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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
18
The rising cost of food fuels a strong national movement to curb prices. Authorities cooperate across federal, state, and local levels while unions and organizations mobilize to press for relief. The war in Europe strains supplies, driving shortages and wide gaps between farm and consumer prices.
An ornate advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandersine claiming dandruff and hair loss vanish after use and hair appears fine and new. The piece shifts to a broad critique of rising living costs and antitrust actions, urging federal action against price manipulation and calling for local and national public meetings to curb food prices.
McDuff, Virginia resident Mrs. J. B. Whittaker credits Thedford's Black-Draught with preventing long illness in her family. She says a dose eases sick headaches and stomach trouble, noting her children request it when they feel unwell. The herb is advertised as a vegetable remedy aiding digestion and various stomach ailments, sold for 25 cents.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune commentary argues that high prices for food crops are caused by speculation and that once causes are identified and supply is known, Congress and state legislatures meeting in January can find a remedy that serves the people without unfairness to producers.
Representatives from major grain farming regions meet in Chicago under the National Council of Farmers Cooperative Associations to study strategies for ending what they call wasteful marketing methods fueling bread price rises. The two day session aims to outline steps toward a grain embargo or similar action.
Fights scheduled include Freddie Welsh versus Pete Hartley in a 16 round Cleveland bout, Joe Welling against Phil Brown in New Haven over 15 rounds, and Johnny Ertle facing Battling Lahn in Albany for 10 rounds. Also on tap are Memphis Kennel Club beach show in Memphis Tennessee, Tulane at Georgetown in New Orleans, and a slew of national events in squash tennis cross country in New York City.
Washington Dec 7 One of today’s important docket items before the Supreme Court is the contempt case against United States District Attorney H Snowden Marshall of New York. He faces charges related to conduct in office and is scheduled for oral argument and decision.
The passage notes a House inquiry into impeachment charges against Mr. Marshall and a contempt finding for a letter accusing the subcommittee. Marshall appeals to the Supreme Court from a federal district court dismissal of his habeas corpus suit challenging the House's authority to try him.
Mothers prize Sloan's Liniment for bumps sprains and bruises in children and outdoors work pains. It penetrates and soothes without rubbing and outperforms mossy plasters or ointments for rheumatic aches and neuralgia. Available from druggists for 25 cents.
Delegates from industrial and other groups across the country gathered in Baltimore on December 7 as the second annual Safety First Federation of America convened under President Darwin P. Kingsley of New York. The opening sessions began with formal addresses and remarks on safety initiatives.
The upcoming three day session will cover fire prevention health sanitation and traffic regulation. Officials plan to address safety along railroad rights of way to prevent accidents.
H H Hermann a Monroe butcher testifies that kidneys ached and back pain blocked him until Doan's Kidney Pills from Phoenix Drug Store eased the pains and restored normal kidney action. He reports relief after taking the pills and recommends asking for the same remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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