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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
5
An Albany Alabama advertisement claims Q-Ban Hair Tonic removes dandruff and prevents hair loss, stimulating new growth and thicker, healthier hair. It urges readers to buy at local drug stores or toilet counters and notes the product is inexpensive with a trial suggested.
An 19th century health tonic touts quinine and iron to build up the whole system. It promises to strengthen adults and improve general vitality.
The Academy of Medicine issued a statement after reviewing German artillery fire in three battle fronts. It found 2 605 000 shells fired caused 13 265 killed and 412 wounded, supporting the old maxim that a ton of lead kills one man amid new demolition methods.
German buyers travel to Mexico to acquire spr and textiles including cotton and wool. United States railroads earned about 2 percent per certificate in 1919, reflecting wartime finance shifts and ongoing freight demand.
Street paving in Albany advances with reinforced crews laying concrete on an avenue near City Hall. Large crowds gather to watch the progress as mixers operate and traffic adjusts to the construction.
Republican delegates to the national convention will be sent uninstructed from Alabama. Returning home today after the convention in Birmingham, the Alabama delegation will be “tilly white.” B. R. Hotchkiss of Lawrence County seeks Congress in the Eighth District, while A. W. Holland of Scottsboro is a district convention delegate.
Mayor Ichay lectured five boys arraigned for disorderly conduct. He gave a warm talk and released them with a warning.
The American Federation of Labor convention at Montreal on June 7 will consider endorsing 2.75 percent beer. A resolution from brewery workers and flour cereal and soft drink workers will be presented for action.
Senator Hiram Johnson will personally direct his bid for the Republican nomination at Chicago, with plans to address a large mass meeting before the convention. Reports say he will be the sole active candidate remaining on the ground. The item notes Seattle plans a massive commercial pier and mentions rain aiding hay fever sufferers.
An advertisement extols Calotabs as a gentle liver cleanse with no taste or nausea. It claims a single tablet taken at bedtime purges bodily toxins by morning and restores appetite, noting Calotabs are sold in sealed packages for five cents.
Court news centers on T J Fisher who accuses Cheyenne residents of probing a will filed at the County Building. The document supposedly bequeaths liquor to relatives including a pint for burial and three cases of eye with debts paid, while gifting the wife bottles of Bourbon gin and rye, amid family thirst.
A brief label stresses that "Certified" bacon is different and to ask your grocer for details. The line ends with the figures 21-21, suggesting a catalog or price cue.
Fragmentary notes claim the testator left substantial bequests for kin with three bottles of secreted assets said to be part of the estate.
An old ad promotes a skin treatment claiming relief only after addressing the root cause. It touts success against severe eczema and other skin disorders and directs readers to write to a Medical Navies address in Atlanta for literature.
A U S court reported 55 users of Sul Ferro Sol benefited or cured. Government ordered further investigation into the remedy’s merits. The product is marketed as an indigestion remedy with claimed proven efficiency.
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