Woman credits Lydia Pinkham remedy for relief in Pittsburgh
Mrs JAS Rohrberg of 620 Knapp St Pittsburgh reports months of weakness backache and headaches eased after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She urges other women with irregularities and related symptoms to try the remedy and notes its long standing history of helping women. contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for assistance.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jas. Rohrberg
Knapp St. N.S
Diner's Irish Stew Anecdote Cited At Meeting
Congressmen relate a wartime economy tale from Philadelphia about a patron at a restaurant who strips to reach a distant dish. The joke highlights thrift and sacrifice in hard times as cited by Congressman Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts at a political meeting.
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Allen T. Treadway
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Margaret Comments Spark Tense Exchange
A fragment shows two speakers trading barbs about Margaret describing her as “effeminate” and provoking irritation. The brief exchange highlights social tensions and perceptions of femininity in dialogue.
The Trouble Over a Shell Game Swindle
A man swindled in a shell game is described as suffering shell shock in a brief debate scene. The dialogue centers on curiosity about the victim and the cause.
Home Canning With Simple Devices Proves Profitable
A U S government guidance outlines how fruits and vegetables can be safely canned at home using basic vessels and tight seals. Heat sterilization and airtight jars prevent molds and bacteria, with recommendations to avoid leaks and to reprocess any damaged containers.
More Canned Goods Than Ever
A public bulletin urges readiness for home canning with steps to clean jars and tops, prepare rubber rings, and arrange equipment. It emphasizes saving food for the country and safe, sanitary methods, noting free USDA bulletins on canning preserving jelly making drying and related methods from Washington DC.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Home Canning Basics for Hot Water Bath Method
The guide lists essential gear for home canning with a hot water bath. Jabs or wire plus boiling water, tight jars with rubber rings, and a heat source are described. Essentials include cheesecloth and standard kitchen equipment with optional sugar and fruit juices for canning.
Free government bulletin on canning fruits and vegetables
A notice invites readers to request a free United States Department of Agriculture bulletin from Washington DC. It covers canning in glass and tin, making preserves jellies and fruit pastes, and also mentions other free bulletins on drying fruits and vegetables at home.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
False bottom steam canning aid with wire basket
A simple false bottom for steam canning can be built from lath wood or wire netting, or use a wire basket with small legs and end handles. It lets jars sit above hot water, aiding efficient canning while maintaining sanitary conditions.
Cooking Over Heat Across Diverse Settings
Instructions describe heating methods using coal or wood stoves, gas stoves, or oil stoves both indoors and outdoors. Suitable spots include a clean cool shady area, a charcoal furnace, back porch, city apartment, school room, or community kitchen. Emphasis on heat to achieve boiling in a large kettle.
Family Labor for the Nation in Wartime Pea Season
A family group cooperates in shelling peas and stringing beans to support the nation. Mother and big sister lead, with the younger girl and a grammar school boy helping, while grandmother and grandfather contribute when available.
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Grandfather
Simplicity and Paradoxes in Theatrical Phrases
A compact, wry list of wordplay and definitions. It pairs terms like Simplicity and Confession with satirical notes on life and art. The excerpt features witty contrasts, a Bohemian dining reference, and a quip on education and ignorance attributed to Philip Goodman.
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University of Wall Manroes
Philip Goodman
War Era City Notes Across The Nation
Philadelphia faces housing famine while Topeka clerks aid farmers at night. Muncie hires women for its fire department and Berks paupers work on farms. Hazleton business leaders take up farming as a new line. Tacoma seeks removal of German newspaper printing. Birmingham threatens conscription style discipline for disloyalty. Philadelphia raises ten thousand dollars for a Negro hospital. Bristol razes a 150 foot standpipe. Onondaga revives coal mining. New York bans German in public schools for wartime. Reading plans savings of twelve thousand by oil shortages.
Local Notables See Early Prizes and Tragedies
Eva S. Ahrens of Reading Pennsylvania wins three student art prizes. L Hume of Santa Ana California dies after honeybee sting. W W Scott of Lovelock Nevada earns 4300 from fur trapping last winter. Adrian Veenema dies after being struck by a train in Greensburg Pennsylvania. he made 18 wartime Atlantic trips. Anton Gross of Hays Kansas receives a silk flag as five sons serve in the U S Army.
