First Soldiers Leave for Training in Great War Effort
The article notes the first soldiers drafted under the law depart from home Wednesday for training cantonments. It quotes a White House message urging duty, fitness, and high standards, contrasting freedom with autocracy and detailing war as the path to lasting reforms. It mentions German advances in Riga and the Dvina region, wheat at $2.20, and rail logistics for draft quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
National Army
America
Canning a Fair Trial Warns From USDA Guidance
The United States Department of Agriculture urges beginners not to judge canning success by first attempts and notes strawberries are among the hardest to can. It advises focusing on nutritious foods, drying succulent produce, and canning many vegetables and fruits with proper sterilization for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Crete
Johnson City Man's Kidney Pills Endorsement
C W Sharitz of Johnson City, retired railroad worker, reports long standing kidney and back problems improved after using Down's Kidney Pills. He bought from Gregory Drag Co and recommends the remedy, noting relief and better health. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, distributes.
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C. W. Sharitz
Betel Praftielox
Walnut Street
Tor
Down's
Gregory Drag Co
Sharity
Foster Milburn
Nonresident defendants urged to appear in Johnson City chancery suit
In the Chancery Court at Johnson City Tennessee non residents Pansy Waist Co Kramer Sau ber Ducobus Bros Co Doroty Waist Co Marcus Shirt Co Prakin Lobwesky George Jacobson M Harris Co N Rosenblum Son are required to appear before the Clerk and Master by the first Monday of August to defend the petition in the case filed by Cy H Lyle. If they fail the allegations will be taken as confessed. Notice to run four consecutive weeks in the Johnson City Courter. June 18 1917. J W Cass Clerk and Master O M Fair sol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tn Wiis
Pansy Waist Co
Kramer & Sauber
Ducobus Bros. & Co
Doroty Waist Co
Marcus Shirt Co
Prakin & Lobwesky
George Jacobson
M. Harris & Co
N. Rosenblum & Son
Joohnson City
Cy H. Lyle
Johnson City
J. W
CASS
O, M, Fair
Servant Paid No Wages Yet Taken to Cemetery for Treat
Rose Wiegert worked 18 years for Mrs. Josephine Prentice of Brooklyn from 1902 to 1915, receiving only 471.90 in wages while she claimed $3,208. A jury awarded her 2,000. She testified Mrs. Prentice promised future remuneration after her mother’s death and estate settlement, often taking Rose to the cemetery for a lunch as a treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutice Cropsey
Brooklyn
Buphi
Tima Wiegert
Josephine Prentice
New York World
Mrs. Prentice
Miss Wiegert
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the universal remedy for catarrh. It asserts dramatic health improvements after taken and promises testimonials. The copy urges readers in a local market to buy and try Hall's product via chemists and general stores.
Sloan's Liniment Relief for Aches and Cramps
Cramped muscles or stiffness after a cold or flu are eased by Sloan's Liniment. It penetrates quickly without rubbing, soothing muscles after exercise and relieving rheumatism neuralgia lumbago strains sprains and bruises. Get a bottle today at all druggists.
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Sloan
Inactivity Causes Constipation
Winter inactivity is a frequent cause of constipation. The copy urges Dr King’s New Fire Pills a mild laxative to relieve congested intestines without griping. Take a dose before retiring for a smooth morning bowel movement and purchase from your Druggist.
Nightly Dose Promises Brighter Mornings
An illustrated health brief advertises a bedtime dose claimed to restore vigor and brighten mornings. It urges readers to ask their Druggist for a 2c bottle and suggests a gentle, non gripping formula.
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Johnson City, Tenn
Poree
Riga
Russia
Baltic
Ite
Kvina
Uxhull
Higa
Dvina
Dahlen
France
Canning
Wil
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Pansy Waist CO. ET AL
Tennessee Trust Com
J.P. Crumley Con Et al
Chancery Court
Tennessee
Cardui
Gardui
NE. Varner
Hisenet Tenn
Cardus
Hells Conner
Teatimorials
Chesmy & Osobato
Ohio
Bells
Bette
Siroul
Tee
Profitabl
Bristol Telephone i
Cima
Ams Jsee
Sparger Mills Co
Bristol, Tennissee
Farmers’ Line Department
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company Incorporated
Greatel
Toletas
Norofit
Beleat
Boston
Cleveland
Cts Corporation
Adalat
Ancolaa, Iy
Havana
Speen
Linteed Gambria
Liz
Summers-Parrott Hardware Co
Jonson City, Tennessee
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