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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
8
A fragmented exchange contrasts a self described statesman with political calculations. The speaker notes a wish to be seen as a politician while facing looming conventions and a practical citizen following. The dialogue touches on public roles and personal branding.
An old advertisement extols Resinol ointment and Resinol Soap as soothing and cooling remedies for irritated skin. It claims rapid itching relief and speedy healing of eczema ringworm and similar eruptions, touting a doctor’s prescription used for twenty years with doctors nationwide. Also includes unrelated notes on maps and a political quip.
Secretary of War Baker announces the president will mobilize the organized militia and National Guard. Units meeting required peace strength are to muster at designated mobilization points for service in the United States. Circular 19 governs the organizations to be accepted by the War Department.
A historical chart outlines troop placements along an 1800 mile front with about 12 000 US mobilized National Guard and other forces. It lists large numbers of units and locations such as San Miguel Madera Casas Grandes and Ascension, with totals around 67 080 across multiple sectors and theater points including Sandia and Chihuahua.
A compact chronology of Mexico's political upheavals from the 1910 ascent of Francisco Madero through Huerta Carranza and Villa until 1916, listing provisional presidencies revolts and key incidents including Tampico, Vera Cruz, and the Villa anti-American actions.
Official State Department briefing details 146 American murders in Mexico over three years. Sporadic Villa raids increase near daily with a Columbus assault by 1,500 rebels. Seventy Americans reported killed. American troops under Colonel Dodd cross into Mexico as Vanguard for General Pershing's punitive expedition.
Confused OCR lists National Guard statuses by state with fragmented phrases. Alabama and Arkansas entries mix good, fair, and poor notes for units like artillery and infantry, reflecting incomplete transcription. The piece appears to be a war department report overview of unit readiness across states.
California to New Mexico lists medical departments and combat arms with ratings by company. Each entry records overall grades such as very good good fair excellent and poor for infantry cavalry field artillery coast artillery engineers and signal corps across many states and districts.
The document shows the National Guard trails peace strength by 186000 men, with 151000 on duty versus a planned 315000 war strength. Only two of twelve divisions are fully staffed, and equipment shortages hamper readiness across infantry and cavalry regiments.
The New York Sun notes East Coast gold gains with over 10,000 ounces valued at 224000 dollars from mines in North Carolina Georgia and Alabama. It cites 65 gold and placer mines and 24 deep mines, with Rutherford County North Carolina hosting the largest placer mine and Montgomery County the most productive deep mine. Silver copper lead and zinc lift last year’s mine output to nearly thirty million dollars, a boost over 1914. The piece ends with a brief anecdote about a self made man who saved his way to millions.
A collage of dry notes covers hydrobiology myths about the hippopotamus, its movement, diving ability, and surface behavior. It glances at a physician’s ad for Castoria and a Sunday school quip about inheritance, reflecting a mixed reading catalog of a historical page.
Quotations on branding and business schemes mix with odd remarks about names money and simple clever ideas. The text hints at a novelty idea for selling sawdust in ten pound packages and notes about perception and clever marketing.
Burling ton Wisconsin resident Ana Kelly reports irregularity and severe side and back pain improved after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The ad urges other suffering women to try the remedies and offers free confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
The Authors' Club of London notes 644 British residents with 171 in active service, six dead, and 12 sympathy votes for kin of fallen heroes. The report asserts writers can wield both pen and sword, and includes a quip about gender pay in lecturing.
A garbled excerpt mentions battles in Europe and a reformer responding to tobacco policy in trenches. It references England in the early 1800s, noting that over 290 offenses carried death penalties, with further unclear text surrounding these points.
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