Quack Remedies for Social Diseases Seized
Four hundred fifty seizures of so called remedies for social diseases have been made under the food and drug act by federal officials. The Bureau of Chemistry warns that use of such remedies is dangerous and may cause long suffering. The goods seized include various compounds with fraudulent labels claiming cures and definite time frames. Such preparations are sold on plausibly false claims, leading sufferers to abandon professional medical care with potential permanent injury or danger to life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. A. Crooks
St. Emanuel St
Mobile
Ala
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Salts for Urinary Trouble Promoted as Kidney Helper
An old health-ads style claim urges people with backache and dull kidney pain to reduce meat intake and use Jad Salts a few days to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys. It touts the remedy as a grape and lemon acid lithia drink that neutralizes urine acids and ends bladder discomfort.
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Painless Lift Off
A vintage ad extols Freezone for corns and calluses claiming it stops hurting instantly and lets you lift the corn or callus off with a few drops. The tiny bottle costs only a few cents at any drug store and works without pain or soreness.
Booze running claim ties woman to former Colorado constable
Two prisoners in Cheyenne jail claim that a prominent liquor smuggling operation in Colorado was led by Mrs. Inez Craig of Cheyenne with aid from a former Colorado constabulary captain, A. H. Dahlene. They allege weekly whiskey hauls into Colorado, detailing the couple’s roles and long-running activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado Constabulary
Colorado
Wyoming
Constabulary
Inez Craig
Honor price Jewish girls to escape from Hungary
Vienna reports reveal that Jewish girls are being coerced to sacrifice themselves to escape terror in Hungary. An American officer recounts a high‑born Budapest mother offering her daughter to him to save the family from Hungarian frontier police.
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Hungary
Vienna
America
England
Buda
Budapest
Mrs. Craig Charged Over Whiskey Ring at Denver Hotel
The report states Mrs. Craig piloted the operation and disposed of whiskey at high prices from her hotel room in Denver's fashionable hotel scene.
Britain Faces Winter Scarcity With Imports Securing Some Goods
London dispatch notes British authorities pledging ample imported meat bacon cheese margarine rice tea sugar and apples for winter while home grown milk meat butter and dried fruits may be scarce and costly. Government food control will persist to share supplies between rich and poor as hay and oat crops run short and cattle feeding prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Eng
Great Britain
Haig
America
Sugar Commission
Europe
Pershing Aims To Break Troop Transport Records
General Pershing seeks to set new records in moving troops both to and from stations. The plan emphasizes speed and efficiency in deployment and return logistics.
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Pershing
Fur Sale To Auction Many Thousand Pelts
The International Fur Exchange in St. Louis will auction more than 12 000 000 pelts valued at 15 000 000 dollars starting tomorrow, with over 500 buyers worldwide. United States accounts include 9000 Alaskan seal and 667 blue fox, likely totaling around 1 000 000 dollars, plus 30 000 Russian pony pelts for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
International Fur Exchange
United States
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Ring Drug Co
E. A
Washington
A. H. Dahlene
Dahlene
Bela Kun
Fredrich
Ergland
Australia
Canada
Crocs Vret Aura J. Say
Tdioetors
Nynkus
R. J.reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Philip B. Fouke
Mr Faire
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