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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
6
Dr. B. F. Jackson, famed physician, left a prescription for female troubles now sold as Femenina. Pricing at 50c and 1.00. The advertisement hints at marriage and social concerns in a quirky, historical text. Tsane Goskill and Mul Ville references appear as fragmented placeholders.
An old advertising blurb touts Grove's The Old Stantapt Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and arsenic claims. It promises liver action malaria relief blood enrichment and overall system boost. The flyer urges taking pills nightly to cure dizziness headaches weakness and fatigue with a bold claim of reliable results.
A New York drama critic reports a man in Broadway speculation, posing as an Indian to gain entry to a studio. The hoax reveals a man named Schwartz using a red blanket and chief’s hat as disguise while another impersonator slips toward the movies. The piece ends with a wry joke about a child’s view of Santa and gifts, underscoring the era’s street theater tone.
Lawmakers wrestle with a governor backed tax bill and a proposal to create a new state office. Speaker Cazort presents measures for tax collection, oil regulator appointment, and penalties for violations, while Senate bills cover power surveying, insurer rates, and judicial procedures.
Incorporation matters show Kitchen of ty corporation merging with Walldere Coumpans of Little Bin and Onark Poultry in a 20000 stock split with 80000 paid to Cole Tlardware Co. of Monti tello. A certificate records a name change to the OwnerJolly Hardware Company. Vertideste was used by Kern wood Ambrivite Coal Company to reorganize as Pernwoot Mining Company. The Fouk Tiwel Manganese and Mining Company filed dissolution notices for Ph vit Gin Company of Monroe County. Econamy Stores Company of Fort Smith dissolved and surrendered its charter.
The document lists numerous House Bills H B No 38 through H B No 87 covering appropriations, amendments, and definitions for state operations. It notes a joint resolution to amend the constitution for Supreme Court size, bills creating and reorganizing agencies, and signed bills including empowering municipal courts and naming governor appointments to oversee state projects and a French Union Construction Company trusteeship for Ark.
Governor Brough reviewed pardons on file and said they would be considered. The House passed bills including per diem for the General Assembly and a joint resolution proposing constitutional amendments. Proposals include changing school district levy from 10 to 8 mills and raising state levy from 3 to 6 mills. A pardon board constitutional amendment was introduced.
Supreme Court affirms Mann Act prosecutions for transporting women in interstate commerce extend beyond commercial vice to include personal immoral acts. Convictions of L. T. Hays, Aiva Okla. M. Biggs, Sacramento, Cal. and Diggs, Cam netti case affirmed. Justices split. Day lead says act precedes report to Congress. McKenna dissents. Also notes push for wireless monopoly and suffrage parade plans.
Wayne MacVeagh former attorney general in Garfield's Cabinet and brother of Franklin MacVeagh former treasury secretary died in Washington. At the state fair grounds in Oklahoma City the Fair Building burned, with losses around 23000 dollars. A third trooper, Corporal Wlorenes O Donohue of L Company Thirty First Michigan Infantry, died at Fort piles hospital from pneumonia.
Senator Works introduces measure to fine every qualified voter who fails to vote in a federal election except due to illness. The amendment to the Owen corrupt practices bill proposes a 25 dollar penalty.
Miss Jessie L. Simpson of St. Urs becomes the first woman to be granted privileges to the Senate floor. This milestone marks a historic access expansion for women in the upper chamber.
Ad touting Cascarets as a 10 cent cure for sick headaches dizziness biliousness and foul breath claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour undigested food and toxins from the bowels and liver and provides overnight relief. The note ends with a mention of a scoop scale invention by a woman and a strike by undertakers in Liverpool Hagland.
A garbled advertisement claims Skinner's Macaroni Hi Spaghetti is nutritious and economical, touting durum wheat, muscle building benefits, and free samples to mothers. It also includes a hair care ad for La Creole Hair Dressing and a Jamaica export note, all in a mixed OCR line.
A 1916 testimonial from J. P. Potter of Pregott Arkansas endorses Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney remedy. The ad notes a sample offer for ten cents and a booklet on kidneys and bladder, with regular bottle sizes advertised. Also a line about some 1,300 gas plants in the country appears.
An ad boasts Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion and gas in five minutes. It claims quick relief from sour stomach and dyspepsia, with no belching or eructations, and promises the stomach stays sweet after use. A large fifty cent case is available at any store.
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