Lydia Pinkham history and unrelated ads from Plattsburg Miss
A Medicare style testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming restored health and a successful pregnancy after prior child loss. The piece urges women to seek confidential advice from the company. Also included are brief ads for employment opportunities and beauty products, plus a Naples Naples construction note about tufa rock used in building foundations.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Verna Wilkes
Platteburg
Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brighten Metals with Negative Varnish and Curling Feathers
A household tip recommends cleaning brass copper and other metals then applying negative varnish from stores to brighten surfaces indoors or outdoors. It notes ornaments may gain luster with one coat. For curling damaged feathers, sprinkle with common salt and dry quickly before a bright fire to restore appearance.
Uglicet Man on Darth Serial Requests Local Color
Editor questions persistence. author clarifies he does not buy fiction and seeks local color for a short serial titled The Uglicet Man on Darth.
Matching It I See Your Coming Lecture Line
A brief exchange about optimism and color continues a playful dialogue. One speaker notes the other’s rosy view of life while affirming pink as a favored hue. The banter centers on personality and tone rather than factual events.
Coffee versus Postum A nervous system relief claim
A reader describes years of coffee related indigestion and nervousness, claiming heavy foods worsened symptoms. After switching to Postum the stomach and nerves improved, but returned to coffee prompted relapse. The letter cites The Road to Wellville and urges trying Postum as alternative.
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Wellville
Tariff Reform Message Calls for Free Competition
President Wilson in a brief message to Congress calls for tariff revisions to fit modern economic life. He argues existing duties shelter monopoly, hinder efficiency, and must be replaced by rules that foster competition, development, and free trade.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Roses From Italy and the rose as a royal emblem
The rose, once a heraldic emblem of England, arrived in the nation in the early fifteenth century from Italy. Rose trees were planted in royal spaces and sent as gifts from the pope, treasured by royalty. The practice led to the phrase sub rosa meaning under secrecy in the context of courtly life.
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England
Italy
Maria
Poetic Prank Through Theatre History and Air Age Sightings
An address at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts recalls a prank in a Hamlet performance where a substituting actor used improvised lines to poison the king. The piece contrasts this with a Montrose Scotland note on aviation fears and steam weasels, including reactions from elderly residents and a quip about gas replacing air.
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William Gilette
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Empire Theater
Booth
Sald
Montrose
Scotland
London Chronicle
Dean Ramsay
John Sloan Narrates Nude Art Tale at New York Gallery
At the suffrage portrait show in Glaenzer galleries New York John Sloan shared a story about the nude in art. He recalled an old farmer and wife visiting an exhibit and remarking that they never expected to see so much for a quarter.
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Glaenzer
New York
John Sloan
Mr. Sloan
Hannah
Thia
Maupassant as Clerk in French Education Office
An article from a former colleague describes Guy de Maupassant’s life as a junior clerk in the French education office. It notes his frequent leaves for about three days weekly to devote time to literary work while aiming to keep his clerical post for future prospects.
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Guy de Maupassant
Isluesa
Westminster Gazette
Arctic Skepticism in a Cold Flat Exchange
A brief exchange centers on a janitor who jokes about the cold in the flat being like the north pole. The janitor responds with a supercilious look and asks for proofs, highlighting a dry, wry tone.
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North Pole
Small Towns Benefit From Fair Shoe Makers Fight
An ad argues for equal terms for all shoe manufacturers including small firms, claiming big makers oppose fair treatment. It promotes Matted Shoe Machinery Co of Beaton, Mass, and ends with a note on albinos having pink eyes due to pigment-free corneas and visible blond vessels.
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Matted Shoe Machinery Co
Beaton
Mass
Adv
Slightly Misunderstood Reply From Neighbor
A humorous exchange in the Houston Post quotes a neighbor mishearing a query about a young resident described as a finished cornelist. The reply reveals a crude joke about finishing him off, reflecting a quip rather than a real threat.
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Cornelist
Houaton Post
Paradox: Rumors Groundless Because They Are In The Air
A brief exchange notes that rumors seem unfounded precisely because they are so widespread. The line suggests skepticism toward gossip and hints at a broader theme of distrust in unverified information. The remark frames rumors as inherently speculative rather than evidence based.
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Bull
Durham
Be Teething Goods and Farm Supplies Listed in Local Ad
An OCR fragment lists teething aid products for children and various farm items. It mentions Mire Winslow’s and a bottle shop, plus feeds and grasses—timothy blue grass and sweet clover—priced from 6 to 9 dollars. The ad references rent on crop payments and a seller in Boo City, Ta.
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Timothy
J. Mulhall
Boo City
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Plattsburg, Miss
Lydia E. Pintham
North-Wenat
Empire Land Company
Moorhead
Minn
James Moore
Penrose
Cojo
Snowbloom Prate
Snowbloom Co
Dept. 1
Montgomery
Sin
Bulltom
Naples
Tarif
Bays
Shuet
Iter
Thhorough
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Winslow
Otel de Samuel Pytcrer
THE
Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
DR. Pierce
Putnam
Ument
Bull Durham
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