Railroad Engineers Praise Tanlac In Public Notice
A parade of railway engineers across multiple states tout Tanlac for restored appetite, weight gain, stabilized nerves, and renewed work ability. Each man reports substantial health gains, with several noting 7 to 68 pound increases and renewed capacity to work, backed by diverse railroad lines and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
W. L. Nabers
Atlanta, Ga
Southern Railway
Cc. Bowers
First Avenue
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Central
D. A. Middleton
Chenoyett Street
Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
T. G. Ayers
Raines Avenue
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
J. T. Toy
Atlanta
Seaboard
R. H. Owens
Avenue G
Birmingham
Ala
T. G. Burrows
McKinney Avenue
Texas
St. Louis
Brownsville
Mexico
Qatard
Lynn Sills
Bellevue Avenue
Memphis
Louisville and
J. Weeks
Lydia Street
Jacksonville
Fla
Druggist Endorses Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy
Druggist Herbert Maxwell of Plymouth Massachusetts endorses Kilmer and Co Swamp Root as the best kidney liver and bladder remedy with long years of experience. Customers praise its potent results and a sample bottle offer is extended for ten cents plus a booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Herbert
Maxwell
Plymouth
Mass
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Cuticura ads and misc clippings with jokes
A collage of old advertisements and jokes including Cuticura Soap and Ointment pitches for skin care, a postal offer, a prison joke about a husband’s sentence, quips about Spring purgatives Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, a fishing gag, and a debt credit remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Wilson signs draft bill sets June 5 registration
Washington May 21 1917 President Wilson signs the conscription law after rejecting Roosevelt volunteer forces and proclaims June 5 for draft registration for men aged 21 to 31. He issues a proclamation detailing registration times and exemptions and directs state and local officials to cooperate. Division to France under Gen Pershing announced with about 28 000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive
National Guard
Washington
Wilson
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
Naval Militia
District Court of the
Rico
France
Robert Lansing
John J. Pershing
Europe
White House
Germany
Roosevelt
Western Front
Wealthy cattleman slain near El Paso suburb
The body of Thomas Lyons, millionaire cattleman of Silver City New Mexico, was found in a ravine near El Paso. His head was crushed and he had been robbed. Lyons arrived from Deming New Mexico during the night and had traveled here from Rochester New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lyons
el Paso
Tex
Silver City
N. M
Deming
Lyons
Rochester
N. Y
Raid survivors arrive in New York after Rockingham sinking
The British steamship that rescued 14 men from the American Rockingham after it was torpedoed off the Irish coast on May 1 reached New York with the survivors. Two men were killed. All the survivors have returned to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockingham
Amer
Fish Price Cut Aims To Ease Living Costs
Milwaukee residents benefited from a state conservation commission measure allowing five cent per pound purchases of red horse suckers. Fish were shipped from Shell as part of the program to lower prices amid rising living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wia
State Conservation Commission
Shell
Treasury Announces Third Offering of $200 Million Certificates
The Treasury Department released a third offering of two hundred million dollars in treasury certificates of indebtedness. Officials expect banks and trust companies nationwide to subscribe within the next two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Lemon Lotion for Skin Beautification and Care
An old advertisement promotes lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a quarter pint skin beautifier. It claims to bleach freckles and tan, soften rough skin, and brighten the face neck arms and hands with daily massage. Also included is a brief children’s vignette about a boy seeking Redskins toys and a scolding.
Grove's Old Standard Tonic and Green's August Flower Ads
A compact excerpt from an old newspaper page features Grove's The Old Standard tonic touting quinine and iron with liver benefits and blood enrichment for 50 cents, plus a humorous seed planting line. Also promotes Green's August Flower as a longstanding remedy for biliousness and stomach trouble, priced at 25 and 75 cents, followed by a brief wartime recruitment aside and a quip about Indian regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Coveted Head of Hair Restored by La Creole
An era styled ad promotes La Creole Hair Dressing for gray or harsh hair, priced at one dollar. It blends with quips from Baltimore American and a playful exchange about a roast, ending with a witty line on fate trimming the top.
Encouraging Outlook on Poultry Costs and Self-Support
An old man asks about poultry raising expenses and receives a wry reply about hens eating their own eggs. The line suggests a humorous take on farming finances and self-sufficiency in a rural economy.
Foot Ease and Tonic Ads from a Historic Page
A collage of old advertisements tout Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming relief for sore feet and bunions with free trials. Also promotes Plantation Chill Tonic with money-back guarantee and Dr Peers Dead Shot as a health aid. Quips and assorted lines echo early 20th century ad copy style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Ady
Dr. Peers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willie
Columbia
Brave and the
Free
Indianapolis News
Jeff D. Riggs
Pearl Street
Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tanlae
B. F. House
R. PF
Jack Petrie
Lindsley Avenue
P. F. Hammill
Dunnavant Street
Hot Springs
P. F. Hooks
Rome
Southern
J. B. Watson
Mobile
Selma
O. B. Hanes
G. T. Newman
Dalton
Western and Atlantic
H. M. Telford
Third Avenue
Philadelphia
Enkidu
Ieve
Bree
Dept. L
Boston
Advy
Mandy
Missus
U.S
Pershing
President
T.R. Volunteer Army
Woodrow Wilson
States
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
District of
Colim
Marine Corps
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto
Little Willie
Corntessel
Baltimore American
Thomas
Iet
Finid Dracim
Cote
Blackman's
Blackman Stock Remedy Company
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Tutt
Wees
DE Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Mae Ik
Women of
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tun
Lowell
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Margaret Uinn
Worthen St
Lowell, Mass
North Haven
Conn
Florence Box
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