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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
5
A fragmented newspaper advertisement and testimonial cluster extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for symptoms of menopause. The text includes a Mrs Lena Street testimonial from Richmond Virginia praising relief from headaches dizzy spells and nervous feelings. Also present are unrelated clipped lines touting hair products and marriage ads.
Judge Falk of Pulaski County rejects the state board of control’s removal of Dr K P Bledsoe as superintendent notes the board failed to substantiate charges. He orders salary payments during appeal and requires a bond return if Supreme Court later nullifies the removal. The ruling limits board power to remove superintendents without solid proof.
Mrs A S Wright of Rogers owns a Rhode Island Red hen laying an egg with a double yolk. El Dorado post reports year ending gains with a $10 60 increase of nearly 1000 over last year. Magnolia to county line road to be improved by cooperation. Over $1500 raised at Pine Bluff First Baptist for a parsonage fund. Harrison maglev waterworks awarded. Lonoke Rice Milling builds a 125000 bushel warehouse. Pearl listing on Mack river resumed. Shells now selling at $20 per ton. Columbia county tops 420 dipping vats in the south. This year’s Arkansas wild berries crop a record. Early bank opening for Zin assured. Pillmore Smith seeks to organize state guard at Corning. Corning company disbanded years ago. Will Brasch buys 460 bales of 1914 cotton from Gardner brothers of Toujo in the southern county, price 136 16 cents.
The German submarine Deutschland is reported to depart submerged en route to a regular trans Atlantic freight and mail service. Captain Koenig presented papers at the customs house and a German embassy package for Count von Arnhorst. The vessel sailed from Helgoland, surfaced for ten hours, and moored at Baltimore awaiting further plans as allied surveys cleared the vessel for its mission.
Dodson s Liver Tone offers a safe vegetable alternative to calomel for liver sluggishness and biliousness. The ad promises relief from nausea, headache, and constipation, with a money back guarantee if not effective. It targets families and children and claims no salivation.
McCormick takes charge of New York headquarters for the emergency railroad coalition formed to move U S government supplies to the Mexican border. Western operations will shift to Chicago as McCormick directs the effort. Film firms merge forming Famous Players Lasky Corp with $12.5 million capital. Atlanta papers raise price to three cents due to production costs.
The United Irish League national directory met in Dublin with John Redmond presiding and agreed to accept Lloyd George’s proposals for solving the Irish question. Defense measures pass in Washington as the fortifications appropriation bill clears Senate and goes to conference.
Ad claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is a valuable general tonic with quinine and iron, claims to improve liver function malaria resistance and blood quality. Includes vague society endorsements and unclear note about a secretary’s writing, reflecting promotional tone and damaged text.
A garbled OCR ad preview promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy, notes 30 years of use, and adds unrelated lines about boots, a heart tonic, and inconsistent product references. The fragmentary copy lacks coherent claims and proper attribution.
The advertisement touts a Magic Washing Stick that supposedly cleans delicate fabrics like silk, wool, lace, and cotton without damage. It claims no alkalis are needed, offers 25 cent washes, and asks readers to contact AB Richards Co in Sherman Texas or distributors Plunkett Jarrell in Little Rock for purchase or postage terms.
A fragmentary item from a passing show describes a doctor and a distressed man with unclear peril. British medics and a corps recruit are mentioned as the scene shifts to a humorous exchange about treatment and care.
Fragmentary lines show Willie Pa and alil Men with a remark about Mr Roxleigh and a “fortune-hhapter” linked to a wy son. Lypston is referenced in a transcript fragment as well. The OCR yields unclear punctuation and spacing, yet names Roxleigh, Lypston, Willie-Pa appear as central entities.
A compact fragment shows old advertisements urging readers to keep a Mississippi Diarrhona Cordial in the medicine chest, priced at 25 and 50 cents, and praising Red Cross Ball Blue as American made. Also notes a quip and a joke about a baby cutting teeth before speaking terms, reflecting period advertising and humor.
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