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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
3
A fashion feature extols a separate jacket as a chic warmth wear with varied skirts. It highlights striped and solid fabrics, pearl and silver buttons, and contrasting threads. The piece notes costuming harmony, modern military notes, and fresh style in lighter tans grays greens and blacks.
Hat fashion focuses on oversized brims with upturned sides and bold silhouettes. Julia Bottomley notes brim widths from four to five inches and describes models in black straw, velvet ribbons, and decorative foliage, signaling a distinct summer millinery trend.
Four masked robbers hijacked the Katy Flyer near Matson Missouri taking $1000 in jewelry from a safe aboard the express car. They forced the engineer to stop and blew open the express safe with dynamite then fled after firing six shots at the crew.
Chicago leaders told President Wilson that the Sherman Act needs amendment to be enforceable. They urged a ready commission to identify monopolies and define violations, while Ohio and Illinois manufacturers pressed to adjourn Congress and halt new antitrust legislation.
Judge Moss married Miss Misa Liteiiieameron in Kansas City at the bride’s mother's home after efforts to win her as a daughter in law. The judge, who directed the ceremony, planned a honeymoon abroad and has known his bride since she was a child, with a long career including service as a city official and state legislator.
In Wichita Falls a prominent citizen’s remark to a society woman led to her breaking his parasol and his arrest. He was fined 25 dollars. authorities did not pursue assault charges against the woman citing provocation.
About 80000 railroad workers across unions including railway clerks freight handlers warehousemen locomotive firemen enginemen engineers maintenance of way oilers engine wipers and trainmen threaten a strike if the railroads refuse to cut the workday from 16 to 8 hours without pay cut A conference in Lawrence Curran offices adjourned with a strike vote plan due by July 14 unless the eight hour day is granted.
Duncan McDonald of the Illinois Mine Workers told the state efficiency committee that 40 000 miners are unemployed due to overproduction in Illinois coal. He warned many are near starvation and relief funds are insufficient. He urged a law to limit new mine openings as in Germany.
The estate of Thomas M. H. White, founder of a sewing machine company, will fund charitable work in Cleveland after his death on June 24. Trustees led by Bob Geel plan to use the funds for aut charitable aid, research, and care of the needy. the heirs receive the estate until their deaths, after which the funds support philanthropy. The total value is not disclosed.
In Washington President Wilson orders a formal reprimand for Brigadier General Robert K Evans. The punishment will be delivered by Secretary Garment and warns the general not to discuss controversial topics publicly. Evans, briefly in command of the eastern department during a New York banquet, allegedly called the United States the most meddlesome nation. He says he was misquoted but admits talking about American diplomacy.
The French submarine Calypso was sunk during a manoeuvre after a collision with destroyer Mosqueton. Salvage seems impossible due to extreme depth. Most crew were on deck on surface when the hole opened on the side and the boat went down within minutes.
Two local humorists in a small town feud over prominence and mock each other’s work. A Good Samaritan deflates their quarrel by declaring neither is funnier, prompting the men to attack him before living together in uneasy amity. Moral: outsiders’ criticism fuels more strife.
An anecdotal testimonial from Miss Ida Ringhoffer dated March 28 1914 describes severe scalp dandruff and itching. She reports relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and notes her hair regrowth. The ad promotes world wide sales and free samples.
A quirky note describes a felon who makes about six dollars a week by picking up pins at a bowling alley, questioned as a superstition versus a real hustle. Jaodge
An old advertisement promotes Hond's Liver Pills from Bond's Pharmacy Co located in Little Rock Arkansas. It urges readers to avoid imitations and to try the liver remedy for relief from billiousness constipation headaches indigestion and fatigue with a free sample offer.
Paris hosts a criminology museum started by M. Charles Perchar d former police chief. A hollow wax infant was used to hide brandy. A woman carried the baby daily into the city until inspectors noted it never grew and exposed the fraud.
An assortment of ad copy promotes Rub-My-Tism as a universal cure and Red Cross Tall Blue soap for laundry, followed by a humorous remark about fashion and a short scene with a person named Bobbie reporting Mrs. Brown is dead.
Advertisement states PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with refund if unsatisfied. Claims first application provides relief. Figure $0.06 for the product and mentions a quip about stretching for news.
A general tonic claim promotes Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tastelem Chill Tonic as equal to General Tonic. It is said to combat malaria like symptoms and to enrich and build the whole system with iron and tonic properties.
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