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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
6
Grandmother's hair was kept beautifully dark with Sage Tea and Sulphur. The Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores and claimed to restore gray hair to natural color with daily use. A downtown druggist cites its popularity and ease of use by combing through the hair to darken each strand. The ad ends with a quotation about opportunity and self-improvement.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Liniment for lumbago backache sciatica and neuritis. It promises quick relief after rubbing into the sore area with a claimed fifty count. The copy labels the product magical harmless and non staining and urges readers to try it locally.
Cuticura products offer relief for baby rashes with Cuticura Soap for baths Cuticura Ointment for soothing finishes and Cuticura Talcum for dusting A fragrance ad promotes the line priced at 25 cents each everywhere.
London authorities deploy 22 000 police to safeguard more than 4 000 miles of streets and over 1 250 000 houses and shops amid a broad security effort.
Instructions claim a home mixture of Bay Rum and glycerine darkens gray hair without coloring the scalp or staining. It promises easy, low cost preparation and notes the product will soften hair and prevent run off.
A terse reflection on solitary effort as the setting for weighty endeavors. The phrase underscores the solitude that accompanies significant decisions, labor, and culmination. It evokes a mood of quiet resolve and individual accountability in moments of completion.
Weekly Health Talks explains uric acid buildup from kidney trouble and its link to rheumatic pain. It urges relief by using Anuric Tablets from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, highlighting double strength tablets sold in drug stores at a low price.
Maj. Gen. Peter E. Traub testified before the house rules committee that the Thirty-fifth division, mainly Missourians and Kansans, faced three crack German divisions at the Argonne. He said the unit advanced seven miles on a narrow front and that their first three hours showed progress France had not seen in four years. He reported 500 killed and 4,500 wounded in six days of fighting and dismissed claims of equipment shortages.
In San Francisco on February 22 gamblers give four to one odds that the country will not go dry. In pool rooms many bettors prefer the wet side, with few willing to wager that prohibition will prevail.
Paris report states Emile Cottin will be tried by court martial rather than civil court. Captain Bouchardon, who led investigations in other cases for the military court, will conduct the proceedings.
Laredo Texas February 22. Censorship of telegraph messages on the Mexican border, in effect since the U S entered the war, has been removed. Postal censorship remains in effect and no order to lift it has arrived here.
A Moscow wireless dispatch says Bolsheviks in January executed eleven Russian Orthodox archbishops including the Kiev archbishop. The report notes the killings occurred amid political turmoil and anti religious action abroad.
In Chicago on February 22 Michael McDer Mott of the Illinois Athletic Club, nine time holder of the National AAU 200 yard breast stroke, was defeated by Herbert Taylor of the Chicago Athletic Association who clocked 2 44 24. Perry McGillivray of Great Lakes Naval Training Station won the 60 yard freestyle in 0.24 with D L Jones and Herbert Popp runner ups.
Archangel reports Americans in North Russia will withdraw in spring as debates rise over replacement troops and U S policy. The Archangel embassy notes the move concerns only disposition of units and not overall presence, with decisions pending the Paris Peace Conference. Ice conditions push troop moves to June.
Victor L. Berger, Socialist congressman elect from Wisconsin, faces no automatic loss of his seat. The House will judge his fitness to serve when credentials are presented, as allowed by its constitutional role over membership.
Washington reports the Omsk government denies a rumored agreement with Japan offering men money and arms to fight the Bolsheviks. In Nogales, two Mexican Yaqui clashes near the border leave twenty Mexican soldiers dead. Yaqui casualties unknown.
William H. Schafer of Minneapolis, accused by state banking head F E Pearson of passing worthless notes through 14 Minnesota banks to a $500000 total, was held to the grand jury after waiving examination. The last bank in the chain, Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Watertown, was closed as part of the action.
Washington reports government war risk insurance conversion rates are about 30 percent lower than private policy rates. Rates use the American experience table of mortality with 3 percent interest on a monthly basis. Government covers all administration expenses, enabling a net rate below commercial policies.
Washington February 223 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously recommends legislation to punish anarchic activities and displays of violent emblems. The measure targets radical groups including the IWW and others tied to propaganda and the use of red flags and similar symbols.
Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee and four Socialist leaders were convicted of conspiring to obstruct the draft and sentenced by Judge Landis to 20 to 30 years in prison. They posted bail pending appeal, with constraints to refrain from further Socialist activities, and pledged to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Irwin St. John Tucker likened himself to Jesus before Pontius Pilate during his plea.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo urged Congress to investigate charges that rotten and mouldy wheat was forwarded to Belgium through the relief commission. He cited Raymond Smith and Alfred W. McCann as witnesses and called for a thorough sifting of the grave accusations raised during the milk distribution inquiry.
Telegraphs to the Treasury show broad misapprehension that the Victory Liberty Loan was abandoned or altered by the Ways and Means Committee to insure notes instead of bonds. Secretary Glass reiterates the campaign will begin April 31 or earlier and will be a popular effort aimed at selling securities to millions of Americans.
Oil on the water of the Brooklyn Erie basin sparked a blaze that spread to a drydock damaging a score of large and small ships. The basin was described as a flaming lake before containment.
Senator Squesh of Squeegee asks the doorkeeper if a lost motion to adjourn was found. The exchange unfolds as the senator worries over his procedural loss and seeks the missing document.
A humorous exchange in a domestic sketch shows a couple debating city living. The man laments flat life while the woman quips about tiresome companionship, highlighting witty marital banter.
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