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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
3
An old advertisement urges parents to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children with coated tongues, listing symptoms like feverishness and stomach upset. It promotes the fruit laxative's safety, taste, and overnight relief, warning against counterfeits and urging to verify the maker.
The editor recalls John Morgan Richards as father of John Oliver Hobbes and a leading patent medicine advertiser. He endured the 1882 grippe, was treated by a London specialist who later remarked that bleeding had been abandoned for a century, a point Richards pondered with his physician.
An ad claims Pape's Diapepsin relieves stomach upset, belching, gas, acidity, heartburn, and indigestion instantly after taking one tablet. It says relief comes "as soon as you eat a tablet" and notes the tablets are inexpensive at drug stores.
An illustrated ad extols Cuticura Soap for cleansing pores with hot water and Cuticura Talcum Powder for a clear sweet skin. The prose notes the routine yields health and perfume while advising readers to identify themselves in a social context.
Reports from Paris on Feb 7 state the League of Nations commission largely agrees on the draft constitution and third article. Britain proposes a seven member executive body with two small-nation reps, while France objects to reduced representation for small states. US delegates face strong petitions urging protection or trusteeship over Ottoman territories and Constantinople.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue informed Chairman Padgett that the navy has released 40 percent of reserves, 40 percent of war enlistees, and 20 percent of regular four-year enlistees to date. Releases favor those with dependents and those seeking to complete education, with lotteries used when applicants exceed the number available.
In Fairbanks Alaska twenty buildings in the downtown business area were destroyed by a fire that began early today. Firefighters faced extreme cold and the blaze remained unextinguished. The blaze reportedly started from a defective furnace in the basement of a jewelry store.
The Federal Reserve Board reports early signs of financial recovery from wartime distortions. Increase in bank balances at financial centers, lower money rates, reduced war paper, gold inflows, and fewer federal reserve notes point to improving conditions, while urging continued thrift and credit reserves amid high production costs and international price pressures.
William J Bryan told the rivers and harbors congress that government ownership should be confined to rail road and trunk lines that reach all parts of the country. He argued the plan would provide outlets for state products without prejudice and that competition would regulate interstate rates and costs compared with full nationalization.
Secretary Baker told the Senate public buildings committee that the War Department asked the Justice Department to probe allegations that Milton Trainor, a War Department employee, solicited a $190,000 fee related to the Chicago speedway project. A Napecor office representative suggested possible grees-for the charge.
The fuel administration released messages from allied leaders showing Marshal Foch warned in February sixty days before the armistice that if American gasoline deliveries faltered the war could be lost. The communications illustrate how U S fuel shipments on the western front prevented changes to the campaign plans and helped force a central powers armistice.
Henry Veeder counsel for Swift & Company refused to disclose his salary during questioning by Francis J. Heney at the Senate agriculture committee hearing on the meat industry. Veeder noted his pay covered only office expenses, while Thomas F. Logan said Swift compensated him by salary and later by special checks. Heney argued Armour and Swift confirmed core facts in the commission report, calling the report unfairly labeled vicious and erroneous.
The supreme council heard a statement from M. Kramars and M. Benes proposing Czecho Slovakia include Bohemia Moravia Silesia Slovakia and Ruthenian Hungary plus outlying areas. About 14 million people would be affected. They urged access to seas via Elbe Vistula Danube and Trieste or Fiume and called for international waterways and rail links.
The House Cu cign Committee ordered a favorable report on a resolution hoping the peace conference would consider Ireland’s crime to the right of self determination. The move signals backing for Irish self determination at the peace talks.
The Official Journal of Budapest reports NAME New MINISTIR use rep 6 vonann Junkie has been appointed as a German minister to the Hungarian republic.
The Russian soviet government says in a wireless dispatch it is willing to begin talks with the entente to end military activity and to acknowledge financial obligations of Russia to Entente creditors. It تصل also states readiness to attend the Princes Islands conference and to confer on bases with all or some Entente powers.
Washington Feb Director General Hines told Senate Interstate Commerce that railroads would be regrouped into regional systems under private management with one or two large backbone carriers per group. He called for a government tribunal to pick group leaders and argued against breaking up major systems, favoring state commissions and uniform rates.
Associated Press reports from the expeditionary forces show 96 962 sick and wounded among American soldiers on January 16, a net decrease of 97 486 from December 18. The January total split into 67 294 incapacitated by disease and 28 469 from injuries.
In February in Hutte Mont the five principal mining companies of the Butte district announce a reduction in wages. Workers face pay cuts as mines continue operation amid economic pressures.
After war ended, Western Canada moves to accelerate farm production and labor efficiency. Prosperity grows in dairying wool and food output while rail and building activity shift to meet new settlers. Mining lumber and canning industries rise, with urban renewal and enlarged housing fueling future growth.
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