Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promised Relief
A reader from Ellensburg Washington testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound relieved her health troubles enabling work and childbirth. The ad urges other women with functional disorders to try the remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts after forty years of experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. QO
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Ellensburg
Wash
Lydia E
Inkham
Victoria Mistakenly Requests Mascagni at Windsor
A humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls Queen Victoria testing Mascagni at Windsor Castle. The composer played three passages from Cavalleria Rusticana before the queen hummed measures from the Prologue of Pagliacci, revealing a musical misunderstanding.
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Victoria
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Windsor Castle
Cath
O Leoncavallo
Editor Seeks Answers as Soldier Recounts Battle
In London Tit-Bits an editor questions a veteran recounting to a long-suffering editor. The soldier describes Arab positions, a map of lines, and his own wounds including a shoulder injury and a shattered arm from friendly fire. The exchange ends with a blunt query about his brains being blown out.
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Vibere
Eha
London
One Talk, One Penny in a Family Riddling Anecdote
A brief old story recounts Donald reciting a poem and being promised a penny by his uncle after repeating it. When asked to recite another rhyme, Donald quips about whether another penny exists, revealing a playful family exchange.
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Donald
Tom
Don
Bill
A Bright Pupil and a City Hospital Plan
A student asks how humanity divides into two classes, motorists and pedestrians. Philadelphia plans a hospital for wounded Black soldiers, reflecting civic effort amid racial and urban safety concerns.
Neighboring shoppers eager for Arplus products at market
Local residents express interest in Arplus products and their potential availability at nearby stores. Community members discuss eating and using the brand in daily meals and routines.
Canning String Beans and Peaches from USDA Guidelines
Instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture cover canning string beans and peaches. It details bean selection, cutting, blanching, brining, jar sealing, and two processing methods, plus a note on Lima beans and peach preparation to improve texture and flavor.
Wordplay and witticisms from the Indianapolis Star
The page compiles jokes and quips on army life disguise camouflage and social habits. It notes a tongue in cheek critique of manners and language with wordplay about manners and family roles.
Concentrated vegetable soup from USDA canning recipe
A vegetable soup mix for home canning uses tomato pulp corn or beans okra onion and red pepper with salt and sugar. The method covers cooking straining returning pulp adding ingredients heating packing sealing processing jars and storage steps per USDA guidance.
Peaches Prepare Syrup For Canning Or Honey Substitutes
The text details making a syrup for peaches with sugar and water in two ratios, one gallon of water with either three pounds nine ounces or five pounds eight ounces sugar. It notes adding a cracked peach pit, boiling, and straining. It also mentions strained honey as a substitute in some cases.
Apple Canning Tips: Blanching, Syrup, and Alternatives
The advice notes apples shrink more in canning than other fruits so blanching for one minute is recommended before cooling in a cold bath and packing with a syrup of 14 ounces sugar per gallon water, processing quart jars 12 minutes. it also suggests a sauce method steaming to tender, sieving, and packing hot with sugar, then processing 12 minutes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Scattershot Aphorisms About Life and Names
A playful collection of maxims on pride beauty history money and advice. The voice wittily contrasts folly desire and value with pithy lines about fools advertisements and the irony of love and cash. The tone resembles a Victorian or early 20th century moral anthology.
Peppers for canning use Spanish pimentos not bell varieties
The best sweet peppers for canning are Spanish pimentos with thick skins and smooth texture. Bell peppers are unsuitable. ripe sound peppers are sorted for canning while small or broken peppers become sauces or relishes. Prepare by roasting, peeling, seeding, then packing dry without water. process pint jars by boiling for 30 minutes or ten minutes at eight pounds with a steam canner.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Figs for Canning Process From Agriculture Guidelines
Sound firm figs are processed by soda bath then syrup boil. Soak figs in soda, rinse, boil in syrup made with sugar and water, then jar and seal, processing in water bath for 30 minutes and store in a cool dry place.
Five parts to a gas motor from Holland
Science notes summarize innovations from around the world. A Dutch gas motor reportedly has only five parts. Sweden studies fuels from native shales for naval use. A French inventor makes paper underwear for aviators. A pencil feeds colored sand to draw pictures. An Indianapolis dentist patents an electric nerve test for teeth. An Englishwoman’s fireless cooker uses heat from a light bulb. Chile seeks sugar prosperity after climate and soil studies.
Plums Preserved By Sirup Process Instructions
Plums selected and pricked to prevent bursting are packed firmly in jars. Fill with hot sirup made by boiling five pounds eight ounces sugar and one gallon water for five minutes and strain. Use plain water or honey as alternative. Partially seal and boil quarts for 15 minutes, then seal airtight. Cool and test for leaks. United States Department of Agri-
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agri
War and the Schools Go Over the Top
The article reports rising school attendance and wartime efforts across the U S. Birmingham plans a new 1 million dollar high school. Oregon students attend six days a week to reach field work earlier. Pennsylvania teachers gain salary boosts. averages up to 15 dollars monthly. Maine children raise 1000 pigs while Portland’s US Army officer leads school wartime gardening efforts and kids make items for Uncle Sam.
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Maine
Portland
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Fragmented Philosophical Fragments on Virtue and Love
A passage presents reflections on wisdom and virtue from Eliot Carlyle and Bonstettin. It contrasts noble admiration with sensory vigor and moral balance. The text uses clipped, archaic phrasing to discuss the relationship between body mind and heart in resisting sin and nourishing life.
