Change in a Woman's Life from Forty to Forties
A Fremont woman describes relief from menopausal symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites heat flashes nervousness backache and irritability improving with the remedy and notes forty years of company experience offering guidance for complications.
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Fremont, C
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. Godden
Napoleon St
Fremont
Ohio
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Our Best Little Imitator Catbird Noted for Wide Mimicry
The American Forestry association of Washington highlights the catbird famed for imitating sounds it hears from squeaking cartwheels to thrush songs. It notes the bird is dark gray with a black cap, common across the United States though rare west of the Rockies.
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American Forestry Association of Washington
United States
Rockies
Freckles vanish with Othine double strength
Advertised facial remedy promises to remove freckles with Othine double strength. Apply nightly and morning from a druggist, with money back guarantee if no improvement. most users need one ounce to clear skin.
Edible cactus and ham sandwich ideas noted by scientists
A whimsical report from the Louisville Courier Journal praises scientists aiming to perfect an edible cactus while humorously noting their lofty notions. The exchange shifts to the delight of an edible ham sandwich as a mankind serving idea.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh by healing through the mucous surfaces of the system. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials offered. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Also includes a proverb about avoiding faultless perfection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALL
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney Health
An old advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for kidney and urinary tract ailments. It claims the oil supports liver, bladder, and stomach health, restores vigor, and urges daily use of three to four capsules with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Makings of a Happy Man
An Ohio State Journal style piece extols good habits and honest work as foundations of prosperity. It links self restraint, saving, and reliable character to secure property and a happy life, warning that mean conduct trails misfortune despite wealth. A Sunday school anecdote contrasts obedience and punishment with a child recalling a missed cake prank.
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Ohio State Journal
Made in America binder twine drive aims for new sources
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes sisal and henequen cultivation in the Philippine islands, Hawaiian islands, Porto Rico and Florida to boost future American binder twine supply. Current usage reaches 200 million pounds domestically with 100 million more needed abroad. most henequen and sisal supply comes from foreign sources, including Yucatan.
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Yucatan
United States Department of Agriculture
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Florida
Uncle Sam
America
Betti Fisher Keeps Navy Job After Million Dollar Windfall
Yeomanette Bettie Fisher, a second class yeoman, ignores urgent legal matters to finish a parade and review, then discusses a $2,000,000 estate from her uncle John McGowan with Oklahoma lawyer Charles McCauley. He signs papers and a $10,000 check, but she stays at her post to continue serving Uncle Sam.
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Betti Fisher
Charles P. McCauley
Oklahoma
John Patrick McGowan
Meridian
Logan County
Oklo
Yeomanette Bettie Fisher
Yeomanette Fisher
McCauley
Yeomanette
Bettie Fisher
Ruggles orientator trains pilots with life like flight test
The War Department adopts the Ruggles orientator a flight training device with two rotating rings and a suspended boat that simulates aircraft motions. Instructors and students control the machine via wired controls it tests heart nerves and stomach and can reveal disqualifying conditions before actual flight.
Green's August Flower Ad and Parade Joke
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER promoted as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion and liver trouble with a gentle laxative claim. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist and notes sales worldwide. A humorous old-time parade joke follows featuring Uncle Rastus and Aunt Chloe about medals in the division march.
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Rastus
Chloe
Congress to ban red flag demonstrations with new bill
Senator New of Indiana plans to push a red flag bill once Congress convenes. The measure targets displays or symbols meant to overthrow the U.S. government by force or injury and forbids associated speech and mail use. Penalties include up to $5,000 fine or five years imprisonment.
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United States
Senate
New
Indiana
Congress
United State
Fireproof Wood Aims From Madison Laboratory Work
Laboratory researchers at the United States forest products lab in Madison Wisconsin in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin predict methods to produce fireproof wood. They claim wood can be joined to equal the strength of a solid piece resist moisture like iron season green wood quickly and create fireproof building material. They anticipate wooden houses that are as fireproof and durable as stone ones within a few years.
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United States
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Half-Cent Coin Proposed to Aid Luxury Tax Payments
The Treasury weighs a half-cent coin to allow exact luxury tax payments but signals no immediate support. Chicago reports stir, needing strong congress action to issue a new denomination. Internal Revenue clamps down on profiteering. retailers must show base price and tax. revenue agents vow enforcement.
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Treasury Department
Department
Chicago
Treasury
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes in Advert Claim
Advertisement promotes Cuticura products for baby rashes with soothing baths and gentle ointment. suggests finishing with Cuticura Talcum, priced at 25 cents each and widely available.
No, No, The Natural Order Of Money And Sex
Dialogue hints at gender roles with a joke about men earning first before women can spend. The exchange contrasts viewpoints on who should earn and who should spend in everyday life.
Expert Charity's Way and a Candid Office Joke
Gates G. Carstairs mocks professional beggars in a Yale lecture recounting a red nosed beggar tale and a trampled excuse. A German wartime aside contrasts pay lines with a Bush-level Army anecdote. A quip on flat versus apartment ends noting usage and plural meaning.
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Gates G. Carstairs
Yale
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