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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Endora Holbrook of Trap Hill N O says she suffered for years with monthly pain backache and weakness. After three to five bottles of Cardus she regained strength and can perform all her work. Cardus has a 40 year record of treating women’s ailments. Adv. Billie jokes about mixing business with pleasure only.
A vintage ad markets Cascarets as a gentle sleep aid for liver and bowels. It claims the product works overnight without griping, avoiding harsher laxatives. The copy targets sick feeling, constipation, and says it costs little while keeping readers interested.
Fragments tout a fragrant antiseptic cream to clear clogged air passages and ease nasal inflammation. Claims include instant relief from stuffed nose, catarrh, and breathing difficulties with a small bottle from the druggist.
A promotional advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney and bladder remedy with broad curative claims. It cites a druggist endorsement and sworn testimonials asserting success in overcoming kidney and urinary issues and related rheumatism, offering a sample bottle.
A compilation notes veterans may reinstate war risk insurance before July 1, 1920 by paying two months’ premiums in good health. Reports cover Polk County killings, Gordon Hamby’s Sing Sing execution, South Carolina anti smoking bill, New York kitchen stills, Nitro plant waste probes, seaplane voyage troubles, Federal Reserve responses, Texas aviator detentions, banking decentralization, German liner bids, Wilson aid to Poland Austria Armenia, Americanization schooling, Cuban sugar projections, naval awards, and compulsory military training plans.
Delegates attending a congressional hearing on the St Marys St Marks canal organized the Atlantic to Mississippi Canal Association. The group aims to publicize the project and build sentiment for the canal.
Dispatches report Odessa seized by Ukrainian forces commanded by General Pawlanko aided by a mixed Ukrainian Russian and Jewish council restoring order and provisioning. Other items note Bolshevik advances checked along the Trans Siberian corridor, Danzig evac plan, and a deadly Canadian Pacific collision near North Bay with fifteen dead.
Syracuse dispatch reports Sherman J. Lowell of the National Grange urges a return to thrift and a 40 hour week or accept permanent high living costs. He says lower food prices are not possible for farmers and warns other workers against endless demand while farmers resist endless production. The Grange, as America's largest farmers group, declares farmers will not slave longer hours to feed the nation while others push to reduce costs.
Paris reports the Russian cooperative headquarters has received authorization from the Soviet government to engage in business with foreign countries. The move formalizes its international trade role under state direction.
A jury in Tacoma, Washington, after 58 hours of deliberation, convicted 16 Industrial Workers of the World members on a charge of criminal radicalism.
Jose Luis Tamayou, newly elected president of Ecuador, will begin a trip to the United States within three months, visiting cities including Quayaquil and Bucador. The schedule and exact dates were not disclosed.
Paris report states the Council of Ambassadors finally approved the list of German subjects demanded by the Allies. The council also approved the terms of the note to accompany the list.
Asheville reports the Cherokee Nation of North Carolina plans to abandon communal land ownership in favor of individual fee simple home ownership. Officers state nearly 3,000 tribal members will become homeowners under the new system.
London reports a Irkutsk Soviet tribunal formed to try Admiral Kolchak, former head of the All-Russian government in Siberia. A Siberian dispatch notes the eastern region is under martial law and Lena valley gold fields have been nationalized as part of the changes.
The 1918 mortality statistics from the census bureau show 1,471,367 deaths in the United States, a rate of 18 per 1,000, across 30 states and 27 cities with 81,868,104 population. Influenza caused 477,467 deaths, or over 13 percent.
Postmaster General Burleson cites air mail service as 91 percent reliable since May 1918 with 455,940 possible miles flown and 456,073 actual miles. Planes upgraded to DeHavilland twins carrying 1500 pounds, pilots earn up to 3600 dollars, mechanics up to 2000, with fields provided by communities.
A neighboring college professor, famed for absent mindedness, ignores his wife’s lawn demands and, on a Sunday, is halted by a passerby who recognizes him as he mops with a carpet sweeper, not a lawn tool.
A reader notes a family heirloom, a Prince Albert coat, once owned by a forebear reputed as a statesman. The coat shows considerable wear between the first and second breast buttons, prompting the remark about its provenance.
In a brief exchange from Gotham, characters discuss a stage scene about a sub. One remarks on a protagonist’s seat, labeling the moment humorous while the other questions the joke and its timing. The dialogue captures light, witty social banter.
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