Acid Stomach Blamed for Vitality Loss and a New Remedy
An old time health ad claims excess stomach acid drags down vitality and health. It touts EATONIC, a compressed compound that absorbs excess acid to improve digestion, strength, and energy. The ad promises a money back guarantee and offers a 6c trial box by mail from the Eatonic Remedy Company in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exersa
Metchnikoff
Thousania
Eatonic
Eatonic Remedy Company
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Catarrh cure claims and odd medical ads from old paper
A fragmented OCR snippet lists Hall’s Catarrh Medicine boasting internal action and blood purification, Dr Peary Wormifugs Dead Shot, Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for health, plus stray notes about railroad ties and a quip about two girls in love. The tone resembles a late era classifieds and ad page.
Extravagant Language Cited in Money Talks Debate
A field report notes phrases about wealth and spending in a discussion where money talks are contrasted with restraint. The remarks include references to lavish speech as a marker of status and influence during civic deliberations.
The Crime of Profiteering and Public Censure
An editorial condemns war profiteering by merchants and manufacturers citing shoes and pencils as examples. It urges government action and social ostracism to curb price gouging while praising wartime generosity of others and warning that profiteering harms soldiers' families and the national effort.
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America
Tom
Baruch
Mogenwald
Crane
House
Seciety
Department of Justice
Labor and the War: Thrift as Patriotism in War Time
Robert Grant argues that while profiteers in wartime gain, millions of workers gain new earnings, urging thrift over indulgence. He stresses saving, supporting war charities, and avoiding obstruction to national industry, warning that labor holds the key to victory and a just postwar order.
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Robert Grant
Probate Court
Boston
Sarvard University
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Congress
France
Wei
Germany
Poetic Provocation Over Profit and Interference
A compact quatrain questions motives of profiteers and scoffers. It hints at interference and the call to penalize those who misbehave, in a brisk eighteenth century style with sharp moral tone.
Vicks Vaporub Oversold Amid Epidemic Shortage Warned
Druggists advised of potential temporary shortage as Vicks Vaporub shipments are oversold due to the current epidemic. Big consignments are en route to jobbers, but until they arrive, dealers are urged to buy in small lots and defer large purchases.
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VICK
Vick VapoRub Urges Rapid Parcel Post Shipments
An October ad directed to Vick's VapoRub distributors urges immediate parcel post shipments to avert influenza shortages. It notes soaring daily orders, outlines wholesale and retail procedures, stresses direct shipping to retailers, and describes elf of staff and new usage tips while offering free Spanish influenza booklets.
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Vick
VapoRuh
Nand
VapoRule
Uncle Sam
The
Public Health Service
Stiles
Greensboro
N. G
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SPOHN
Ala Gruggiete
Harge Goods Houses
Manet Fere Eelit
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
Hall
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Howell—Lie
Powell
Chicago News
Peary
Adv
Schiffmann
Sy LE Roy Huron Kelsey
Vigilantes
Sune
Doan
Kentucky
T. B. Redd
Farman
Rock
Castle Road
Cadiz
Dean
Dean's
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