09 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
1
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe laxative option that provides relief from constipation and sour digestion while you sleep. It claims to cleanse the bowels without griping and to strengthen bowel muscles, noting the low cost. The piece ends by mentioning a British milling industry push for worker technical education.
An old advertisement stresses Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand. It touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with proper directions for headache, colds, pain, neuralgia, lumbago, and rheumatoid conditions. The message claims Bayer has prescribed aspirin for nineteen years and notes a handy tin of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
In a cliffside hideout, Jacqueline and I flee Leroux after a brutal struggle. Pierre Caribou warns of danger as duchaine tries to kill us. We seal a secret chamber and await dawn while Duchaine pursues us through a tunnel toward daylight.
The article discusses betel nut use in Persia where people carry it in ivory boxes. It compares the nut to tobacco in effect but notes it is more harmful causing inflamed gums and tooth loss. The nut comes from a climbing plant whose leaves are ground with areca and formed into a paste wrapped in betel leaves.
George C. Hubbs, sales manager for a large automobile concern, argues that high food prices and rampant spoilage show the need for better transportation. He notes America’s vast railroad network and motor vehicle fleet yet says the farmer five miles from market suffers due to inadequate freight facilities, comparing global rail and waterway capacity.
The article argues that railroads and rivers alone cannot prevent farm isolation. It urges building sturdy roads so farmers can haul produce by motor vehicle to markets or shipping points. It cites Secretary Redfield and Secretary Wilson praising road investment as sound policy.
The University of Michigan will offer a course on highway transport for students, announced by President H. G. Hutching. The move reflects growing emphasis on highway freight in national shipping and communication, alongside railroads and steamship lines, as part of a sound, uniform system.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture argues that road investments only pay off if maintenance follows. It recommends durable top coverings on new roads to ensure permanence and prevent waste from disrepair.
A note on road disputes urging neighbors to avoid court by funding a shared project. It argues anyone can build a road with sufficient money and warns against dragging the matter into litigation.
An old advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a quick cure for summer colds promising a good night's rest in bed. It advises avoiding droughts, avoiding sudden changes, eating sparingly, and taking occasional Roschee's Syrup, available at stores, claimed to be safe and effective and made in America for over fifty years.
A vintage ad promises Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by influencing the blood and mucous surfaces with a constitutional approach. It offers a $100 reward if it fails, cites J Cheney & Co of Toledo as makers, and ends with a proverb about intentions not warming like a blanket.
Frederick Kolle quotes that nervous, underweight individuals can gain strength and steadier nerves by taking a U-grim tablet with Vitro-Phosphate before meals. A French scientist’s phosphate is cited with medical journal reports of success. If no improvement after weeks, money back. two weeks’ supply costs fifty cents per week or less.
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