Come and See Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A provocative advertisement invites the public to verify statements about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It questions openness, public verification, and the legitimacy of claims, urging women to test the product and share experiences while acknowledging skeptics and confidential correspondence.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Sil Roman
Gaaltromen
Dressmaker Named Likely Help From Lady’s Comment
A flirtatious question prompts a witty exchange about who claimed a woman's best friend is her dressmaker. The response leans toward the dressmaker as the plausible origin.
A False Lover and the Phantom Suitor in a Pearls Plot
Rosamund Fairlight, living with Aunt Mercy, meets Frank Joscelyn at a dance as her coming out nears. A staged engagement follows, a dinner party reveals vanished jewels, and a stranger posing as Frank disrupts the home. The true cousin’s son arrives with justice as jewels are recovered and criminals jailed.
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Rosamund Fairlight
Mercy
New York
Frank Joscelyn
Thad
Aunt Mercy
Dending
Hero
Wwho
South Africa
Johannesburg
Frank
Coun
Mary Joscelyn
James Price
Alsi
Mr. Price
Miss Fulrhomie
England
Frank Joscelyn J
Alfred Thompson
Tescelyns
Mercy Fairlight
Rochford
Price
Thompson
Jase Thompson
Railroads' Steel Use Shrinks From Half to One Third
The Iron and Steel Review notes railroads now account for about one third of the nation’s iron and steel products. Earlier estimates of half or more were common, but recent data show pig iron output at 25,207,000 tons and total rolled and cast iron and steel at 26,700,000 gross tons, with railroads around 900,000 tons.
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Lon Ti
Tro
Altoxet
Railroads spend fortunes to claim sea records for speed
For ten years leading railroads spent over 800 million in a bid to build faster liners surpassing Germany. They aim to outdo the Lusitania and Mauretania and seize the blue ribbon of the seas as rival airlines plan mightier vessels to wrest the prize. Millionaire sums are treated as little in the balance against time gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aswayst Deutschland
Lusitania
Mauretania
Bridge Matching House Stone Refined To Hous e Architecture
A landowner required the Great Western railway bridge to be built of stone matching his house and to feature three pilastered arches. The design proved feasible and the bridge, said to be unique in England and possibly in the world, has been completed despite construction challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharga
Egypt
Corporation of Wester Egypt
Kharga Junction
Naga Hamadi
Dakhla
Kenya
Amea Ia
Darius I
Hystaspes
Oases
Dakhia
Great Western Railroad
England
Should Go as Cook in Matrimonial Bargain
The speaker urges resolve in a domestic matter. A man insists this is a marriage issue, not a job hunt, as the young woman asserts her right to independence and all she desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Thad
Frank
Aunt Mercy
Afi
Mercy
Bea ‘Ul
Living room design and color for harmony and lighting
A housekeeper discusses living room importance as a livable, harmonious space. It advocates alabaster walls, solid colors, and careful lighting choices to maximize brightness, with notes on color effects in north versus south and west rooms, and cautions about wallpaper patterns.
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Thome
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Grain Commission
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ST. Paul, Minn
Yewcell
Washington
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Toud & Company
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