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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
7
An advertisement touts Joint-Base as a remedy for stiff swollen rheumatic joints. The copy claims it rapidly reduces swelling and eases pain after ordinary care fails, priced at 60 cents per tube and sold at druggists.
An old advert promotes Kemp's Balsam as a remedy for lingering coughs and lung trouble. It claims the medicine soothes the throat, stops tickling coughs, and calms nerves, suitable for children and available at all stores for 0 cents.
William J. Nichol of Rochester claims Peterson's Ointment cured his ulcers after doctors refused to save his leg. The ad promotes a 35 cent box available through druggists with a money back guarantee and extols uses for burns eczema and piles.
France's ambassador told a women’s study class that Paris seeks a moratorium and better terms than Britain, arguing France bore the heaviest losses and would pay more if needed. He cited France’s sacrifices and battlefields, urging equitable settlement reflecting its status and wealth.
Rear Admiral Moffett advocates American air power superiority, arguing the U S leads all nations in air service quality and future proofing. He cites aging fleets, obsolescence risks, and the need for better landing craft to extend range and combat capability.
The United States Navy develops a sonic depth finder that projects sound waves up to 3% miles to measure ocean depths. In trials on the destroyer Stewart spanning the Atlantic to the Pacific, depths to 230 fathoms were recorded and 3,000 soundings were made in 30 days off California and Mexico, prompting hopes of charting the sea floor and revealing land changes due to tectonic shifts.
The Interior Secretary designates Dr. S John Widstoe of Utah and former Governor Campbell of Arizona to chair committees surveying federal reclamation projects. Twenty one of twenty five projects will be investigated for fertility, water supply, or other factors hindering payment, with reports due to Congress in the coming session.
Stephen T. Mather advocates expanded winter use of national parks as 95 sites become winter playgrounds. A push for an East Coast park in Virginia Blue Ridge and a Redwood Park in California faces private ownership hurdles, with overall park travel rising to 1,670,908 as motor travel climbs while trains fall.
William Green of the miners has been elected president of the American Federation of Labor by the executive council to serve until the next convention ten months hence. He has been secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America since 1912 and was nominated by Thomas and Rickert. Green pledged to carry forward the principles of trade unionism championed by Samuel Gompers.
John J. Tigert, U S education commissioner, argues in Outdoors that outdoor recreation reshapes education. He notes past neglect of play, the rise of municipal playgrounds and bathing facilities, and calls the summer camp as a key advance linking learning with the outdoors and promoting health and sportsmanship.
Washington gossip centers on Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois possibly seeking a diplomatic post abroad after his Senate term ends March 4, 1895. Alanson B. Houghton, ambassador to Berlin, is favored for London, with State Department plans suggesting Kellogg’s successor may move up. If Houghton vacates Berlin, McCormick could face a difficult path to a suitable appointment.
An advertisement touts Figaro smoked meat product claiming superior taste and preservation. It says Figaro uses pure wood smoke in bottles with burnt sugar, delivering fast smoking in 20 to 30 minutes versus days in a smoke-house, and keeps meat sweeter and less prone to rancidity.
The Century Magazine cites Bertrand Russell arguing that a broad all round education is outdated due to rapid knowledge growth. He notes that a well informed person now benefits from knowledge in languages, history, literature, mathematics, and sciences, reflecting evolving educational ideals.
The fragment notes quinine was not found among ancient remedies until after Columbus and ends with a proverb about faultless makers.
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