Fruit-a-tives Marketed for Chronic Headaches in Ogdensburg
C E Beswick of 160 Caroline Ave Ogdensburg New York endorses Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets claiming relief from four years of nervous sick headaches and dyspepsia after trying doctors bran and other remedies. The ad notes prices 50 cents a box six for 2 50 and a 25 cent trial size with availability from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY and local dealers.
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Caroline Ave
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
N. We
Sale of surplus material at Navy Yard Boston 1920
Surplus naval items including engines, boats, galley gear, tools, and fixtures are offered for cash by sealed proposals due 11 a.m. January 20, 1920. Items are located at the Navy Yard Boston and Malden Nitro Depot with a catalog available from the issuing officer, Lieutenant-Commander W R Bowne. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels endorses the sale.
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Navy Yard
Boston
Mass
Navy
Fairbanks & Morse
Gray Motor Company
U. S
Malden
Army Embarkation
South Boston
W. R. Bowne
Board of Survey
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Help for Scrofula
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as especially effective for scrofula, noting symptoms such as eruptions and neck gland swellings and warning of progression to consumption. It cites impurities, poor air, bad water, and improper diet as aggravating factors and recommends Hood's Pills for constipation if needed.
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Hood
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy touted for digestion and stomach ills
A testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cures indigestion and bloating and helps stomach liver and intestinal ailments by removing catarrhal mucus. It asserts one dose convinces and offers money back. Available at all druggists.
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Mayr
Delatone Hair Removal Method Promoted
A home treatment mixes water with powdered delatone to paste on facial or neck hair. After two to three minutes the paste is rubbed off and the hairs disappear with no pain or inconvenience. Ensure you obtain genuine delatone to avoid disappointment.
Merciers Plea to German Bishops Over Belgian Deportations
Belgium faced German occupation with workers resisting, despite deportation as a tool. In Luttre in April 1915, 30 men were promised up to $5 daily, loaded into cattle trucks, but liberated at Namur as crowds cried Long live Belgium. Manager M Kesseler warned workers and urged conscience, yet 190 men were deported, with further arrests and transports following.
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Luttre
Germany
Belgium
Namur
M. Kesseler
Charleroi
Cardinal Mercier Presses German Bishops for Belgian Priests
From the occupation’s start Cardinal Mercier repeatedly begged military and ecclesiastical authorities for permission to send Belgian priests to German camps to comfort deported Belgians. He appeals to German bishops to allow priests to accompany deported civilians, arguing faith must sustain prisoners. He notes failures, protests, and ongoing deportations despite pleas.
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Empire
Germany
Shepherds of
Becaus
Belgium
D. J. Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Cologne
Beauties in a Boston Candy Plant Contest Shine
Two South Boston wrapping room workers at Package Confectionery Company are showcased in a local beauty contest. May Barrett, a seven year veteran, blond with blue eyes, shuns cosmetics and praises natural looks. Alice Smith, eight years at the firm, works in the sample department and argues sunshine beats substitutes, noting candy can harm the system if overused.
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New England
Package Con Setionery Company
South Boston
May Barrett
Alice Smith
Miss Barrett
Count Fifty Liniment Promises Quick Neuralgia Relief
An old time advertisement touts Jacobs Liniment as a harmless neuralgia relief. It claims instant relief by rubbing into nerves, with pain disappearing in minutes whether in face head or any body part. It offers a trial bottle from drug stores and emphasizes no skin burning or injury.
Exile Repatriation Requests From Belgian Clergy and Unemployed
A wartime report details 698 petitions from Belgians in Contich to Orp-le-Grand seeking repatriation from Germany. It notes limited replies from the Governor-General, and describes how the occupying power pressured workers via a meldeamt stamp system, while clerical leaders protested. The piece cites Cardinal Mercier, Baron von Bissing, and Canon Vranken, with a promise of continuation.
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United States
Germany
Netherlands
Holland
Belgium
Archbishop's House
Malihes
Baron von Huene
Brussels
Contich
Diest
Jodoigne
Orp-le-Grand
D. J. Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Cardinal Mercier
Baron von Bissing
Lst
Canon Vranken
Kreischef
Pohlmann
Baron von der Lancken
Copyright notices from 1919 public records
The text cites international and Canadian copyright notices from 1919 attributed to the Public Ledger Co. It lists the Boston Post and the Public Ledger Co. as holders and notes international and Canadian rights.
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The
Boston Post
the Public Ledger Co
Canada
Public Ledger Co
International
Public Lefiger Co
Johnson to Accept Defi in Battle Over Treaty Ratification
Senator Hiram Johnson declared in Brooklyn that he would accept President Wilsons challenge to take ratification of the peace treaty to the people of the United States. He urged that the issue involves the treasure and blood of Americans and must be decided by the public, warning politicians against hiding the debate.
