Sanitary Closet Plan Moves Through Council
The Winchester common council debated sanitary closets with Dr. Boyd noting 1,268 dry closets and 608 sewer connections citywide. An ordinance to fund a scavenger team and wagon passed first and second readings by 4 to 3, warning of a potential typhoid outbreak if not adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
A. T. Jones
P. W. Boyd
Board of Health
B. B. Dutton
Boyd
J Robert Doran
Winchester
Jones
Stomach Trouble Cured After Using Vinci
E. L. Marshall of Shreveport Louisiana reports years of bad stomach trouble left him weak and unable to work. After trying various remedies he used Vinci and says the stomach trouble is completely cured and he is well. Vinci is promoted as guaranteed to tone nerves of the stomach and restore strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
E. L. Marshall
Vinci
Cartagena: A Historic Port and Inquisition Castle View
Cartagena sits on the northern South American coast as a picturesque old sea port. The article highlights its perfect harbor, green hills, and once mighty walls that endure as a warlike silhouette. It notes the old Inquisition headquarters and Spain’s past western stronghold status.
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Cartagena
Sout
America
Americas
Spain
Indies
The
Inquisition
New World
Women Testify to Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Four women from Yonkers Batestown Haven and North Haven share relief from female troubles nervousness backache and life changes after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters claim health restoration and urge other women to try the remedy based on personal experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Yonkers
N. Y
E. Pinkham
Lanee H. J. A. Feather
Hamilton Ave
P.nkhara
O. A. Cog
Batestown
Danville
Flays
Lydia Pinkham
Om Rares
Haven
Conn
Florence -Isella
North Haven
Malacca City Echoes with Empty Halls and Lantern Guiding Seas
The old Portuguese cathedral overlooks Malacca a city marked by aging houses and dust. A lantern glows at night guiding mariners past the decayed church while political talk links decline to trade shifts to Penang and Singapore. The tale recalls St Xavier’s failed missions and the city’s lingering itches of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malacca
Penang
Singapore
St. Xavier
Test methods to assess criminals and child abilities
The article discusses proposals to use mental tests to evaluate criminals and to measure a person’s mental age for legal purposes. It notes cases where adults show mental ages of ten to twelve and claims tests for children reveal vocational aptitudes beyond mental age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Wampum Beads From Quahog Shells Across Regions
Wampum beads were chiefly made from ordinary hard clam quahog shells found from Cay to Florida. Roger Williams notes that eastern Indians store up shells in summer and winter for bead production.
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Cay
Florida
Roger Williams
Shelley
Warning on Medical Examination Day and spring health tips
The Life Extension Institute urges observance of last December 6 as Medical Examination Day and advises stocktaking of physical condition in spring. It promotes a spring tonic and a traditional blood tonic, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and recommends plain foods, vegetables, water, and an uric acid solvent after meals. Kidney disease is highlighted as a major threat and guidance is given on dietary choices and tonics.
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Life Extension Institute
Freatien Sa
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
W. M. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Resinol Heals Sick Skins Uses Soap For Clear Complexion
A promotional note claims Resinol soap soothes and cleanses pores, leaving the complexion clear and fresh with regular use. It urges daily washing to restore skin health and brightness.
Incas Worshipped Sun and Natural Wonders in Andean Faith
The text describes Inca religious preferences for high places, views, and striking natural objects with sun worship as their chief divinity. It notes their cold mountain region in the central Andes and the use of Quichua, mentioning Hiram Bingham and an expedition cited in the National Geographic Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
Hardy
Hiram Bingham
National Geographic Magazine
City Eye Specialists Tout Quick Eye Strengthening Remedy
City eye doctors claim Bon-Opto strengthens eyesight by up to 50 percent in one week in many cases. Patients report clearer vision and less dependence on glasses after using the eye wash with dissolvable tablets. Doctors cite rapid improvements in blepharitis and other conditions, urging readers to try the remedy dispensed by local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. Smith
Conner
Sabove
Better Than Calomel Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Laxative
Promote a liver and bowel remedy free from calomel with olive tablet laxative benefits. The ad claims quick relief, no tooth damage, and improved mood and clarity, pricing at 10c and 25c for two boxes.
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Edwards
Venetian Traveler Marco Polo Centuries of Echoes
The fragment recounts Marco Polo born to a Venice family, his Silk Road journey to China, and service as Yang Chow governor. It notes his capture at Curzola, dictation of travel to Rusticcano, and a late Rococo moralizing quotation attributed to Rousseau on evil and human nature.
