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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
2
Mothers endorse California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative for children and adults. The ad urges keeping a bottle on hand for inside cleansing during sickness and upset stomachs, noting a pink bottle with dosing directions and a penny price.
Green's August Flower is claimed to relieve indigestion nervousness and constipation from torpid liver and general debility. The ad notes sales in multiple regions and lists the price as 60 cents per bottle and a family size. It cites the manufacturer G G Green and references sales to Australia Canada and the United States.
An old advertisement promises relief for rough red hands using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Lotion. It instructs washing with lather, drying, and applying the products, claiming healing effects and encouraging samples and other branded items.
At the Arkansas state capitol, eight shots were fired by guards from the state militia who warned and then shot at an unknown intruder approaching the military department. The man fled north into darkness. An arsenal is noted inside the capitol building. An announcement states militiamen failing physical exams will be mustered into federal service and discharged home with transportation. Eleven men of Company E failed the medical exam.
In Arkansas the Agricultural and Home Demonstration forces plan a rapid mobilization of about 100000 women, girls and boys to aid food production. W J Jernigan and Miss Emma Archer announce federal supervision and community canning and marketing training. Bankers and merchants are urged to fund supplies. plans include blanketing counties with club membership and recognition buttons.
Washington reports stir curiosity over a claimed Swedish peace move as Kaiser-Wilhelm allegedly sought Sweden to pressure Germany to abandon submarine warfare and resume relations with the United States. Officials deny any Stockholm-backed mediation or U S consent to such terms. The tale centers on rumors tied to German requests and Sweden's royal authority.
At a conference among Secretary McAdoo and Denman of the fed trod shipping, three options were outlined for using German vessels as prizes of war. No final conclusions. discussions touched naval capture and insurance for soldiers. Lansing notes. Petrograd reports a museum government contract for 40,000 railway cars and 2,000 locomotives to be delivered by July 1978. In New York, Democrat Thomas F Smith wins the Fifteenth District seat in Congress following Michael F Conry's death.
Three Black men were electrocuted at the McAlester state penitentiary in Oklahoma. Named victims were Wille Williams, Charles Young, and Chester Taylor, all reported in connection with a serious case.
The Council of National Defense asked state governors to obtain legislation naming state councils of defense to cooperate with the national council.
Stockholm dispatch reports Grand Duke Boris, cousin of the deposed czar, arrested in Petrograd for plotting against the republican provisional government. The arrest signals ongoing instability as the provisional government consolidates power.
Police report multiple Chicago stores and a hospital bought tubs labeled 40 pounds of butter but found only sand and a few inches of product. Investigations seek to identify source and remedy for damaged goods and consumer impact.
Philadelphia mourns as 63 unidentified workers from the Eddystone munitions plant disaster are buried after a mass funeral. Charred and unrecognizable remains were laid to rest, marking a somber community response.
Fr O Sellers presents a Sunday school lesson on Jesus in Bethany during Passion Week. He highlights Mary's act of anointing Jesus, Judas criticism, and Jesus praise, stressing motives, wealth of good deeds, and the standard of true devotion.
Advertisement extols Pape's Digestive Miapepsin as a rapid, harmless stomach regulator that cures indigestion gas heartburn and sourness in minutes. It promises dramatic relief, boasts a large six err fifty cent case and claims to be the world’s most trusted stomach doctor with wide home use.
An old magazine style ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria fighter due to quinine and iron. It emphasizes the formula printed on the label and includes promotional lines about strength and health benefits for the body, with a price reference of 50 cents.
An old advertorial collection touts Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney remedy promising strong kidneys and bladder function, with a sample offer and warnings about imitation. It also promotes La Creole Hair Dressing as the original darkening product, and lists Salvador’s 1918 government series figures for horsements.
A Chicago Newport reader describes two years of weakness and inability to walk or work, then claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound brought relief. She weighs 165 pounds and feels stronger, endorsing the remedy for displacement, inflammation, irregularities, backache, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration.
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