Oklahoma Enacts Law Banning Quack Venereal Cure Ads
Oklahoma City reports new venereal disease law bans sale and barter of quack remedies like Knoxit Big G and Pabst ce. Drug stores face fines up to 500 and jail for 30 days to six months for violations. The U S Public Health Service backs enforcement and warns dealers fishing for profits with misleading self treatment claims.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Big G
Pabst
U.S. Public Health Service
John C. Mahr
U. S. Public Health Service
Mahr
Doctor Potter at Harris Hotel Visit in Ada Oklahoma
Dr Potter of Kansas City will hold a free consultation at the Harris Hotel in Ada on Wednesday October 29 from 1 to 5 PM. He promises treatment for deafness and many ailments using electricity and medicine, with a request to share results. Ladies must be accompanied by husbands.
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Harris Hotel
Potters
Garfield Ave
Kansas City
Ada
Oklahoma
Women ask recall of Muskogee mayor
In Muskogee Oklahoma on October 20 W G Robertson filed an amended recall petition with 65 names aimed at Mayor John L Wisener over alleged malfeasance tied to the street car strike. Most signers are women. if no election is called he will push the case into court. The effort is led by union labor men and jitney operators. Shantung sent 150000 coolies to France.
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Muskogee
Okla
John L. Wisener
W. G. Robertson
Robertson
Ten Thrift Commandments to Guide Finances in 1920
The Associated Press reports a national committee of bankers and others issued ten commandments for budgeting, record-keeping, banking, insurance, wills, home ownership, prompt bill payment, investments, frugality, and sharing. National Thrift Week begins January 17 with themed days from Bank Day to Pay Your Bills Day, led by Arthur M. East and endorsed by major industry groups.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
United States League of Building and Loan Association
National Federation of Construction Industries
Retail Credit Men’s Association
National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters
National Credit Men's Association
American Life Convention
Walter W. Head
Omaha
Nationl Bank
Arthur M. East
New York
General Mangin Named Chief Inter Allied Mission
Paris dispatches report General Mangin of the French army has been named as Chief of the Inter Allied Mission to supervise Baltic evacuation by German troops. Confirmation pending, Mangin has not yet decided, and a similar post may be offered.
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Paris
Mangin
von der Goltz
Knowhn
Ballard's Snow Liniment Offers Deep Pain Relief
Neuralgia of the face shoulder hands or feet requires a powerful remedy that will penetrate the flesh. Ballard's Snow Liniment possesses that power. Rubbed in where the pain is felt is all that is necessary to relieve suffering and restore normal conditions. Sold by Bart Smith.
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Ballard
Bart Smith
Real Good Tin Work Ad Near Harris Hotel
Local ad promotes tin work by Jim, located first door east of Harris Hotel. Offers describe a weekly schedule from Tuesday to Saturday and a one time window of 1tw.
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Jim
Harris Hotel
Read Nature's Advertisements of Steam and Progress
The essay credits Watts for discovering steam power’s usefulness after Nature advertised its power. It extols reading advertisements as a path to knowledge, arguing that those who study ads gain practical education and societal progress, with advertisers and engineers as modern equivalents of learned professors.
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Watts
Nature
Ada News
Strikes Are Enemy of Civilization, Latta Declares
The author argues that labor strikes threaten civilization and must be outlawed, equating them with murder, arson, and war. He calls for an orderly tribunal to adjudicate capital and labor disputes and insists labor and capital alike must be bound by constitutional rights and laws. He condemns organized labor’s wartime tactics and urges government to preserve orderly processes.
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Thomas A. Latta
Republic
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
Western Front
Union Brotherhoods
Constructive thinking urged to defend labor rights
A call asserts constitutional right to pursue destiny outside organized labor and demands that employers recognize labor's right to collective bargaining. It condemns conspiracy to inflict damage by strikes and urges leadership toward constructive, normal, and right action, contrasting constructive and destructive thoughts.
Earnings increase greatest in iron and steel industry
Washington Oct 20 The Bureau of Statistics Labor Department reports the rise in hourly earnings over six years was largest in iron and steel. Across all departments the 1919 hourly wage for steel and iron workers reached 221 percent of the 1913 level, about 2.15 times as high.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iron and Steel
Bureau of Statistics
Labor Department
Steel and Iron Workers
Open shop stance affirmed by Judge Gary at steel firm
Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel Corp rejects negotiating with unions not employed in the plant and reaffirms support for the open shop. The National Industrial Conference continues, delaying meetings until 2 30 P M as the conference proceeds.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Lane
National Industrial Conference
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Gary
Stop coughing with Ballard’s Horehound Syrup ad
An advertisement claims Ballard's Horehound Syrup stops coughing and soothes irritated lungs for easier breathing. The copy mentions a Bart sponsor and oddly includes a line about a female hornet being armed and able to sting.
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Ballard
Bart
Smith
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