PUT IT SQUARELY UP TO DAD
A lighthearted domestic vignette shows Ellis Parker Butler and his wife as War Stamp supporters. Butler, author and Red Cross worker, faces a thrust from his twin sons who boast Thrift stamp counts and ask why he does not act patriotically. The scene captures family dynamics amid wartime effort.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Flushing
Mr. Butler
Red Cross
Mrs. Butler
Fewer German Socialists in Saxony amid War Strain
A Dresden dispatch reports Saxony’s socialist party membership fell from 177000 in 1914 to 23000 paying members. The drop stems from soldiers in the army and a split in the German socialist party. Deputy Gradnauer noted newspaper circulation rose from 618000 to 792000 between April 1917 and April 1918.
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Socialist Party
Saxony
Dresden
Berliner Tageblatt
Socialist Party of Germany
Gradnauer
Germany
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Youthful Skin Care
An ad touts Cuticura Soap for keeping the face fair and young with occasional Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered through Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept
Dept. X
Boston
More Milk at Less Cost for Dairies
USDA specialists urge disposing of unprofitable cows and replacing them with well bred high producers. Cow testing associations show feed can be balanced to cut costs by a third while boosting milk production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poor Comparison Between Caroline and Her Dog
Caroline eats a green apple and her mother warns it will make her sick. Caroline responds with humor, claiming their dog is the wellest member of the family.
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Caroline
Joy in Carchemish Unearths Long Hittite Inscription
Workers at Carchemish reveal a 3000 year old Hittite slab with the longest inscription yet found. Pandemonium erupts as laborers share the moment, with Khali the giant pick man smiling and grateful, and the crowd shouting praise.
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Carchemish
Silas Marner
Euphrates
Khali
Christian Herald
Questioning the pink of condition at drug stores
A fragmentary exchange asks whether the condition described as pink can be purchased at drug stores. The brief hints at consumer availability and local remedies.
Appropriate Decoration
A witty dialogue asks how an aviator's room should be fixed up and suggests fly paper as the decor, reflecting humorous wartime or aviation era banter.
Vermin Prevention: Keep Food Off Surfaces to Deter Ants and Roaches
Keeping a house clean and food stored in ant proof containers reduces pests. Promptly cleaning up scraps prevents ants from accessing sugar bread meat and cake and roaches are drawn to valued foods avoided in drawers and living areas.
Didn’t Peggy Marry A Literary Man
A brief Life magazine quip contrasts Peggy’s spouse with a literary career. The joke centers on marrying a magazine writer rather than a famed literary man.
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Peggy
Limit in Snobbery and the tale of Greens in Philadelphia
The late Barton Willing recalls society leaders who snub others, comparing them to Greens a proud South Eleventh street grocer. A humble hodcarrier asks about rain, and Greens retorts that they are not partners, illustrating inflated self-importance.
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Fletcher
Barton Willing
Philadelphia
Greens
South Eleventh Street
Properly Indignant Dance Floor Exchange
A neighbor attempting late dance steps calls out to his two small sons to move aside. He tells them they cannot dance. Young Melvin responds with indignation stating that they are not boneheads. The exchange captures a child’s witty retort and family moment.
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Melvin
Paddy
Returned Soldier Boast and Book Agent Jibe
A sharp barb targets a veteran boasting about trench gas exposure. The punchline notes he was a book agent for ten years, implying resilience or irony in his claims.
Watermelon mood echoes a statesman’s line
A playful note recalls a famous statesman whose name is forgotten as people enjoy watermelons. The quotation suggests a jovial, carefree moment centered on fruit and summertime cheer.
New York Enlists 5000 Women in Police Reserve Corps
New York forms a police reserve corps with five thousand women enlisted to support law enforcement. The program expands policing capacity and reflects broader civic involvement during wartime.
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New York
Message of pursuit near royal forces in peril
A dramatic exchange warns of advancing enemy units threatening gallant troops. The monarch asks for the distance and is told the pursuers are very near, in contact with rear guards and within three weeks of reaching the crown prince’s location.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Claim
The copy touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for fatigue overwork and a range of ailments from uric acid issues to stomach derangements. It asserts long history, quick relief, and says druggists refund if no help, urging readers to act now and avoid substitutes.
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Haarlem
Holland
Three Million Spangles Form a Glowing Flag Display
A Chicago store window showcased a flag made from three and a half million spangles. The disk rings, threaded together, created a brilliant emblem reflecting light across the display panel.
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Chicago
Popular Mechanics Magazine
South Pasadena Guardsmen Refuse Hearst Publications
In 1917 the United States reportedly consumed 33 billion cigarettes while local Home Guardsmen in South Pasadena refused to read Hearst publications.
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South Pasadena
Hearst
United States
Sounds of battle echo in lecture and street musings
A lecturer describes the terrifying sounds of battle as shells and cannons roar. In a front row reply a meek man imagines the scene, while a block-wide chorus of musicians and singers struggles to resume practice after days of noise.
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Bove
Not Rafferty's Fleet Parade Incident
A parade scene shows a drill instructor scolding a new recruit named Rafferty for unsteady steps. The sergeant orders him to draw his feet into line while Rafferty insists the awkward feet belong to Micky Doolan in the rear rank.
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Rafferty
Micky Doolan
Oddities Flip Through A City Page
Reported phrases mix humorous proverbs with a note on dog bite cases in Chicago and a forecast that St Louis will lack hard coal next winter. The fragment hints at varied news items without a clear central event.
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St. Louis, Mo
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