Sailors Freed From Mazatlan Jail and Other World Happenings
Washington reports the release of two American sailors jailed in Mazatlan since November 12 on assault charges. War Department restarts parcel post sales to resume January 1 after December 10 discontinuation. Labor groups unite to oppose railroad ownership return and anti strike penalties. President Wilson’s industrial conference urges a national tribunal and regional boards for labor disputes. Revenue chief Daniel Roper seeks controls on wood alcohol disguised as whisky amid fatalities.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
State Department
Washington
Army
War Department
National Industrial Tribunal
Wilson
Daniel GC. Roper
Internal Revenue
Senate
House
American Federation of Labor
Pullman Company
Congress
Cummins
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Transportation Board
Notable War Figures and Public Figures Leave Or Face Illness
A roundup of veteran leaders and public figures includes Personal Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy wounded in a horse accident at Camp Lee, Va. Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury dies at home, and Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry passes away at Walter Reed. Also listed are opera singer Pauline Hall, Dr. Sir William Osler, Ford's bonus plan for workers, bank robberies, railway strikes, and incidents from Cuba to California.
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Omar Bundy
France
Camp Lee, Va. c
America
Thomas H. Barry
John KE. Pillsbury
Barry
West Point
Philippines
Germany
Admiral Pillsbury
Naval Academy
Vesuvius
Russian Bolsheviks report mass executions in early 1919
An Isvestia dispatch from Moscow notes fourteen thousand people shot by Bolsheviks in the first three months of 1919. Other items report Estonian shelling on the Narova, Bolshevik advances around Bakhmut, and Allied/European political moves including plebiscites at Fiume and political chatter in Paris and London.
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Bolsheviks
Russia
Moscow
Isvestia
Bern
Odessa
Constantinople
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Armistice, Japanese stance and railway turmoil loom
A chaotic view of postwar diplomacy reports Estonia and Soviet Russia signing a seven day armistice at Dorpat with eastward civil war hopes. Boston notes the U S Senate to iron out a railway bill while unions push for two years of government operation and bankers seek private return.
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Dorpat
Esthonia
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Washington
Paris
London
Tingley Savings Bank Robbed for 100000 in Cash and Securities
The Tingley Iowa Savings bank was robbed of 100000 in cash and securities by intruders who opened the vault door by cutting out the lock with an acetylene torch. Three armed men stopped a truck carrying woolen goods valued at 10000 near Mike Kohn’s Chicago store and escaped with the goods. The Illinois tax commission announced equalized state property value at 4055700386, up from 3891897444.
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Tingley
Iowa
Geggs
State Tax Commission
Springfield
Ill
Mike Kohn
Chicago
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Safe Laxative for Children
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for kids. It urges mothers to use the product, promises a tasty flavor, and instructs to follow the dosing directions on the bottle.
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California
Just Grievance in a Birmingham colloquial exchange
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes Maggie, a beanery belle, scolding a man for addressing a woman harshly. She defends propriety saying no gentleman talks to a lady as if she is scattered. The brief snippet captures social friction and playful street dialogue.
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Maggie
Mag
Birmingham Age-Herald
Cascarets Cure for Liver and Bowels Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a laxative cure all for biliousness indigestion sour stomach and gas. It states millions use Cascarets to cleanse the stomach remove fermenting food and excess bile and carry out waste overnight promising relief by morning.
A Sure Way Brings Up Woman Detective Plot
A dialogue hints at using a woman detective to expose a financier. The exchange questions feasibility and suggests disguise as a man to uncover truth.
Boschee's Syrup promotes rest and lung relief for coughs
Boschee's Syrup is promoted as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles backed by claims that influenza deaths exceeded wartime deaths last year. The ad notes fifty three years of use in homes worldwide and asserts the syrup provides a good night's rest with easy morning expectoration made in America and sold everywhere.
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America
Civilized World
To Escape the Jinx
A humorous courtroom exchange features a bigamist explaining why he married 14 wives, saying he did not believe in the number thirteen and addressing the judge with a witty line.
Cuticura Skin Improvement Advertisement Tips
An old advertisement extols Cuticura with steps to apply Ointment at rising and retiring, then wash off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It claims dramatic results for poor complexions, dandruff, itching and red rough hands.
Nature's Own Remedy Garfield Tea Advertises Cure
An advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a natural herbal cure for constipation. The copy frames the product as a safe home remedy and uses a playful line about a shoemaker and a sole mate to market the tea.
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Nature
Why Trespass on the Sabbath Work Sufficient Hours Cited
A critic argues that the work of the week can be done within hours from Monday morning to Saturday night and questions motives behind alleged sabbath trespass. The remark suggests explanations often miss the true issue.
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Organized Labor United
John E. Pillsbury
Central Department
Department of the East
Walter Reed Hospital
Pauline Hall
Yonkers, N. Y
Boaz W. Long
Las Vegas
N. M
Cuba
Havana
Mr. Long
Miss Theresa Long
William Osler
Oxford
England
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company of
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Beattie Bank
Elwood
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
American Legion
United States
Western Union Telegraph and Telephone Company
New York
Lowell
Mass
Sheriff Caldwell
Mount Clemens, Mich
Lloyd Prevost
Ruth Brown
J. Stanley Brown
Vanceboro
New Brunswick
Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
United States Army
Logan
Vladivostok
Siberia
Sevensmen
People’s Bank
Ottawa Lake
Herman Rothfuss
Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Hilary P. Jones
Newport, R. L
Sims
County Fair Price Commission
Topeka
Kans
R. C. Potter
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Venice Beach
Culver City
Cal
Narova
Narova River
Bakhmut
Novo
Nikolaiovsk
Admiral Kolchak
Alexandrovsky
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Fiume
Rome
Clemenceau
Echo de Paris
Alexander F. Kerensky
Gregory Zilbourg
Kerensky
R. B. Russell
Winnipeg
Russell
Vancouver World
Sydney
New Zealand
Commission On War
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Holland
Balheg Syria
Cairo
Quai d’Orsay
Esthenia
Japan
Edward W. Pickard
Pomerene
Lodge
Tumulty
Capitol
Hitchcock
Supreme Council
Upper Silesia
Hungary
Austria
Semenoff
Kolchak
Irieutsk
Lake Baikal
Nitt
Sciabia
Italy
Adriatic
Lan.Sing
Dalmatian
Ragusa
Great Britain
M. Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Palmer
Red Movement
Department of Justice
Census Bureau
Fort MacArthur
Los Angeles
American Red Cross
Boschee’s
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