotation ponders how ideals form standards that guide moral action and in turn shape law. It contrasts notions of perception and communication with a Hebrew proverb about a deaf man who speaks silently.
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