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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
3
An old advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co products claiming to keep eyes young and conceal age after movies. It asserts eye care advice and offers an eye book on request. The text cites a Yale scientist saying radium remains active about 1 600 years.
Reports from Columbus New Mexico describe American pursuit of Villa and his band with four thousand troops across two crossing points. General Pershing leads the expedition as Carranza cooperates, while Mexican anti American sentiment grows and refugees stream into El Paso.
A New York dispatch lists 200 men, many prominent, enrolled for the first southern military training camp at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia next month. Robert E Rigby a 32 year old assistant cashier in the treasurer's office of the Wabash railroad at St Louis is alleged to have confessed to embezzling $18000 over the past eight years.
The 13,000 ton liner Turbantia sailing from Amsterdam toward the River Plate with 87 passengers including three Americans and a 300 crew was sunk by a mine or torpedo off the Dutch coast, but all aboard were saved. Berlin reports the deaths of three German generals, Lieut Gen Eduard von Graf, Maj Gen Wilhelm von Lotterer, and Lieut Gen von Menges. Also noted is Britain’s loss of 5,000 troops in a failed effort to relieve Kut El-Amara per a Berlin Turkish war office statement.
The House kept the present one cent per pound sugar tariff and the Underwood act would place sugar on the free list after May 1. The Senate approved a postal savings bill raising the individual deposit cap from $600 to $1,000 with interest and another $1,000 without interest. Secretary of State Lansing and Mrs. Lansing depart for Pinehurst North Carolina for ten days. Frank L. Polk to act as secretary. Officials predicted Panama Canal reopening by April 15 for deep draft vessels. The U S granted permission for Carranza troops to cross the boundary in pursuit of lawless bands under a reciprocal agreement brokered by Carranza.
A meditation on how being approached by children in the street marks one as fortunate. The narrator describes how kids share real, intimate thoughts and gossip with such a listener, from talking about moon folk to imagined friends, bears, and squirrels, all revealing their unique, earnest world.
A stranger entered a central town shop at noon with a tire and rim, asked for paper and cord, wrapped the items, paid, and asked for directions to the railroad. The act went undetected as none suspected him. Pitman dispatche.
Private enterprise with government aid plans to develop drug and dye production in Japan after loss of German supplies. Business leaders were shown a draft law by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce to encourage dye manufacture and invited to comment openly on forming a company. The group agreed to study the proposal and return with views.
Fragmented quotation imagines an invading army seizing banks in New York. The speaker contemplates the notion of wealth, poverty, and foreigners with a clipped, interrupted cadence that hints at a broader discussion about control and finance.
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless remedy for constipation in children. It claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and bowels within hours and prompts quick relief for cross sick or feverish kids, urging mothers to ask for the 60 cent bottle with directions printed on the label.
A barber teases a client with a bald joke and the victim fires back a sharp reply about hair and soil. The exchange showcases quick wits and a playful duel of words in a casual barber shop setting.
An old advertisement promotes drinking water to flush kidneys and relieve symptoms like backache and cloudy urine. It touts Jad Salts as a ready-made solution from pharmacists, claiming it cleans clogged kidneys and neutralizes urine acids for bladder health.
A playful exchange in the newsroom quotes a desire for a social lion feature and a promise to assign a junior cub reporter to craft the piece. The banter hints at newsroom culture and mentorship in handling society coverage.
An ad advises bathing with hot water and Cuticura Soap for a baby's itching skin, and applying Cuticura Ointment for irritation. It promises a free sample by mail with a book and an address postcard, noting the product helps tired mothers and restlessness in babies. The notice ends with a quip about theft versus embezzlement accuracy.
A garbled advertisement touts a freckle removal product with exaggerated claims. The distorted text promises guaranteed results and implies a strong remedy but reads as a dubious health claim from an unreliable source.
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