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Mateodolo
China
Kubla Roca
Micre
Osub
Bagdad
Khorassan
Th Unis
Joushgaur
Yurman
Yarkandray
Gobi Desert
Fricnt
Shanoeta
Jcbum
Khan Sen Mareo
Yurmin
Buraq
Coheia
India
Yang Chow
Sumatra
Persia
Venice
Marco
Genoa
Curzola
Captivi
Rusticcano
Pisa
Public sale notice for concrete mixer in Frederick County Va
By virtue of any execution in my hands I will offer for public sale on Saturday May 5th 1917 at 10 o'clock A M at the bridge on the North Frederick Turnpike at Hogue Creek near Gainesboro Frederick County Va One Wonder Concrete Mixer Model 15 and No 6329 mounted on a portable truck with gasoline engine attached in first class condition Luther Pannet Sheriff of Frederick Co Va
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North Frederick Turnpike
Hogue Creek
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Luther Pannett
Frederick Co
Trustees Sale of Desirable House and Lot in Winchester VA
Public auction in front of the Winchester Court House at noon on May 12 1917. Samuel Mason's heirs property at 208 Valley Avenue fronting 152 feet on Valley and 184 feet on Warwick with a two story residence offered as a plant nursery site or multiple building lots. One third cash day of sale balance in one and two years with bonds and deed of trust plus building insurance. M M Lynch trustee and Wm M Bowen auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Mason
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
Valley Avenue
Said Avenue
Warwick Street
Spanish at Saloniki and the Spanish Jewish Influence
The passage notes a small Spanish speaking population in Saloniki due to historic exile of Spanish Jews. It describes Saloniki as a mongrel city in the Near East with a notable influx of Spanish Jews who preserved their language. It also mentions the Colom plateau with a vigorous Semitic-influenced people who are successful commercially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saloniki
Near East
Colom
Rehearsal Mixup and Plant Defenses In Reading Texts
A stage rehearsal slips into farce as supers fail kneeling cues and blame the property master for missing genu flexions. The text then surveys plant defenses, noting spikes brambles hollies venomous nightshade poison and the skunk like taste deterring grazing animals.
Reversal of Nature Costs English Watercress Grower
A Washington Star note recounts how herons devoured trout before caddis worms could be eaten by fish, upsetting the normal chain of predation. The result was three quarters of a watercress crop ruined by caddis worm damage, a rare ecological reversal.
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Washington Star
Birds and the balance of nature endangering crops
An essay blames wholesale bird slaughter for an annual Texas crop loss estimated at 50 to 75 million dollars. It argues nature’s balance once relied on insectivorous birds and predators to curb pests, warning that overkilling birds harms farmers and crops.
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Texas
Sacrifice Not His Hat Note at Cremation in Ceylon
A letter in the Ceylon Independent claims Mudalizar Harry Jayawardana handed the author his hat at a late high priest cremation. The writer says sentiment overwhelmed them and they burned the hat on the pyre, hoping for merit for the owner. The missive ends with a blessing for the hat owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon Independent
Sir—Mudalizar
Harry Jayawardana
Trustee’s Sale of 60 Acre Frederick County Farm
Trust estate of Mrs Eliza Clarke and Hamilton Clarke offers 60 acre farm with buildings for public auction at Winchester Court House May 12 1917 at 11 am. Property adjoins Harry Kern Matthias Loy three miles north of Gainesboro in Frederick County Virginia with timber on site. One third cash day of sale and balance in one and two years secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Auctioneer Wm M Bowen.
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M. M. Lynch
Wm. M. Bowen
Eliza. Clarke
Hamilton Clarke
Frederick County
Virginia
Court House
Winchester
Harry R. Kern
Matthias R. Loy
Gainesboro
Vm. M. Bowen
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Evening Star
Harry Flood Byrd
Bell 33
United
Evening Star Publishing Company
Morning New
Ixem
Weekly Times
Weekly Mirror
Postoffice
Health Board
Otpee
Lee Herbert Smith, M. D
Maxwell
Bell
H. D. Albin
E. Piccadilly St
Mountain View Nursery Co
Williamsport
Maryland
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Co. A. Heller & CO
Beck
Geo. F. Miller’s Sons
Dr. Edwards
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas & Messer CO
Baltimore Se
Baltimore
Equity
John Bearomate
F. W. Magruder
N. Main St
Lawrence McK. Boyd
Adam Forney
City Sergt. Admr
Tise
Iowa
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