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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
8
A Houston reader quotes Mrs. E. V. Connor praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for run down and nervous conditions. The ad touts its natural ingredients, no alcohol or narcotics, and claims relief from various women’s ailments with tablet forms and trial offers.
An advertisement promotes a book titled Common Medical Adviser offering self help on physiology hygiene and home cures. It invites readers to send 30 cents or three dimes to Dr W M Pierce Buffalo for cloth bound copies and mailing costs. Dr Pierce pellets are marketed as a coating easy to take like candy to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
Local newspaper asks readers to ring phone number 40 with any news of interest to neighbors. Encourages sharing stories to keep the city paper lively and informative.
Aermotor Auto Oil Wind mills with Double Gear Center Lift require oiling once a year. Reservoir capacity ranges from 0 to 1 gallon based on mill size. They are dust water and ice proof and designed to be simple light and durable. Marketed as the greatest improvement in windmills up to date. Sold by 47 tt.
An advertisement touts “The Bull with the Pull Tractor” as the best farm tractor ever made. It claims it can handle all farm work where a motor can be used and is sold by Oscar Krauskopi.
Austin Texas January 24 1917 legislature nears end of two weeks with limited passage amid inauguration disruptions. committees push civil jurisprudence labor regulation and oil carrier bills while federal road aid and education funding prompt debate. Clyde Robbins and Louise Roberts Tyler wed at Driskill Hotel.
Virginia Trimble, head of the Association for Relief and Educational Work for Poor Mountain Whites, launches a national drive from Washington on January 17 to improve education sanitation and poverty in U S mountain regions. Congress leaders pledge support as campaign widens beyond the South.
A historical remark asserts that Anglo-Saxon stock may rise if given a fair chance and urges patriotic duty toward submerged people, reflecting period attitudes on race and national responsibility.
El Paso reports General Pershing readying precautions before withdrawing his expedition from Mexico amid claims Pancho Villa vowed to visit the force prior to departure. Villa supporters deny the threat and say Villa will not strike until all American troops leave, then target Chihuahua City and Juarez.
Berlin says the German prize crew of sixteen men captured the British steamship Yarrowdale and brought her to Swinemunde after a voyage through the North Atlantic and North Sea blockade. Naval Lieutenant Badewitz praised his crew's coolness and blunt carelessness in overcoming English resistance.
Governors of the exchange urged every member to report detailed data to investigators. From December 10 to 12, list every customer's end of day short stocks with customer names, stocks, and share counts. Also request borrowed clearing house stocks and lenders and return dates. Include any abroad information via cable or wireless about the president's note.
The armor plate factory project budgeted at 11 million dollars will be explored by a government board. They plan to visit Alabama and Texas, with possible sites in Culter area, before returning.
New York January 28 Bethlehem Steel stock opened today after yesterday's melon cutting by directors which included a 200 percent stock dividend. The issue declined five points to 425 on an unusual sale of 100 shares. The rest of the list showed irregular activity with fractional price changes.
New York on January 23 reports eleven hundred New York Stock Exchange members face a choice between revealing confidential relations with customers or risking jail for contempt of Congress.
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