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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
6
A wartime era advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the rapid cure for indigestion and upset stomachs. It claims instant relief from gas, sourness, belching, and dizziness, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case and keep it at home for midnight or daytime stomach derangements.
A health advisement warns that heavy meat intake harms kidneys by producing uric acid. It recommends Jad Salts, four ounces in water before breakfast, to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease bladder issues. The note highlights a grape and lemon acid base with lithia as a safe, inexpensive remedy.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It touts gentle effects on the stomach liver and bowels, urges mothers to buy a 50 cent bottle with full directions, and notes pleasing taste and reliability. It also includes a note on salesmanship philosophy and a tip for cooling burns with Hanford's Balsam.
A special committee nears completion on a plan to acquire the property for a 1,000,000 sanitarium complex in Hot Springs. With one option still open, the committee expects to finalize the purchase and proceed to the required state approval, contingent on timely execution and public support.
A long, garbled Arkansas newspaper fragment reports births and deaths at Winslow, a jeep of local legal notices, resignations, school inspections, and infrastructure bids. It mentions Rev W M Wright, U S government river work, a marriage in Veean Grove, bootlegging fines, a 114 year claim, and a drainage project near Marion plus various local officials and farm weather notes.
The Vienna government and Montenegrin delegation clashed in parliament over Montenegro's demand for unconditional armistice and surrender of arms. Amid protracted debate, the tone turned joyful as reports suggested Montenegrin capitulation negotiations were moving forward. The scene included interruptions as officials and families observed proceedings in Vienna and Washington.
A boy of unknown age witnessed the aftermath of a family tragedy as James Wately returned home to find his mother dead with a severed throat. His father sat by the stove with a razor, then drove the boy away and shortly after was found beside his wife with a similar throat wound. The boy is expected to recover.
The gross receipts of the Paris theaters and public amusement resorts for 1915 reached 68,404,000 francs, up from 41,606,000 francs in 1914, reflecting a strong year for entertainment venues in the French capital.
Maria Del Pasi, 25, a naturalized Argentinian, was sentenced in Paris to death for alleged dispatch of military information from Marseilles and Paris to German agents. The case centered on a spy ring feeding German intelligence.
Bolivar Missouri mothers praise Vicks Vap-O-Rub as safe home remedy for colds, sore throats, and skin issues. Mrs Porter, Mrs Jacques, and Mrs Ferrer cite relief for croup, rheumatism, sunburn, and muscular pain. Advertisers note druggists offered free jars to promote trials and reports.
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