The Making of a Famous Medicine
An essay on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound detailing the laboratory care herbs sourcing pasteurization and sterilization. It highlights the effectiveness for women's health and cites letters from satisfied customers while noting production and farm prices in Kansas.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cradle Songs Preserve Homeward Rhythm Across Cultures
The essay notes cradle songs endure through languages and years with a natural growth in rhythm and patter. It contrasts German major calm, Scotch briskness, and Hungarian changes, arguing maternal love underpins these melodies even when words seem mere jumble.
Honey Substitutes Used In Portland Ice Cream
An Oregon ice cream maker tested strained honey as a sugar substitute for two weeks, claiming about 70 percent sugar conservation. The product reportedly remained excellent in taste and texture during the trial.
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Portland
Ore
Women Agriculturists and Men in English Agriculture
A note highlights two hundred thousand men in England engaged in agriculture, contrasting with the presence of women agriculturists in the sector and indicating broad participation in rural work.
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England
War Department warns about letters home driving desertion
The War Department notes letters from home can provoke desertion when they exaggerate family troubles. Officers urge cheerful, factual news to bolster a soldier’s morale, while studies show many desertions stem from homesick notes. Camps implement activities to keep troops engaged and discourage such letters.
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Bet Cross
Denver
War Department
Aemy
Solder
Serge
Glv
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Mhemberene
Howe
Coats and Breeches for Service Garb Debates Novel Outfit
The article promotes a new service uniform combining coat and breeches designed for comfort durability and practicality. It highlights pressed trimness and adaptable features including leggings pockets a collapsible crown hat and a belt. It promises stylish versatility for farm riding camping driving and garden work with two views shown in a photo and drawing.
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Goldier
Suits of Georgette Fashion Notes in Cream Georgette
A Dry Goods Economist notes georgette as feasible for tailored suits despite its sheerness. A cream georgette outfit with a navy embroidered coat and fullness in the skirt showcases plaits echoing the coat’s back panels and belt at the waterline.
Dainty white silk net frock with black footing trim
A Paris imported simple frock in white silk net features a gathered skirt with two inch tucks six inches apart. Each tuck edge shows a two inch black footing band. Elbow length sleeves edge in black footing and a deep fichu edged in matching trim. Gash of ciel blue fill silk has four bands of footing at each end.
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Avason
Germany's Victory Fervor Amid War Disarray and Ambitions
The article argues that victory in the world war hinges on revolutionary Russia's collapse under pressure and Germany's strengthened front. It foresees annexations of Belgium and French territories, talks of indemnity, and compares Germany's potential dominance to Rome at the eve of Christianity, warning of a global shift if Russia falls.
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Itussky
Czae
Linavy
Germany
Russia
Belgium
France
Africa
Rome
Julius Caesar
Beard Tax Through Russian Empires
A historical note traces beard taxation from Elizabeth I in England to Russia. It mentions a fortnightly tax of 83 cents under Elizabeth, Peter the Great’s 1705 beard tax of 100 rubles for nobles and 1 kopee for commoners, expansion to St. Petersburg in 1714, and confirmations by Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, and Elizabeth through 1743.
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Hilzabeth
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Catherine I
Peter 11
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Advises Hardworking Farmers
An old advertisement targets farmers and workers with Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder. It claims the product reduces friction from shoes, freshens feet, and prevents tired aching and blistered feet, urging women and men to buy at local dealers.
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Allen
Ady
Parisian Rockets and Parachutes Frighten German Flyers
Report describes French rockets during air raids on Paris that deployed parachutes with turning fuses. The slow dropping chutes illuminated enemy aircraft, drawing fire from French anti air guns and leaving German Dierman aviators dismayed and exposed.
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Paris
Dierman
Cuticura Ads Highlight Soap Ointment Offer and Kipling Pay
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for clear complexions with a free sample offer from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. It notes Rudyard Kipling as highly paid, earning about 500 dollars per thousand words, and ends with a general moral about envy.
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Cuticura
Sam Fies
Dept. X
Boston
Rudyard Kipling
Farmers Watch Your Stomachs In Hot Weather
A vintage health ad urges field workers to protect digestion in heat. It promotes EATONIC a stomach and bowel remedy by A. Le Kramer promising quick relief and a money back guarantee with affordable pricing and mail order availability.
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Eatonic
T. L. Kramer
Milans
Iiet
A. le Kramer
Eatonic Remedy Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
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