Procrustes Fitted All Comers to the Bed
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1920
Page
2
Jobs for Veterans Surpass Four Million in Postwar Intake
War Department figures show about 8.5 million Army personnel exited to industry between November 1918 and November 1920, with 1.06 million discharged soldiers registered and 864,657 placed. New York registered 244,957 job seekers with 151,998 placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States Army
Department
America
Arthur Woods
Secretary of War
Bureau of Information
Major Matthews
Matthews
New York
Bandits Rob Drug Store in Hamilton Hold-up
Three masked men aged nineteen to twenty-two forced Vernon Hawkins into the cellar of his Hamilton drug store. They robbed him at gunpoint of $110 in cash and six bottles of morphine heroin and cocaine before escaping.
Drury High School Enforces Dress Standards
North Adams Mass Principal H H Gadsby disapproves painted faces cosmetics bare knees and extreme dress in classrooms. Female students threaten protest claiming rights equal to New York sisters as they plan to turn down stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
H. H. Gadsby
Drury High School
New York
Britain to convert Imperator into dockside hotel
No bids were received by the Ministry of Shipping for the Imperator, one of Germany’s giant vessels allotted to Britain. With the ship unlikely to operate as a passenger liner, officials plan to convert it into an immense floating hotel at the dockside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Ministry of Shipping
Imperator
Great Britain
Wilson Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
President Wilson designates November 25 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer urging Americans to pause from daily tasks to give thanks. He notes wartime lessons healing and the return of the army to peaceful pursuits while urging devotion to God and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
America
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Green's August Flower Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a century tested remedy for nervous dyspepsia constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness headaches and related fermentation symptoms. It claims extensive use for fifty four years across thousands of homes worldwide and cites a favorable testimonial. Also promotes Wright's Vegetable Pills and a quip about a man’s view of a silly woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Carter
World News In Condensed Form
Britain reports 200000 men on unemployment pay with many still unpaid. Hoover to raise 23000000 for starving European children before Washington trip. Armenia and Turkey say hostilities ended. Paris notes 125000 out of work as factories close. Berlin sees workers seize a metal factory and a gas plant, establishing a Soviet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Cal
Herbert C. Hoover
Europe
Washington
London
Armenia
Turkey
Paris
Berlin
Bayer Aspirin Warning and Uses Amid Trade Mark Note
An aspirin safety message warns consumers to look for Bayer on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine aspirin prescribed for twenty one years. It lists uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain with inexpensive twelve tablet tins and larger packs sold by druggists. The ad includes Bayer as the trade mark and an unrelated quotation about grafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Women Need Swamp Root for Kidney Trouble Warnings
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed. The ad warns of back pain, headaches, and nervousness as possible kidney problems and promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with a sample offer and drugstore purchase details. It adds a note on romance humor about a man losing his head in courting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Favorite Prescription Praises From Nervous Patients
Nervous and worn women in Rochester report recovery after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Mrs Chaste of Poughkeepsie describes renewed health and restful sleep after course of the remedy. Miss Lillian M. Lo from Union Street says several bottles restored her strength and she has done house work for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Mrs. Chaste
Smith St
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
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