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New York
Hiram Johnson
California
Brooklyn
Wilson
United States
Prohibition Amendment Penalty for Selling Wine to a Friend
The editor explains under the new prohibition amendment the penalty for selling wine or other alcoholic beverages to a personal friend as a favor in case of sickness. First offense carries a fine up to 1000 dollars or up to six months imprisonment. Then a note discusses extraordinarily small people like Tom Thumb and Lucia Zarate, noting Tom Thumb’s growth from 2½ inches in 1842 to 20 inches by 1863, and General Mite Flynn at 21 inches.
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Sir
the Post
Tom Thumb
Lucia Zarate
General Mite
Flynn
Conditions That Yield Most Eggs in Midwinter
A flock of hens lays more eggs in moderate, not excessive warmth. In freezing temperatures energy goes to warming, reducing egg production.
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Sir
States Opposing Woman Suffrage Amendment Questioned
To the Editor of the Post, Sir Have any States gone on record as opposing the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage One Alabama.
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Sir
Alabama
Difference Between Panama Canal and Nicaraguan Canal
The Nicaraguan Canal would run from Greytown on the Caribbean via the San Juan River to Lake Nicaragua then by Las Lajas and Rio Grande to Brito on the Pacific, a route never completed. The Panama Canal was ultimately chosen and built across the Isthmus of Panama.
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Panama Canal
Greytown
Caribbean Sea
San Juan River
Lake Nicaragua
Las Lajas
Rio Grande
Brito
Pacific
Panama
The Grey Motifs In A Then Fading World Scene
A speaker recalls grey cloaked figures and grey skies. An elder sage under a Knowledge-tree proclaims the world a bubble, while the narrator rebukes the old man and asserts unseen colors beyond wearied wit.
Velvet rain spot care and continental land area queries
The user asks how to remove rain spots from velvet by brushing against the grain and compares land areas of continents. North America is listed as 6,446,000 square miles and South America as 6,837,000, implying South America is larger by area.
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Sir
North
South America
North America
Shakespeare on Stage as Opera Inspired Plays
Inquiry into how many of Shakspere's plays have been set to music in operas. Mentions Hamlet Othello Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Taming of the Shrew, among others, as candidates for adaptation.
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Shakspere
Chaplin Family Tragedy Involving Infant Loss
The source notes that Charlie Chaplin's wife did not die and continued to appear in films, while their baby died very young, marking a sorrowful tragedy in the Chaplin family with no indication of her death.
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Sir
Charlie Chaplin
Uniform divorce laws urged by churchmen in Washington
Washington January 13. Rev W S Chase rector of Christ Church Brooklyn and other ministers urged a constitutional amendment to establish uniform divorce laws before the House judiciary committee. They blamed hasty marriages for half the divorces and said current laws vary, with some being worse than others.
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Washington
W. S. Chase
Christ Church, Brooklyn
House Judiciary Committee
Sheafe
New Bedford Carpenters Win 10 Cent Raise to 99 Cents
Master builders in New Bedford announced a voluntary 10 cent hourly wage increase for carpenters bringing the rate to 99 cents. About 1000 carpenters are affected by the change.
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New Bedford
Four Held Without Bail In Wood Alcohol Deaths Case
Nathan Salsberg Frank Rose Jacob Broner wine and Saul Joseph the four liquor men charged with murder in connection with the wood alcohol deaths in Hartford were brought into the Superior Court. Judge Burpee held a special session and bench warrants were issued. State's Attorney Alcorn sought first degree murder charges and no bail. The men were committed to jail without bail.
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Hartford
Conn
Nathan Salsberg
Frank Rose
Jacob Bronerwine
Saul Joseph
Superior Court
Burpee
Alcorn
Connecticut
Rose
Roxbury Post Names Athletic Officer and Strong Teams
Commander Frederick T. Doyle of Roxbury Post 44, American Legion, appoints Bill Connolly as athletic officer. The post will be represented in all athletics with many noted stars, and the basketball team has won every Suffolk County Legion League game, aiming for the championship.
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Frederick T. Doyle
Roxbury Post 44
American Legion
Bill Connolly
Roxbury Post
Tis
Suffolk County Legion League
Roxbury Post 44 to Host February 1926 Meeting Card
The post will hold a smoker and boxing and wrestling bouts at its first meeting in February in Hibernian Hall on February 3, 1926. Pat Mc Carty, a Roxbury Post 44 member, will feature in one of the bouts.
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Post
Hibernian Hall
Pat McCarty
Roxbury Post 44
Dyspepsia Relief For Family Life With Stuart's Tablets
Dyspepsia and Home Life notes relief from indigestion through Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals to aid digestion and restore appetite. The ad suggests avoiding soft predigested foods and promotes real dinners with tablets available at drug stores across the United States and Canada.
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Stuart
United States
Canada
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Baume Analgesique Bengue
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Miss May Barrett
Package Confectionery Company
St. Jacobs
Tomorrow’'S Post
Daily
Sunday Post
Johnson
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Wild Knight
E. P. Dutton & Co
House Judiciary
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek Mich
Mark H. Jackson
Gurney Bldg
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Mr. Jackson
Pau
Montreu
Watson
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East 21St St
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Brighton
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