14 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1928
Page
1
A long letter extols California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children with stomach and bowel issues. It cites a Mrs. Hill of Omaha, claims over four million bottles sold yearly, and urges buyers to insist on the genuine article with the California name on the carton.
A brief old dialogue questions Doris readiness for life’s struggles. Charlotte suggests she should be prepared after four engagements, while another speaker hints at knowing more through a different man without being told.
The piece recalls Dr Caldwell starting practice in 1875 and introducing a liquid laxative named Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in 1892 distributed through drug stores. It claims the mild remedy aids constipation and has become the era’s largest selling liquid laxative, used for headaches biliousness digestion and other ailments with a free trial offer from Monticello Illinois.
Four Japanese fishing ships, the Ryot Maru among them, drift in the north Pacific after a December 1920 typhoon dispersed crews. One hulk with cannibal tragedy surfaced near Washington in 1927, while others drift between the American coast and Japan along major currents. Mariners warn they may drift for years before sighting land.
In London a lone man named Mr. J Muss polishes dusty volumes in the British Museum. For 14 years he has been renewing the 20 million books with sponge and a magic solution. He cleans about 1 600 volumes each month and 1 400 000 per century, yet worries time will outpace his work if more books are published.
In Baker Oregon an expert guided Kathleen Whivett by telephone from Weiser Idaho to open a strong box after she lost the combination. Braun advised placing the telephone mouthpiece to the door and turning the dial, enabling the tumblers to fall and the door to open in under five minutes.
University students digging near Dublin uncover two complete skeletons with skulls, leg bones, and finger bones. Nearby artifacts include a bronze knife eight inches long, a bronze pin, beads, worn teeth pieces, pottery fragments, and grind stones.
Willie Langdon, an 8 year old Negro youth, witnessed an elderly white man drop a dime. The man fled in a car and the boy pursued a mile, ordering the man to return the coin. The thief kept the dime and drove off.
The government ordered withdrawal of all American gum vending machines from Bucharest tobacco stands. Officials claim gum sales interfered with tobacco sales, a government monopoly, prompting the action.
Kathleen Rice, University of Toronto graduate, operates a copper and nickel vein claim on an island near Wekusko Lake in northern Manitoba. Since 1921 she has camped in a pioneer log cabin, facing challenges to prove the claim, while winter trapping and dog teams support her mining venture. Her Starr claim near Herb Lake ties to the Rice family legacy and marks early vanadium discovery in the North.
Danish University of Pittsburgh student Christian Neilson earns the label busiest ulus in Pitt by juggling two full time jobs daily. He works eight hours as a railroad weightmaster at Aliquippa and commutes 60 miles each day while pursuing a premedical course. A former Danish merchant seaman left in Baltimore years ago to recuperate, he later migrated here, finished a three year high school course in three years with top honors, then entered college and now speaks English fluently.
A Delaware article describes Dr Henry Dux operating a factory that colors oak leaves to an autumn tint in about five minutes. The process preserves plant flexibility and beauty, claiming to market finished leaves to florists without brittleness. The method remains secret and tied to the licensed physician's workshop.
A faded ballot titled For resident Jefferson Davis of Mispp is housed at Washington and Lee university in Lexington. Found in an antebellum Petersburg home, it dates to the Confederacy’s first and only presidential election held November 15, 1861.
William Penns body lies buried in a rural England graveyard discovered by former Pennsylvania representative Arthur L Bates. Bates urges removal to Pennsylvania with a monument, noting Penns neglected resting place and illegible inscription. The plot also contains Penns wives and children. Penn earned the Pennsylvania charter from King Charles I in 1682 and Philadelphia grew from his land grant.
New Haven Connecticut Osborn Zoological laboratory conducts research into the paramecium cell life cycle. Dr Lorander Woodruff directs protozoology studies exploring how a single cell reconstructs itself every 24 to 30 days without mating or fertilization. Findings could help explain human cell biology and benefit mankind.
The Daily Mail reports that Sir Ronald Ross era malaria discoverer papers were bought for 10000 by Lady Houston. The 71 year old savant, once near destitution, offered his lifetime collection to ease his hardship in a small London flat.
A silver fox wandered into Ahuntsic, Montreal, and was captured by a police officer who escorted it to the station. Valued at $500 the fox rested in a box at the police station. Fox ranches are located on Montreal island near Abnnisie.
The treasury announced a per capita money circulation of 40.46 dollars in the United States on October 31, with an estimated population of 118 million. The report shows a steady fall since October 1920 when per capita circulation was 41. A year ago in October the per capita figure was 12.12 dollars.
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