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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
2
A brief ad style claim promises relief by applying a few drops to corns then lifting them away with fingers. The product is marketed as painless and easy to use, targeting readers seeking quick corn removal.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover that instantly soothes and extracts corns including between the toes. The tiny bottle, inexpensive at drug stores, is claimed to remove hard and soft corns and calluses with no soreness. The copy credits a Cincinnati genius as the creator. A brief joke about a photographer friend follows.
An advertisement claims thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may not know it. It promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, urging readers to buy a bottle or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. The note also references an auto-jack scene and a police question in a separate snippet.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for biliousness and digestive ills. It claims relief from headaches yellow skin and constipation overnight without harsh effects, urging readers to take Cascarets nightly for gentle, non gritty relief.
Official reports from Marash Aleppo Turkey describe French troops fighting hard and retreating after extracting themselves. Lloyd George says alliance decisions kept Turkey from Constantinople and America is not yet part of any Turkey governance plan. London names Geddes as British ambassador to the United States and Horne as president of the Board of Trade. Melbourne reports Capt. Ross Smith completed a 13 000 mile flight from Sydney to Melbourne. Serbia leaders wounded in a palace assassination attempt. Erzberger resigns amid libel suit. Soviet peace proposals dismissed by Washington. The Adriatic settlement looms as Wilson faces Lodge in Senate. US to pay 20 to 30 million into the German reparation pool for seized ships. Senate politics threaten treaty ratification and party unity.
President Wilson signs an oil land leasing bill opening more than 6.7 million acres in the west, with 39 million acres to be classified and 30.6 million acres of proven coal lands under withdrawal. Phosphate lands are estimated at 2.7 million. The state department dispatches a reply to Adriatic premiers, while details remain undisclosed. Congress finalizes the Cummins-Esch rail bill, sending it to Wilson for signature as private operation resumes March 1. Samuel Gompers warns against a labor party, and Crane is named minister to China, succeeding Reinsh. Phillips, now minister to The Netherlands and Luxembourg, is nominated by Wilson.
Governor Robertson said Oklahoma has completed ratification as the senate and house adopted concurrent resolutions, barring any referendum. Maj. R W Schroeder, chief test pilot at McCook Field, fell from 36020 feet, hospitalized in Dayton with shock and temporary partial blindness after a five mile descent in two minutes. Mrs Richard Doherty gave birth to twins for the fifth time in ten years of marriage. Mississippi lower house voted 5000 dollars compensation for Will Purvis, twice facing gallows after two years in penitentiary. Iron River agents return after anti prohibition operation. Umatilla chief Sum Kim found asphyxiated in Chicago hotel. Lane opened homestead entry for 360,000 acres in western Oregon. A jewelry thief loot valued at 25000 dollars was observed but escaped. AFL Executive Council met in Jacksonville to discuss organizing American workers. Rockefeller to fund medical research in Canada. dates March 9 and 10 announced. Admiral Benson urged expanded naval policy. Buford arrives in New York with Emma Goldman voyage two months after departure. Gluck brothers confess turning over 2300000 in stolen securities to Arnstein.
A collage of brief notes from Goldsboro Asheville Mount Olive Laurinburg and Laurinburg about strong liquor traffic with stills active political clubs backing O Max Gardner and a forthcoming post office examination plus a woman speaker challenge and a hospital whiskey consignment. Names include Gardner Ashe ville and Mrs Roberts Platt.
Knoxville yards are nearly bare signaling a looming fuel crisis unless relief arrives soon. The item notes a severe dearth threatening the city as organized labor gears up for upcoming Democratic primaries in New Hanover and political candidates move into state races.
The US rail system, run as a single public utility since December 28, 1917, is returned to 230 corporate owners as government control ends. Director General Hines passes properties valued around 20 billion dollars to private management and orders operations to report to the resuming corporations at 12:01 a.m. March 1. Hines stays on until about May 1 to complete restoration and adjust personnel.
Dr. F X Dersum of Philadelphia visited President Wilson and said he was most satisfied with the ongoing program and progress.
Washington reports the last American army detachment along the Siberian railroads is now believed to have reached Vladivostok to facilitate the evacuation of American troops.
Federal authorities seized two carloads of patent medicine claimed to contain 65 percent alcohol in Chicago on warrants issued by the U S district attorney. The action underscores enforcement of narcotic and liquor laws.
New York district attorney Swann disapproved the plan by seven Vassar girls to sample the citys underworld and declined to aid their trip to observe night court atmosphere.
Washington reports that with the railroad bill signed by President Wilson, executive orders preserve the fuel administration powers by dividing them between the director general of railroads and a four member commission.
Paris reports the union of former soldiers with over 400,000 members has offered to run trains during the railway strike. The offer, conveyed via Secretary Bertrand, also includes motorking trucks and vans to supply Paris.
London reports the allied supreme council advancing toward a peace with Soviet Russia. Polish Romanian Latvian Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers will meet in Warsaw to discuss a general treaty under Allied sanction. Estonia has already made peace with Soviet Russia and may join the broader pact.
A vintage advertisement promises instant hair transformation using a small bottle of Danderine. It claims to add abundant soft glossy fullness, remove dust and oil, refresh the scalp, prevent dandruff, and stimulate growth for long thick hair.
A woman reads Cobb's humorous Speaking of Operations on a streetcar. A fellow passenger asks if she is studying to be a nurse, observing her focus and interest during the ride.
McKinney Texas resident Mary Stephenson says she suffered six weeks bedridden with nervous spells and back pain. After starting Cardui she quickly regained strength, returning to work within weeks. She praises Cardui as life saving and notes its long history helping sick women.
A quip about sympathy from a parent to a child defines it as what you offer when you do not want to lend money. The exchange uses humor to frame a practical view of support and generosity.
Southern women seek a clear complexion and soft velvety skin using Tetterine. The ad claims relief for blotches itchy patches and eczema. Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga offers it for 50 cents.
A statistic notes 3424 spoken dialects globally with America housing 1624 of them. The claim underscores vast linguistic variety and regional variation across the United States amid global tongues and regional speech forms.
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