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Eva S. Ahrens
Deafmute
Reading
School of Art
W. W. Scott
Lovelock
Nev
Adrian Veenema
Greensburg
Anton Gross
Hays
Kan
United States
Instructions for Can Preparation and Boiling Canning
The bulletin explains outfits and full directions for filling heating and sealing ordinary cans. If only one boiling is required for a hot water bath canning, tightly sealed and thoroughly cooled products are ready for storage. Screw-top clamping or self sealing containers may be used for single boil processing.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Exhausting Filled Cans in Boiling Water
Lower the filled cans into boiling water to within one inch of the top. In three to eight minutes this drives air out through the pin hole. This exhausts the cans and helps prevent swelling from inside pressure. Do not leave them longer than necessary to drive out the air.
Bright Lexicon of Youth Celebrates Can Do Spirit
A fragment praises a bright youth culture where the word can't has no place and encouragement flows. The wording emphasizes limitless potential and the power of belief to overcome obstacles.
Bacon and Meats Packed For War Service Across Seas
The Quartermaster's Department ordered 134 million pounds of canned meat and 99.56 million pounds of bacon for American troops overseas. Louis F. Swift notes the plan will pull from about 1.9 million hogs and require six months for delivery. Packers face night and day shifts to rush canning while producers receive roughly 80 million dollars for hogs and over 50 million for cattle.
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Quartermaster’s Department
Louis F. ‘Swift
Chicago
Swift
Will See It Through
A brief snapshot from a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece depicts a newlywed couple in their first quarrel three months after marriage. The wife questions the union and implies breakup, while the husband asserts commitment for the duration of the war, refusing release.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pimply Faces and Do It Yourself Pimples Cure Ad
For pimples and blackheads smear with Cuticura Ointment and wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free samples send to Cuticura Dept X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Sign of Intelligence Joke
A witty exchange recalls a man praising his dog as intelligent for not speaking. The lady asks if the dog does tricks, and he explains that the dog stays quiet around “tomen folks,” implying the dog’s restraint proves intelligence. The riff plays on gendered phrasing and social observation.
Why Women Dread Old Age and Health Tips
An advertisement urges older readers to stay active and healthy using Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It links senile ailments to kidneys and bladder, promises renewed vigor, and warns of fake Haarlem Oil products while asserting the genuine capsule is sold by 48 first-class druggists.
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Haarlem
LEDAL
Silent Motto and Rumor Blur Rafale Debate
A quiet spell of asides and truthfulness frames a political moment. Rafale references fade as the public weighs credibility and public stature.
Soldiers Adopted by Pig on Kentucky 1812 March
In Kentucky history an odd tale from the 1812 invasion of Canada recalls a company from Harrodsburg marching toward the Ohio. A pig joined the troops after watching two pigs fight and followed the column daily. The pig rested near the camp and was fed by the soldiers. A rent collector’s visit to a house led to a cheeky exchange with an urchin who revealed the family was away and the fire was out.
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Kentucky
Canada
Selby
Harrodsburg
Ohio
Those Who Wait On Themselves Find Things Within Reach
A compact reflection on self initiative and patience noting rewards arrive when individuals rely on their own effort and timing. The idea emphasizes personal agency and proactive action over passive waiting.
Had Well Remembered
A cautious child refuses a bite of an apple from a neighbor because she fears catching freckles. Her mother had warned about contagious illnesses during the previous winter and the girl obeys the precaution.
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Beth
Man in Love Makes Freckles Vanish
A man deeply in love causes a woman’s freckles to disappear from his eyes. The effect is described as magical and lasting, highlighting how affection changes perception and appearances in a romantic bond.
Watch Your Stomach In the Summer Time
Hot weather weakens stomach strength and raises risk of indiges tion. EATONIC Tablets are promoted as a remedy to neutralize acids and gases, reduce pain, and restore appetite during summer. Advertises refund offer if unsatisfied and urges readers to obtain a large box from a trusted druggist.
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Eatonic
Spinach and Tomatoes In State and City Dietary Notes
Statistical notes show California used 3 000 acres for spinach and a cannery plans 3 000 tons of tomatoes. United States drilled 9 116 oil wells east of the Mississippi last year. The American Museum in New York has a food exhibit claiming three meals a day for 34 cents. New York City charity administration costs 50 cents per dollar donated, per the city board of aldermen president.
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United States
Mississippi
California
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Trade briefs highlight global sourcing and material requests
The notice lists inquiries from France for machinery to make pasteboard and cardboard, China seeking gum tragacanth powder, and a New Zealander seeking agencies for linoleums fabrics and related goods. It also reports moss deposits in New Brunswick for European hospital use, a South African railroad seeking catalogs of vending and novelty machines, and demand for inexpensive cloth bound editions by American and English authors.
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