Zion City Overseer Targets Women’s Dress Styles
In Zion City Overseer Wilbur Glenn Vollva campaigns to curb women’s fashion deeming chiffon hosiery knee-length skirts and peekaboo styles as moral danger. He cites the Zion City ordinance banning dresses that show neck or shoulders and arms above the forearm, threatening excommunication and public shaming.
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Ion City
Tll
Wilbur Glenn Vollva
Zion City
Egypt
Clem
Sodom
Gomorrah
Renee
Cleopatra
Lucretia Borgia
Zion Chu
Parson Savidge Proposes Shipload of European Wives
Omaha Reverend Charles W. Savidge sparks a controversy by proposing to bring five hundred European peasant women as wives for Western farmers and ranchers. Women from about 48 states respond with protests and supportive letters while several cities react with mixed humor and alarm. He remains undeterred, announcing he will proceed with his plan despite the chatter and potential backlash.
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Maha
Rey
Charles W. Savidge
Omaha
Europe
Tfe
Savidge
Philadelphia
East
Mereburgh
New York
Boston
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Solitary musings on bigamy from Sing Sing prisoner
Wilwen, serving five years at Sing Sing, pens a prison newspaper piece detailing his seven wives and philosophy of bigamy. He cites Solomon, Jacob, Adam, Noah and Methuselah to argue bigamy harms morality, motherhood, and should be suppressed with severe punishment.
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York
Wilwen
Sing Sing
Solomon
Israel
Adam
Noah
Methuselah
Jacob
Rachel the Rosebud
Leah
Prison Sentence Is a Blessing in Disguise
James H. Deming assistant postmaster and his wife Mia faced three counts of pilfering $1,400 in postal funds. The judge sentenced Deming to one year and a day in prison and ordered Mia to the Jefferson City Federal Penitentiary for medical care, noting she had no proper home. Deming requested leniency for Mia, offering to bear the sentence himself.
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Yracush
James H. Deming
Lineiven
Chenango County
Mia
EH. Deming
Pont
Roth
Feeling of Security with Kilmer Swamp Root Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy promising safety purity and strength in every bottle. It offers a sample for ten cents and urges readers to mention the paper. A brief child’s prayer anecdote is included with no clear connection to the medical product.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kline
Binghamton
N. Y
Lift off Corns With Your Fingers Ad
An old advertisement claims to remove corns and calluses instantly with Freezone from a tiny bottle applied to the affected area. It promises painless removal and includes a follow up pitch for Cuticuria Toilet Trio skincare products. The ad also quips about marital tensions in a boarding house.
Bayer Aspirin Ad in Early Medicine Trade Card
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as safe and physician prescribed for over twenty years. It urges buyers to accept an unbroken Bayer package with directions to relieve headache toothache neuralgia and rheumatism in handy tin boxes of 12 tabs. It notes price ten cents and mentions larger packages from druggists, with Bayer identified as benzoic ester of salicylic acid. A quoted line references a loud engagement ring given to Bessie by Wil.
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Bayer
Freckles vanish with Ottine claim and promise
An old advertisement touts Ottine as a remedy to remove freckles and clear the skin. It claims double strength, a money back guarantee, and suggests notable cosmetic improvements with minimal ounce usage, while quipping about marriage and a smudgy poodle as moral proof.
Honey Yield Higher In 1919 Surplus Honey Output
The 1919 average yield of surplus honey rose to 50 pounds per bee colony, per the U S Department of Agriculture. This exceeds 1918’s 45 pounds and the five year average of 41.6 pounds. Western honey markets split 58 extracted, 31 comb, 10 bulk. About a third of production goes to external buyers.
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Bureaus of
Department of Agriculture
West
Recruiting Sergeant Promises Army Life And Rewards
A fragmented exchange shows a recruiting sergeant urging quick commitment with promises of life, travel, and clothing. The other speaker cautions and questions the immediacy, noting demobilization risks and urging careful thought before joining. The dialogue hints at public suspicion and the role of a familiar product in the scene.
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Styliah
Parson
Lucile
Mamma
Sven Prvene
Wil
Bessie
Holland
Wilhelmina
Elzen
Lash
Fregkles
Ferrey
Artie Conan
Denver
ADY & Crowe
Mim
Denver, Colo
Frank Kirchhof
O'Fallon
Hiystems
Kteotrieaml Fower
Bpray
Eutaloes
Dia
Mm UO
Larimer
Ryute Pena SR
Cme
Dr. Price
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