Remarkable Peru-Na Cure Letter From Dillon Woman
Mrs. Charlie Taylor of Dillon South Carolina reports two years of catarrh and related ailments ending after using Peru-Na. She gained weight from 100 to 150 pounds and says twelve bottles cured her, urging others to try the remedy for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble rheumatism and blood purification. The ad pitches Peru-Na in tablet or liquid form as a reliable emergency home remedy.
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Charlie Taylor
Dillon
S. C
Peru-Na
If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney liver and bladder issues and reduces uric acid. It offers a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer Co and urges purchase of full sizes at drug stores. A closing quip notes fathers of twins bring more joy than fathers of a single baby.
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Dr. Gilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Bayer Aspirin Headache Aid Ad Claims 19 Years
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with directions for Headache Colds Pain Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatism. It claims Bayer means genuine Aspirin trusted by physicians for nineteen years. A tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents.
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Bayer
Sending Cotton to Japan One Million Bales Targeted
The article projects that by year end one million bales of American cotton will be shipped to Japan, highlighting a substantial trade flow and demand from Japanese buyers.
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Japan
Designer hog brings record price at Omaha
A Poland China yearling boar named Designer was sold for 80 000 dollars in Omaha, a record price for a hog. The report notes the sum as a record and mentions other wartime era items such as fires, accidents, and policy debates of 1920.
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Poland
Omaha
Charles City
Iowa
Fideli Ambrosini
Antonia Gay
Tonopah
Ney
Samuel Phillipson & Co
Chicago
Siberia
Sheridan
Bolshevists
American Legion
Global notes mix of wars markets aviation and politics
Amid sweeping world events a New York report lists 5000 cars in Japan, executions in Poland, Paderewski's anti profiteer pledge, U.S. hands off Siberia policy, China aviation contracts, Compiegne damage, a Port Darwin flight prize to Ross Smith, and other global items. Also noted are a Canadian gold shipment, New York real estate meddling, and a Kalamazoo outbreak from insect powder in pancakes.
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Empire of Japan
United States
M. Brotheim
Paderewski
Japan
America
Siberia
Kolchak
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Compiegne
France
Michael Misleg
Joint Legislative Committee
New York
Indianapolis American Association Club
William CC. Smith
South Norwalk
Indianapolis
W. C. Smith, Jr
Kalamazoo County
Michigan
Women Approach ing Middle Life In Ottawa Kans
Mary Chase of 603 N Hickory says she faced nervousness and fatigue in midlife. After trying Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery she recovered enough to work again. She also uses Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation when needed.
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Ottawa
Kans
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr. Pierce
Mary Chase
Hickory
Favorite Prescription Promises Health for Women Stages
A Kansas City reader testifies to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription easing feminine weakness nervous fatigue and general decline. The ad highlights three life stages from girlhood to motherhood to middle age and recommends the product in liquid or tablet form with a small trial offer.
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Kansas City
Kans
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
Landscape Spoilers Comment on Civic Workers
Mr Growcher compares certain people to street repair crews saying they are essential yet a relief when they move on. The remark underscores tension between necessary civic labor and public annoyance.
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Mr. Growcher
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Cure Rheumatism Claim
An advertisement asserts rheumatism stems from kidney poison buildup and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure. It claims the capsules detoxify kidneys and urinary tract, easing related pains and preventing recurrence, urging readers to buy only the genuine Gold Medal product.
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Haarlem
Sun Power Plants See Large Scale Experimental Runs
Sun power pumping plants have been run experimentally on a large scale in California New Mexico and Egypt.
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California
New Mexico
Egypt
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad
The trio of Cuticura products offers soap to cleanse and purify ointment to soothe and heal and talcum to powder and perfume. A complete toilet table set priced at 25c everywhere.
Briggins and Growcher Dialogue Sparks Conversation
A brief exchange shows Briggins enjoying his work while Mr. Growcher notes the topic serves mainly as conversation. The quip hints at character dynamics and social humor in a spoken interaction.
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Briggins
Mr. Growcher
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Cold Relief
Advertisement claims taking two hourly doses up to three cures a cold and grippe misery. It promises to open blocked nostrils, stop runny nose, relieve headache, feverishness, sneezing, and soreness with no quinine and low cost.
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Pape
Southwest News Roundup Highlights 1919 Arizona Events
Reports note Red Cross Christmas Seal sale across the U S from December 1 to 10 1919. Arizona sees rising housing in Tempe and mixed job prospects amid weather. New Mexico enforces prohibition under J H Fleming with Thomas H Mays as successor. Arizona's 77777 pupil school census and 72400387 for next year after central item deductions. Salt River Valley asks interior department to grant permanent water rights for dry lands. Grand Canyon improvements planned by Santa Fe Railway. Game wardens warn against fires and livestock harm near reservations. Shiprock Indian Hospital opens with 100 beds. Governor Larrazolo pardons Grover Johnson and commutation lowered sentence. Carlsbad banks report deposits surge due to cotton. Tucumcari oil wells to rise to five in Quay county. Texas oil activity stirs Quay county. horse illness spreads in Pacos valley. Rancher Guy Bassett pardoned for larceny. J Knox Corbett Lumber and W J Corbett Hardware merge in Tucson.
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Arizona
Case
Secretary of the Interior
Superior Court
Maricopa County
Salt River Valley
Shiprock
N. Mex
Grover Johnson
Union County
New Mexico
Larrazolo
Washington E. Lindsey
Carlsbad
Pacos Valley
Lake Arthur
Fort Sumner
Guy Bassett
San Miguel
District Court
Miguel County
Tucson
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company
W. J. Corbett Hardware Company
Danish chemist sells artificial leather patent to Norwegian firm
A Copenhagen chemist has sold a patent for artificial leather to a Norwegian company that plans factories to produce it in multiple nations. The move could lower costs of sandwiches served in railroad lunchrooms by reducing leather substitute prices.
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Copenhagen
Egbert
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Colds
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a treatment for acute catarrh and frequent colds. Claims to build up the system and cleanse the blood via internal use. Offers testimonials and a money back promise for any case not cured. Includes price 75 cents and company location Toledo Ohio.
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Pete
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Famous American Admiral Stewart Dies in 1869
In 1869 on November 6, Admiral Stewart, famed for defeating French privateers and British forces in the War of 1812, died. He was the grandfather of Charles Parnell.
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Admiral Stewart
Charles, Parnell
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