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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
4
Advertisers claim Calotabs clear up a cold overnight by taking one tablet at bedtime with water and claim no side effects. It promises a refreshed system and appetite next morning and offers refunds if not pleased. Packages sell for thirty five cents at druggists.
Advertised remedy claims to ease severe colds with two hour dosing up to three doses. It promises open nostrils stop runny nose headache fever dullness sneezing and stiffness and notes the product costs only a few cents and contains no quinine.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a pure safe kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetables. It promotes teaspoonful doses no stimulants and offers sample bottles by sending ten cents to Dr Elmer Co. in Binghamton New York with a newspaper mention.
On a damaged ship a barricade holds as Captain Laynton presses a demand for allies. Wallen offers a condition to save MacKay and Gunga while a distant bombardment signals a looming assault from Gu lab Singh and his forces.
Wallen moves through the saloon to his cabin after a tense exchange with Gunga. He plans to grab ammo and return to aid in the barricade, hoping to learn more as shells impact nearby while Ram Gulab Singh’s threat remains unresolved.
Wallen witnesses a night assault on the Monleigh by Ram Gulab Singh using a rival steamer and shellfire. Ram Gulab Singh seeks deadly silence, while Wallen and Helen Mackay face danger aboard the burning ship as crew scramble for escape amid warlike chaos.
Report describes strange creatures called faru nanbin kaw thriving at Mount Kowung foot in North Manchuria. They grow larger than common beasts and dig large caverns in rocky hillside. In spring and summer they amass enough food to sustain them through winter.
Jefferson City Missouri retired burglar and jail breaker known as Frank Yores age seventy five after a 52 year prison career including 32 years in confinement. He recently left Missouri state prison and plans apple picking in Maries county near Vienna with his wife and children dead. His career began in Joliet and Fort Madison prisons and he escaped duty by being rarely tried more than twice in a county. His trade before burglary was engineering.
Three brothers aged seven to twelve were left alone on a farm in Renfrew county. The two older boys, ten and twelve, went to an uncle house and left the seven year old behind. They beat him to death after he insisted on going with them. Their father McMahon owned the farm. The elder brothers had a history of mistreating their younger sibling.
In Lorain, a 15 year old girl Alice Deckerhott spoke in her sleep revealing burglars upstairs. The intruders fled through a kitchen window after being frightened by the noise and left behind a $35 gold watch. Mrs Frieda Deckerhof woke to the disturbance and heard the clock strike three.
Mysterious shadows in the Gettysburg National Bank and a reported explosion led to police calls. Investigators found the shadows came from a glare in a glowing club on the adjacent building’s second floor. The explosion was traced to a large can of tomatoes that had exploded in a nearby hotel.
Advertises Sloan's pain relief ointment as fast acting non staining with no mess. Claims easy application and economy in large bottles. Available at druggists for 3d, 7d, or 1s 4d.
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