Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised in Patient Testimonials
Two Vermont and Iowa women describe long term female complaints including weakness, pain, and fatigue. They credit Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with relief and improved ability to work. Both express strong endorsement of the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
W. F. Sawyer
River View Farm
Moretown
Vermont
Gifford
Iowa
Mna Milie Blagle
Gifford, Iowa
Boston Americans vs Nationals miscue sparks language quip
In a Bean City game Tris Speaker hit a long fly between right field and center. Danny Moeller chased it shouting I have it and a fan quipped he should say Ive got it revealing Moeller's college background, though he did graduate.
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Boston Americans
Nationals
Bean City
Tris
Danny Moeller
Ailan
Moeller
Boston
Popwar Magazine
Why He Loved Her in Life
A brief exchange reveals a young suitor confessing love for an heiress as her father weighs the suitor’s means. The dialogue underscores class tension and obligation in a melodramatic moment from Life.
Quotations Recall a Queer Man and Fashion Trends
Fragments depict remarks on a queer man and interest in contemporary fashions shown in films. The lines suggest curiosity about male sexuality and what women wear in current styles.
Well Equipped Seraph Face with Angel Backing
An ornate ad notes a star with a seraph like face and claims powerful angelic backing. It promotes Roman Eye Balsam as a remedy for scalding sensation and inflammation of the eyes or eyelids.
The Actor With a Hidden Audience
A bygone-article style note suggests actors may forget their audience more easily than they notice an unseen crowd. The text claims Japan imported over 10 million pounds of raw cotton in the previous year. It also advertises Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children at 2 cents a bottle, claiming gum relief and wind colic cure.
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Japan
Horseless age not arriving as horses stay strong
Analysis notes that despite growth of mechanical vehicles the horse remains dominant in the United States. Horses show record numbers and value, and livestock like mules and burros also rise, while cattle and sheep trends vary. The piece cites Crop Reporter figures from January 1, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Ashington
United
States
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Washington Furnishes Prize Summer Fish Story
Capt Charles H Thompson of Miami relates a monster fish tale that captivated Washington for over five months as J S Warmeth an area resident pursued the creature off Florida. The beast weighed 30000 pounds, measured 45 feet long, and required five harpoons and 151 bullets to subdue over five days. The monster towed a yacht 39 hours at 45 mph and drew crowds in Miami as officials vouched for the unbelievable catch. It weighed 1500 pounds in its stomach and had a 1700 pound liver, with a 38 inch wide mouth and 40 inch long tongue and an elephant like hide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Thompson
Miami
Fla
Bush League
Ty Cobb
Fish
Washington
J. S. Warmbeth
Thompson
W. J. Brooks
Smithsonian Institution
Washington City Bulletin the Nations Smallest Daily
Aks about a unique Washington single-sheet newspaper established in 1894. It prints three times daily on one 22 by 25 inch page and reaches about 75 000 readers via bicycle messengers. Editions carry local baseball results and major league standings with ads for amusements cigars liquors and men’s wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Washington
Bulletin
Dwyer
Early riser Bryan tours Rock Creek for cool morning ride
Secretary of State Bryan starts days at six, riding out to Rock Creek and nearby lanes before dawn. He often stops at markets for white radishes and even argues briefly with radish wagon vendors if available.
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Bryan
Judge Declares Himself Always and Everywhere Contempt
An auctioneer fined a man $60 for contempt of court during an auction. The prisoner was jailed after a disturbance. An attorney sought remission arguing the auctioneer was not a court. The judge proclaimed he is judge at all times and everywhere an object of contempt. National Monthly.
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Merchan
Ders
National Monthly
Watery blisters on face cure story from Cuticura
Mrs A K Wooden of Smithville Indiana describes a infant facial rash that began as small watery blisters and turned fiery red and cracked. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the itching and burning disappeared within two days and the cheeks healed in two weeks with no recurrence eight months later. Cuticura Soap and Ointment advertised with response offer from Boston.
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Smithville
Ind
A. K. Wooden
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Fried chicken and peach cobbler reminiscence in wartime talk
A Confederate veteran recalls Gen Robert E Lee's dictum about fried chicken and extols corn fritters, biscuits, and peach cobbler. He details preferred portions, sauce flavor, and wine additions to cobbler, ending with an enthusiastic, humorous note.
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Gen
Robert E. Lee
Rocking Chair Signs Observed By Atchison Woman
An Atchison woman observes that a woman rocking on her front porch indicates the condition of the house behind her. A smooth relaxed motion signals neatness and cleanliness, while nervous jerks and irregular taps signal unmade beds, unwashed dishes, and dusty floors.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Doctor’s Gift Turns Patient’s Fortunes in Food Wealth
A Pennsylvania doctor gave a patient a novel remedy, not bitter medicine, claiming food could act as gold for health. Two years ago the patient suffered frequent indigestion and biliousness, but the treatment led to notable improvements.
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Sanat
Indiana Briefs: Church Study to Priesthood and Local Elections
A collection of Indiana snippets reports a Chicago Theological Seminary student entering the Episcopal priesthood, plus Fountain County voting machine approval for sixteen precincts. Other items note miner Walter Osborne injured by a mine blast, central Indiana drought affecting power plants, a motorman's injuries in Acton, a train hold up near Connersville, and obits for Riley Shepherd and Bud Felter.
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Chicago theological_ Seminary
Columbus
Willie. Jones
Jones
Covington
Fountain County
Princeton
Walter Osborne
Fort Branch
Richmond
Indiana
Acton
Leroy Brown
Connersville
Liberty
Noblesville
Riley Shepherd
North Carolina
Shepherd
Laporte
Jacob G. Hamaker
Two Harbors
Mich
Laporte Y. M. C. A
George F. Allison
Hartford City
The
Adventista of Indiana
Fair Ground Grove
Anderson
Fall Creek
Madison County
Pendleton
Wabash
Bud Felter
North Manchester
Felter
Elkhart
J. J Booth
Lake Shore
Aggie Conflict Sparks Plot Over River and Road
In a dialog heavy scene Tom and an old man debate a map’s lines from river to main road. A boast about American enterprise surfaces as a friend jokes about shipping Billikens to Africa for idols, highlighting quirky wartime-era humor.
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Tom
Aggie
Billikens
Africa
Castoria and patent remedy ads flood the page
A collage of vintage ads promotes Castoria with claims of safety for infants, a Fletcher’s Castoria signature, and children crying for it. Other spots tout Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills, Dr Peery Vermifuge, and generic quips about apothecaries and poetry as a drug.
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Fletcher
Wright
Pearl St
New York
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