Neighbor’s testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs George Tegarden of Moundsville West Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with fixing her irregular periods and eliminating pain after two years of treatment. The letter urges other young women to seek advice from the company if relief is not immediate and notes the firm’s Lynn Massachusetts address.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Tegarden
Third Street
Lydia E&. Pinkham
Life's Real Jobs in Enjoying a Very Ripe Watermelon
A fragment from the Albany Georgia Herald extols the simple pleasure of a thoroughly ripe watermelon whose sweetness delights the eater, contrasting the lack of joie de vivre in those who miss such small joys.
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Georgia
Albany (Ga
Swamp Root Kidney Ailment Remedy Ad
Swamp Root is presented as a premier remedy for kidney and related ailments. The advertisement touts its gentle vegetable formula, quick benefits, and broad store availability, urging readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Iilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Job recommendation Question for Information Clerk Applicant
A conversation about placing a young man as an information clerk. Mr Vatitaf asks if he is honest enough to work for him. Mr Frankleigh doubts the candidate and says he would not recommend him to anyone else.
Cuticura Offers Comfort for Sore Hands Advert
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Gointment and Talcum as a remedy for sore hands. It instructs soaking hands in hot suds, drying, rubbing in ointment, and removing excess with tissue. The ad claims these three products handle all toilet needs.
Considerate praise of a cook’s skill and a splen did recommendation
A reader notes a cook’s steadiness and agrees with a splendid recommendation. The exchange emphasizes courteous language and high regard for culinary service.
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Steff
First Time the Turbulent Atlantic Becomes a Mill Pond
In a call for US Britain cooperation the speaker argues two major misapprehensions hinder alliance. He notes Europe’s belief in US wealth from war and US doubts about Europe’s effort. He celebrates reduced Atlantic danger and envisions disarmament and lasting peace.
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United States
Great Britain
Europe
America
Germany
Atlantic
Pacific
Jazz Critique: A Moral Plea Against Uproar in Music
A critic decries jazz as a desecration of refined sound citing its noisy, sensuous influence and social disruption. He warns it replaces elevating music with fleshly racket and laments its spread at banquets and public gatherings. He urges universal access to true music that speaks the spirit.
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Congo
Amazon
Paris
Pan Pacific League of Nations proposed with two regional blocs
A plan urges President Harding to create a Pan Pacific Congress with western world and Pacific touching nations. The U S would lead to form a working Pan Pacific commission coordinating emigration tariff food supply and overpopulation studies with compulsory disclosure and expert committees.
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Geneva
Pacific
Honolulu
United States
Harding
Pan-Pacific Commission
Education reform critique by Professor Dallas Love Sharp
Prof Dallas Love Sharp criticizes American schools for neglecting poets and humane learning. He argues curricula overemphasize vocational training and industry, failing to include great books, hands on work, and outdoor learning, leading to emotional and spiritual deprivation.
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Dallas Love Sharp
Boston
Anthropologist Claims Europe Cradle of Human Race
Ales Hrdlicka argues that Europe, not Asia, was the cradle of humanity, asserting the continent's primacy in early human origins. The statement frames a debate on regional origins and challenges prevailing theories.
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Ales Hrdlicka
Europe
Asia
Hungry New Yorker Woman Killed by Hunger Fainting
In New York a 24 year old woman Millie Renner fainted at West Forty seventh Street station claiming hunger after weeks with little food. Police found a $488 roll of bills hidden in her waist, raised questions about alleged robbery and led to Bellevue hospital observation after a court appearance.
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New York
Putz
West Forty-seventh Street
Millie Renner
Jersey City
Miss Renner
West Side Court
Soda Tank Leaps Over Building in NYC Explosion
In New York a man unloads a carbonic gas tank at a soda water parlor adjoining a station house. An explosion blasts the area. Policeman Fred Finger is struck by debris, and the tank climbs seven stories before landing on a rear fire escape after knocking a flagpole ball free. Police search for the missing tank.
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New York
Fred Finger
Finger
Frank Hilbert
John Daugherty
Lenahan
Breuer Faces Bigamy Trial Amid Wives’ Friendly Bond
Edward Breuer, ex army sergeant, stands trial for bigamy as two women claim to be wives. In Evansville, he wed Frieda Sheen after leaving his first wife Sophie Daehr of Syracuse. The two women, both cordial, describe their friendship and lack of jealousy.
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Chicago
Edward Breuer
Breuer
Evanston, Ill
Frieda Sheen
Sophie Daehr
Syracuse
N. Y
Frieda
Worst bear in battle halts hunter in Blue Ridge
Walter Poster, a cattleman from Asheville, was attacked by a mother bear and three cubs during a roundup in the Blue Ridge mountains. Suffering a badly mangled arm, he fought with a pocket knife as the bear fled about 200 yards and was later found dead.
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Asheville
N. C
Walter Poster
Blue Ridge Mountains
Poster
Composer denied naturalization after divorce ruling
Rudolph Friml, noted composer of light musical comedies, was denied naturalization papers by Supreme Court Justice Finch in New York City. The refusal cites a divorce obtained by his second wife Blanche Friml on grounds of infidelity three years earlier and the naturalization law requiring five years of good character certification by witnesses.
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New York
Rudolph Friml
Supreme Court
Finch
New York City
Blanche Friml
Tractor demonstration prompts academic farmer remark
A conversation features a farmerette who recalls serving during the war while a demonstrator invites interest in a tractor display. The dialogue underscores a playful clash between practical farming and scholarly attitude in a rural setting.
Snake found in bathroom near Esterly home in Reading
Reading pa Virginia Funk seven years old discovered a black snake five feet nine inches long in the bathroom at Esterly. The snake climbed a tree near the house and dropped onto a rear portico before entering the window. Oscar A Funk a big game hunter in Canada carried the snake to the yard where Wesley E Conklin of Philadelphia shot it. Mrs Conklin accompanied the child.
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Reading
Virginia Funk
Oscar A. Funk
Esterly
Canada
Wesley E. Conklin
Philadelphia
Stolen Gems Found Under Mattress By Mrs Lewis
Mrs Thomas Lewis of Wilkes Barre discovered jewels she had forgotten to claim after a hotel stay in Philadelphia. She believed she had been robbed until the gems were found under a mattress during a city officers search.
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Wilkes-Barre
Thomas Lewis
Surgeons Close Safety Pin in Stomach
An eight month old baby in Unecas Oklahoma swallowed a safety pin. Surgeons removed the pin from the stomach without an operation by using instruments and pulling it out through the mouth.
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Unecas
Okla
George Jacquires
Farmer Dies After Whisky explosion in_cellar
explosion of a private still in a Parsons cellar killed Joseph A. Fryer. the man was showered with burning whisky as flames engulfed the area authorities reported. Fryer lived in Parsons near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph A. Fryer
Parsons
Pebble Hurled From Car Kills Boy Scout in Detroit
Sixteen year old boy scout Harry Hayes died after a pebble hurled into the air by a passing automobile struck him. Police say he did not regain consciousness. A girl he was guiding home from a church play rehearsal saw a car pass, a whizzing sound, and the boy fall after wiping blood from his head before collapsing.
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Detroit
Harry Hayes
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