Weight Gain Promise McCoy’s Tablets Ad
An old advertisement claims McCoy’s Tablets will add weight and increase energy for thin men and women. It offers an ironclad guarantee: if after four 60 cent boxes or two one dollar boxes there is no gain of pounds and improved health, the druggist will refund the purchase price. It urges readers to start today and ask for McCoy’s Tablets at any drug store.
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McCoy
McCay
America
Ady
Yask
harmless fig syrup promises quick child relief
An old fashioned advertisement praises California Fig Syrup as a pleasant laxative for babies children and adults. It claims gentle cleansing of stomach liver and bowels cures indigestion sour stomach feverishness and sleep problems. It warns to avoid counterfeits and to buy the genuine product from a trusted druggist.
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California
Jefintornia
Albania and Italy defend alliance amid Balkan security fears
Deputy Andrea Torre in the chamber urged adoption of the Italo Albanian defensive pact, likening Albania to Belgium for Italy's security and warning that without safeguarding Albanian independence a Second Macedonian problem could arise. The chamber approved the treaties by acclamation as Mussolini linked Albania's independence to Italy's birthday.
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Rome
Associated Press
Albania
Italy
Belgium
England
Andrea Torre
Chamber of Deputies
Great Britain
Torre
Chamber
Signor Torre
Balkans
Near East
Gray
Mussolini
Waterbury Suit Alleges Stock Swap Without Permission
Dr. Edmund Spicer sues Hincks Brothers of Bridgeport in a $70,600 civil action claiming they sold stock he did not authorize on margin. He says the mis-sold shares dropped in value while others rose, causing financial loss. The brokers defend that margin rules and New York exchange customs governed the sale.
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Waterbury
Edmund Spicer
Hincks Brother and Company
Bridgeport
Lawrence L. Lewis
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Connecticut
Lewis
Carrol C. Binks
Walter Monagan
Arthur F. Ills
Dr. Spicer
Rose
Spicer
Bale
Hincks Brothers
The
Hincks Brothers and Company
Norfolk and Western Wins E. H. Harriman Medal
The Norfolk and Western railroad won the 1926 E. H. Harriman gold medal for top accident prevention. Arthur Williams of the American Museum of Safety announced a 28 percent drop in passenger fatalities and a 14 percent drop in non fatal accidents in 1926. Silver medals went to the Duluth Massabe and Northern and to the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City lines.
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New York
Associated Press
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Duluth, Massabe and Northern Railway
Quincy,Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Comet Visible to Naked Eye Seen in Australia
A third magnitude naked eye comet was observed in Melbourne by amateur F J Skjellerup, with Harvard’s Harlow Shapley confirming the sighting. The comet moves toward the sun, with position given in celestial coordinates. Shapley expects it to become visible in the northern hemisphere in a few weeks.
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Australia
Cambridge
Mass
Associated Press
Melbourne
Harlow Sharpley
Harvard Observatory
F. J. Skjellerup
South Africa
Central Astronomical Bureau
Copenhagen
Harvard
Shapley
Nevada tops per capita wealth in 1925 survey
New York World reports Nevada has the highest per capita wealth in 1925 estimates by the National Industrial Conference Board, with a total wealth of 565 million and a per capita share of 7200. California and other western states follow. Connecticut ranks ninth in per capita wealth. The article details state by state per capita wealth and total 1925 wealth, noting wealth definitions exclude coinage and currency.
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New York
Nevada
National Industrial Conference Board
Park Avenue
New York State
United States
Far West
Northwest
Middle West
Wyoming
South Dakota
Iowa
Oregon
Nebraska
California
North Dakota
Connecticut
Montana
Kansas
Washington
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dakota
N. Dakota
Minnesota
Arizona
Massachusetts
Col
Idaho
New Hampshire
Uteh
Colorado
Ohio
W. Virginia
Rhode Island
Missouri
Virginia
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Delaware
Maing
Maryland
Vermont
New Mexico
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Arkansas
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Minnesota bank heads found guilty of fraud
In Mankato Minnesota on December 4 1955 two of five officers of the Southern Minnesota joint bank were found guilty of using the mails to defraud in connection with a bank stock issue during the summer of 1995 by a federal court jury. Quy Huston W E Gold were convicted while Glenn Donald Gold and J E Huston were acquitted.
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Mankato
Mim
Vlated Press
Southern
Minnesota
Pacific Mills to Handle Its Own Export Trade
The Pacific Mills said after January 1 it will manage its own export business. The firm operates 546,752 cotton spindles and 13,455 cotton rooms across Lawrence, Dover, NSW, Columbia, N. C., and Lyman, S. C. The policy makes Pariste Mills the largest textile producer selling directly to foreign trade in the United States.
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Boston
iBy Associated Press
Pacific Mills
Lawrence
Dover
Nsw
Columbia
N. C
Lyman
Pariste Mills
United States
Ita
Stalin Declares Communism Will Conquer World
Moscow December 4. Joseph Stalin addressing the Communist congress outlined internal and foreign policy, rejected the opposition’s dissolution move, urged exposure of secret groups, and asserted that Communism will conquer in the country and the world.
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Stalin
Moscow
Associated Press
Communist Congress
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Congress
Chinese Protest Over Manchurian Railway Loan Cable
Shanghai December 4 The Nationalist foreign minister Dr C C Wu cabled Secretary Kellogg alarm over the imminent flotation of the South Manchuria railway loan by American bankers saying the project is a symbol of alien domination in Chinese territory. He warned approval would mark a departure from hands off China policy and could strengthen Japanese control in Manchuria and Mongolia.
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Shanghai
Associated Press
C. C. Wu
Amercan
Kellogg
South Manchuria Railway
Dr. Wu
Chinees
Japan
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Knox
China
America
Mongolia
Washington
Russians Sign Anti-Gas Treaty In Geneva
Swiss report states Maxim Litvinoff, leader of the Soviet delegation, signed a letter of adherence on Russia’s behalf to condemn the use of poisonous gases in war. He urged total disarmament and an end to chemical warfare preparations, noting New York could be destroyed by gas if used. The anti-gas protocol, drafted by Theodore Burton, was signed by 27 nations but only France has ratified. U.S. ratification pending.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
M. Lityinoff
M. Litvinoff
Disarmament Commission
New York
Theodore E. Burton
France
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Knowlton Street
Lund & Bjorklund
NOBLE
Spacer Achive
Waterbury Court
Norfolk Railroad
U. S
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Litvinoff
Steiger Poole Company
Main and Fairfield
Coats
Pierce-Arrow
Hayden Automobile CO
Fairfield Avenue
Stamford, Conn
Norwalk
Conn
Bridgeport, Conn
Bethel Garage
Bethel, Conn
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