Flu Claims Shift to President Wilson and Preventive Care
Physicians attribute President Wilson's illness to neurasthenia after a prior influenza attack in Paris during the peace conference. They warn flu may return this fall and push a preventive remedy Turpo, a germicide mix of turpentine camphor and menthol, sold in thirty cent jars. Also noted is a major jewel robbery in transit between London and Ceylon involving shipboard pearls valued at a fortune, seized with sugar wrappers.
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Wilson
Paris
M Ady
London
Ceylon
Nagoya
India
Danderine Ad Promises Hair Growth and Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Danderine as a quick remedy to stop hair loss and clear dandruff. It claims the scalp will be nourished after several applications and hair will grow long thick and glossy. The text urges readers to buy a small bottle at local counters for a few cents.
Tenant Club Assault Litigates Jury Bias
In a Birmingham Age-Herald quip a speaker notes a tenant arrested for beating his landlord with a club. The punchline suggests confidence a jury would side with the landlord, highlighting skepticism about tenants in trials.
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Birmingham Age- Herald
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Deafness
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the only constitutional cure for catarrhal deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes. Claims treatment works through the blood and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Mentions 75 cent price and free circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cuticura Remedies Featured In Antique Ad
Advert promotes Cuticura products for skin rashes and burns. It urges hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and a dusting of Cuticura Talcum. Ends with price 25c each and a universal call to buy.
Doorway repurposed as an improvised bookcase
An unused doorway is converted into a functional bookcase with the door locked and treated as part of the rack. Shelves may be installed within the door space or in the lower hall area.
Indis coal curtailment eyed to stretch supply in Indianapolis
Indianapolis faces coal shortages as orders limit nonessential industries to half day operation. Utilities urged reduced service to outside units, with coal deliveries prioritized for railroads, army and navy, state and local governments. Governor Freidrich opposes seizures, citing Washington negotiations.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. C. Baldwin
Allegheny Region
Fuel Administration
Army
Thomas A. Wynne
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Koarding
Freedrich
Washington, D. C
Tragic Gas Poisoning Claims Hillyard Family
In West Richmond Mrs. George Hillyard thirty three and her three year old son Orion were killed by gas fumes from a bathroom heater. Professor Hillyard returned home to find them insensible and attempted to revive them before the wife died. The couple's move from Iowa City Iowa is noted and the mother was due to visit.
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Rtchmond
George Ylitlyard
Eartham College
Orion
West Ricmond
Hillyard
State officials handle inquiries on federal price program
In Indianapolis on November 24 many inquiries meant for Stanley Wyckoff federal fair price commissioner arrive at I L Miller state food and drug commissioner. Miller says he has no link to these committees while Dr FH E Barnard former food and drug commissioner and wartime federal food administrator for Indiana aided the effort against high living costs.
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Indianapolis
Stanley Wyckoff
I. L. Miller
Walden Sues for Injuries in Street Car Crash
Theodore Walden, a city fireman, obtained permission to sue the receiver of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co. for injuries to his two children. A daughter lost a leg and a younger boy was seriously hurt when struck by a street car while en route to a neighbor's grocery.
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Indiana Traction Company
Fort Wayne
Theodore Walden
Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company
Monument to Bishop Quinn to be unveiled at Bartram Cemetery
Richmond observes unveiling of a monument to Right Rev. William Paul Quinn fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bartram cemetery on Tuesday. Bishop L J Coppin of Philadelphia will deliver the principal address. Quinn, longtime Richmond citizen, was elected bishop in 1844 and died here in 1878.
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Richmond
William Paul Quinn
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Barllam
L. J. Coppin
Philadelphia
Mishop Quinn
Minister F C Licy Dies Suddenly At 80 In Indiana
Rev. F C Licy aged eighty a retired Methodist minister died suddenly of a heart attack in Noblesville. He served in the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference for forty years and held pastorates in Anderson Richmond Winchester Cambridge City Fortville and other Indiana cities.
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Noblesville
F.C. Licy
North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
Anderson
Richmond
Winchester
Cambridge City
Fortville
Indiana
Nobles Initiated In Fort Wayne Shrine Class Parade
In Fort Wayne on November 24 a record Mystic Shrine initiation drew 425 nobles. Representation came from most northern Indiana cities with special trains and bands. A street parade highlighted the event with large delegations attending.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Desert lizard valued as human food in California
In Death Valley and other Californian deserts a lizard named chueckwalla is valued as food. It measures about a foot and a half, feeds on vegetables, and its white meat is said to taste like frog legs.
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Death Valley
Californian
Electric delivery truck with folding dashboard features
A description notes an electric delivery truck with a folding dashboard and a front mounted step for easy access.
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Boothbay Harbor
How Mrs Boyd Avoided an Operation
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Marie Boyd credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving her female troubles without surgery after two doctors said an operation was necessary. She urges other afflicted women to try the remedy and seek further advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Marie Boyp
6Th St
N. E
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Mustarine Mustard Plaster Promises Rapid Pain Relief
A medical advertisement touts Mustarine, the original yellow mustard plaster, claiming fast relief from rheumatism headaches toothaches and backaches. It promises strong action without blisters and urges patients to ask for the yellow box Mustarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bery
Iit
Observation on Wealth and Cash in Birmingham
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a disdainful air from those who snub money. It argues that offering cash reveals genuine attitudes about value and social status.
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Bonsay
Birmingham Age-Herald
Green's August Flower praised as world remedy
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a half century old household cure for constipation digestive issues and nervous dyspepsia. It claims relief after a few doses and markets the product as a gentle laxative sold worldwide. A separate Courier-Journal quote questions a plan to intoxicate a welfare worker to document the poor.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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