Teamster's Life Saved by Peterson Ointment Claim
A West Park Ohio teamster reports a severe leg sore healed after using Peterson's Ointment. He credits doctors who said he had two years to live before the ointment cured the ailment. Peterson claims many similar eczema piles and skin disease cures and offers the product at 6 cents a box with mail orders from Buffalo.
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Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
Willem Haane
West Park
Ohio
P. G. Reltz
Peterson Ulotment Co
Buffalo
Missouri preacher Protteman remembered as Beecher of Missouri
Dr W N Protteman a Methodist preacher in Missouri for sixty years is remembered for his strong presence in faith and public speaking. His first sermon in Virginia’s backwoods mountains was met with blunt humor from an old congregant about preferring sugar over a full bucket of nap.
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W. N. Protteman
Missouri
Henry Ward Beecher
Virginia
Pa'son
Min
Lift off Corns Instantly With Freezone Buy Now
A short advertisement promises painless removal of hard and soft corns as well as calluses from feet. A tiny bottle of Freezone costs only a few cents and can be applied with a few drops to the affected area. It claims the corn or callous lifts away root and all without pain.
Earl’s Calf Story Becomes Grandpa Lesson
A short tale recalls Earl listening to his grandfather’s boyhood exploits. A barn calf kicks him, bruising his cheek, and his mother calls it a queer way to get hurt. Earl quips that a fellow needs experience to tell grandchildren.
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Earl
Grandpa
Postal wage boosts promise large pay hikes for 275000 workers
Washington reports the joint commission to Investigate postal salaries has proposed a wide rise worth about 130 dollars a year on average for 275,000 postal workers. The plan, likely to pass this week, takes effect July 1 and spans three subsequent years with total increases of 3.7 million dollars annually, reshaping 10 grades into six and detailing new pay bands for carriers clerks watchmen laborers railway clerks rural carriers and postmasters with distinct minimum and maximum salaries.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Commission
Wei Wy
Assis@nt
Canadian luxury taxes push prices down across Canada
Ottawa June 1 The threat of Canada s new luxury taxes has cut the cost of clothing shoes hats and other goods. The public abandons luxuries and plans to dodge the tax by buying cheaper items. Firms report cancellations of orders worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Budget changes loom but principles remain.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Gete
T Io
Moonshine Plant Raided in Colorado Mountains
Denver reports a moonshine operation near Idaho Springs disrupted by Colorado State Constabulary. Officers Wilder and Byron located a 100 gallon per day plant high in Mount Evans country, photographed it, and seized supplies while the owners escaped.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Atate Constabulary
Idaho Springs
Mount Evanas
Clifton Wilder
Constabulary
Walter Byron
Italians Plan Boycott to Lower Prices Now
Rome reports a move to mimic US and English price declines with a broad boycott of stores. The Consumers' League plans to urge men and women to refrain from buying new clothes or shoes to cut consumption and pressure retailers to reduce prices.
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Rome
United States
England
Kupert
Consumers’ League
Originaty
Age Is Dying Says Geddes in Speech on World Turmoil
Washington letters quote Sir Auckland Geddes warning that Europe faces a looming age of turmoil as nations and individuals confront tangled social entanglements. Geddes predicts a decisive 60 year period, urging leaders to focus on beauty, civic responsibility, and truth to steer civilization away from collapse.
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Washington
Geduns
Ateklind OL
Anerica
Europe
Sir Auckland
Geddes
el Throes
Fabylon
Egypt
Rome
Report of Death Much Exaggerated
New York reports a watchman named Peter Keenan believed dead after a mistaken identification. A second man claimed the body, triggering funeral preparations before Keenan revealed he was alive, prompting a hurried correction and halted arrangements.
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Peter Keenan
Dead Man
New York
Thane
Thomas
L Cters
Peter
Cigar Fire Ravages Gallatin Mining Town
A large blaze in Gallatin near Monongahela, Pennsylvania destroys a mining town section. Officials estimate losses around 100000 dollars with government revenues from brokers licenses and stock transactions in New York cited at over 50 million annually by William H. Edwards, Internal Revenue collector for the district.
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Monongahela
Gallatin
Oames
New York
Wm. H. Edwards
Trials Held Again in Guatemala City Army Court Martial
In Guatemala City seven participants from the April Revolution were sentenced to death by a military squad after a court martial. Commanding General J. C. Channon, Department Commandant Jono Reyes, and officials Miguel Larrave M. L. Arriaga Regily Gal ian Felipe Marquee and Gilberto Ddagic dllis were named among those sentenced.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
J. C. Channon
Jono Reyes
Miguel Larrave
M. L. Arriaga
IL. Regily Galian
Felipe Marquee
Gilberto Ddagic
Svery American Grave in France to be Decorated Today
Chicago May 31 According to a cable from Floyd Gibbons Tribune foreign staff the drive to decorate every American grave in France and Belgium will succeed with funds raised by Americans in Europe The Tribune reports more than 500000 francs contributed to the fund and declares that in over 560 places across six nations an American will lay flowers and honor the dead on Memorial Day despite the wartime separation
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Floyd Gibbons
Tribune
Europe
America
Gibbons
Mob Attempt to Burn Whole Town in Ireland
London reports an Irish mob saturated houses with paraffin and petroleum in Kilmarnock Ireland and set them afire residents fled as flames burned before extinction. Cork railwaymen refuse to handle munitions and troop trains raising fears of serious developments in the south where troops have landed and are to be moved to towns.
