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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
2
A Cincinnati genius offers Freezone to remove hard and soft corns and calluses. Apply a few drops to the aching corn and lift it out with no soreness or irritation. A tiny bottle costs only a few cents at any drug store and covers every corns issue. Also notes Africa’s desert sand depth estimate.
An old advertisement argues that influenza is highly dangerous, citing higher death tolls than a war era. It praises Boschee's Syrup for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles aiding restful nights and easy morning expectoration. It claims wide use in homes across America and the civilized world.
Diamond Dyes promises rich fade resistant color for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics including dresses blouses skirts coats and feathers. Direction book explains how to dye over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card helps match materials. Hall's Catarrh Medicine ad offers 100 reward for incurable catarrh and notes 75 cent price with 40 years of sales. Bachelors are the only men who think they know it all.
An advertisement touts Jad Salts and lithia based kidney cleansing drinks as a remedy for kidney pain and bladder weakness. It urges frequent water intake and a daily tablespoon of salts before breakfast, claiming the salts purify urine, dissolve acid, and keep kidneys active. The piece ends with a note that a poet can show real money.
diplomatic notes report U S hard line with Britain and France over Adriatic settlements while Great Britain France and Italy weigh yielding to President Wilson. Soviet Russia pledges democracy and a constituent assembly with debt relief and mining concessions to a Anglo American syndicate. Senators push Bermuda island purchase talks and resignations shake tax and foreign affairs posts as the peace treaty mandates reservation is readopted.
Personal William H Finley of Chicago was elected president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway to have executive charge of the road when it goes back to private ownership on March 1. The report notes various global and regional events alongside this election.
Chicago and Springfield reports detail statewide views on executions and crime. The February grand jury supports public hangings as a crime deterrent after witnessing the Jack O'Brien execution, while other items note tax exemptions for military pay, Illinois property values for 1919, and state agency warnings on liquor transport.
Illinois constitutional convention debates electing nearly all state offices. Chicago delegates propose governor and lieutenant governor elected, others appointed. another plan seeks a 27 judge supreme bench with direct appeals. Agriculture committee opens hearings on farm interests amid talk of farm loans and taxation.
A Knoxville reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with curing back trouble and “female trouble” after persistent illness. The testimonial urges others to try the medicines, noting she and many others report relief and improved health.
An old advertisement urges women to consider kidney and bladder trouble as a cause of broad symptoms. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure and offers test samples for ten cents. The note ends with the line about not caring which ride they get and concludes with a cartoonish remark about painting the cheeks.
Testimonial ads tout Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for nervous breakdown and blood disorders, with claims it strengthens health in women and children. Anuric for kidney back pain is praised after two bottles. Readers invited to request free confidential medical consultation from the Invalids’ Hotel faculty in Buffalo, NY.
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