War era notices and currency talk in Brandon issue
The Brandon News discusses advertising rates and publication practices then reports on 15 percent wage hikes for Rhode Island textile workers, immigrant arrivals to Iowa and South Dakota, a US mint silver purchase order, and President Wilson's invitation to convene the League of Nations abroad. It also describes Hungary moving to silk paper and pig skin for new currency amid postwar immigration concerns.
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Jeanne d Arc the saint of France receives global honor
The Canonization of Jeanne D Arc extols her as a patriotic leader who delivered France, led armies to victory, and was burned at the stake by a cruel age. She is hailed as a pure spirit and a divine mission is affirmed. Also notes visit of Emma Lowther to Florence and local notices of a red mule cow stray and a June 4 1920 graduation at Brandon Consolidated School.
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Old-Time Cold Cure Tea Ad Claims Safe Relief
An old time style ad promotes drinking hot tea as a cure for colds. It asserts the beverage loosens the bowels and helps break up a cold, claiming the remedy is inexpensive, safe, and harmless because it is all natural. The copy emphasizes immediate relief when suffering from a cold.
Stop Dosing Rheumatism with Internal Treatments
An old advertisement fragment urges stopping internal dosing for rheumatism and aching joints. It promotes pain relief as the main need and hints at topical remedies or tonics, mentioning unjustified internal treatments and a misused medical claim. The legible names appear garbled.
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Jack Housnon
Ely's Cream Balm Head Cold Relief Claim
Advertisement promises instant relief for clogged nostrils and head colds by applying a fragr ant septic cream in the nostrils. It claims to soothe swelling and clear air passages, enabling better breathing and curing nasal congestion.
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Ely
Farm land wanted for sale near Olney Illinois
Wanted to hear from land owners with farms or good land for sale. Send price and description. Fall delivery. Box 551 Olney Illinois. All lands owned by me including Section 16 Township 6 Range 4 are posted and hunting and trespassing are forbidden. Brandon Machinery & Lumber Co. Also an agency for Fairbanks Morse home electric lighting plants and engines. Do not buy any home lighting system before seeing our sample to be shown in our shop soon.
Brandon Consolidated School Commencement Schedule
Commencement Sermon by Dr Frazier at Methodist Church on May 30 1920. Concert-Grade pupils John son Hall June 3 1920 8 P M. Eleventh Grade Play High School Johnson Hall June 4 1920 8 P M. Graduating Exercises Johnson Hall June 4 1920 8 P M. Graduates include Susie May Barnes Bessie Billingslea Bessie Ruth Lindsey Nona Martin Lewis Mayers Louise May Nina Myers Miriam Shields Delta Stevens. No admission charged for any event.
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Methodist Church
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Susie May Barnes
Bessie Billingslea
Bessie Ruth Lindsey
Nona Martin
Lewis Mayers
Louise May
Nina Myers
Miriam Shields
Delta Stevens
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