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London
Kilmarnock
Ireland
Cork
Anti-Saloon League Men To Be Queried
Washington May 3 The Senate sub committee investigating campaign expenditures will recess for Memorial Day but resume Tuesday with a broadened scope. Campaign managers for presidential candidates and organizers will testify, including treasurers of the Anti-Saloon League and Mump Ilan league, and Antoinette Pax. William Loeb and Colonel Fred Alger will be quizzed to determine how much beyond 1 174019 19 has been spent, Loeb having raised 226000 in New York and Alger linked to the Michigan primary.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate Committee
Labor
Tomerow
Lolday
Mumb Ilan League
Anti-Saloon League
Antoinette Pax
Women's Committee
Democratic Party
Wood
William Loeb
New York
Roosevelt
Fred Alger
Michigan
Loeb
Albert A. Sprague
Wal Mitional
Alger
Engineer May Die From Wreck Injuries
Jersey City May 31 Two Susquehanna trains on parallel tracks collided when a switch failed to close and diverting one train into the other injuring several people. Engineer Daniel Laden was crushed and burned, Fireman James Silver captured. Laden may die from injuries.
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Jersey City
S. J
Daniel Laden
New York & New Jersey
Laden
James Silver
Silver
Allies Reject Italy Bid to Postpone Spa Conference
Ports May 81 The Allied powers refuse Italy’s request to delay the Spa conference. Britain and France will notify Rome of the denial at once. The allies are likely to grant Turkey an extension to July 1 to discuss the peace treaty after receiving the note outlining the request.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Rome
Turkey
Erma
Jowan to Represent Lowden at Contests
Former Congressman Chisler L. Pickett of Waterloo acts as counsel for Clover Lowden's managers in the fight over delegates before the Republican National Committee. Pickett will represent Lowden when the hearings open tomorrow. About 126 contests are noted. records in the adjutant general's office mention a list of 3,000 slackers in Bostur.
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Chisler £. Pickett
Waterloo
Clover Lowden
Republican National Committee
Pickett
Lowden
Bostur
Adjutant General
France Faces Presidential Crisis Amid Deschanel Illness
Reports from Paris describe a potential presidential resignation as President Deschanel battles anemia and arterial fatigue. The absence of a vice president raises constitutional questions while ministers guard against impropriety and a shift toward Millerand or Bourgeois as successor possibilities.
Officials predict limited impact from BRT electricians strike
New York officials of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers forecast a muted day as 125 BRT electricians and helpers walked out yesterday. Early today the walkout was felt as services showed little effect and anticipated broader disruption was not yet seen.
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New York
Mus
International Brotherhood of Mhetrival Workers
Howe
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Germans' Trials Postponed By Allied Authorities
Berlin May 21 The preliminary trials in Leipzig of German officials accused under the rules of war will not be held between June 7 and 20 as planned. The minister of suation says the entourage has promised additional evidence to strengthen the case, but the line has not arrived yet.
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Berlin
Alllew
Suation
Entenie
Burleson Seeks Extra Postage funds for mail service
Washington May 4 Postmaster General Murleson requests an additional appropriation of 1,000,000 dollars to pay for mail services caused by freight and express backlogs. The article notes prior shipping costs rose as forests and commodities faced delays while discussing historical postal practices.
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Burleson
Washington
L‘ostmaster
Murleson
Pain Relief Story From Wyandotte Woman
Mrs Mary om of 120 Orange St Wyandotte Michigan reports longtime monthly pains and severe digestive distress. After failing doctor treatment she used Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, recovering enough to do her housework. She credits Nord medicine with her improvement and urges others to publish this testimonial.
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Wyandotte
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.inkham
Nord
Dove Hatches Chickens in Pittsburgh Home
A Pittsburgh man Ernest Hirsch and a dove pair fostered a baby chicken after three weeks. Mrs Hirsch placed a full size hen egg beneath the mother dove and observed daily. The dove finally began incubation, and a chick emerged, pecking out and attempting to leave the nest.
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Ernest Hirsch
Pittsburgh
Mir
Hirseh
Babs
Bayer Aspirin packaging claims safety and uses
An old advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe, advising to accept only unbroken Bayer packages with directions for headaches and other pains. It notes small 12 tablet tins and larger packages from druggists, while a separate census vignette recalls a Kane County worker's reading challenge and a one day schooling anecdote.
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Bayer
Aspirrio
Bayern
Monoucer Kneldester
Salleyleach
Cuticura Trio Promises Clear Complexion and Soft Hands
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed keep complexion clear and scalp clean while hands stay soft and white. Add the fragrant Cuticura Talcum to complete the trio.
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Ady
Fragmentary note recalls doll and lonely days of company
A garbled diary fragment describes a boy named Cibontene and an old doll weakening with time. The writer mentions bed, deathly imagery, and asking about a place or person linked to love and company. The text ends with a stray reflection on a “Saney for philin thags” and a vague packing scene.
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Weyr
Detty
Merty
Nanes
Dave
Philin
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