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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
8
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a curative kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims sworn testimonies support its efficacy and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York with a ten cent request and mentions availability in drug stores.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip frames a book agent selling a history of the great war with a buyer Mr. Cobbles replying that his oldest son served in it. The exchange highlights wartime sentiment and commerce.
An upbeat ad claims Pape's Diapepsin ends sour stomach gas acidity and indigestion instantly. It promises quick relief from heartburn belching and discomfort after meals and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
The narrator muses on changing design trends from candy kitchens to ice cream parlors, noting a shift in how sitting rooms are used and named. The remark reflects evolving notions of domestic architecture.
In Toledo Ohio Frank J Cheney senior partner of KF J Cheney & Co is accused in a sworn document of blackmail over a coal bill. The letter offers one hundred dollars for an alleged incurable case of catarrh and mentions Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. Notary W Gleason witnessed the sworn statement dated December 6.
A terse exchange weighs ancestry and settler era origins with pointed humor. One speaker asserts ancestral ties to early settlers while the other questions deportation history, sparking a reflection on heritage and memory.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a gentle laxative that treats ailments from disordered stomachs to inactive liver. It claims to regulate digestion, cleanse the alimentary canal, stimulate bile production, and purify the blood, with broad sales across civilized countries.
A Baltimore American line notes a witty exchange about beverages inside a jail setting with a prisoner asking for soft drinks and a guard replying that only hard water is available. The remark reflects humor in a constrained environment.
An advertisement urges taking a cup of Garfield Tea for constipation headaches and biliousness with the claim available at all druggists. It includes a moral note that a man must have conscience to detect neighbors' wrongs.
President Wilson pledges federal support for disabled veterans through vocational education and training under the federal board for vocational education. The program, funded by Congress, covers tuition books supplies and living stipends, with tailored training in numerous trades and professions to reintegrate soldiers and sailors into civilian life. The Red Cross aids claims and family support, while veterans are urged to apply and verify compensation and insurance statuses.
The war trade board, after consulting with the food administration, estimates about 220000 tons of fodderstuffs saved by mild winter can be sent to European neutrals as oil cake and oil meal. European dairy herds have suffered from fodder shortages, contributing to fat shortages. licenses to export oil cake and meal will be granted freely to Canada, the Americas, Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies.
Edward L. Ferdinand of Cambridge who returned from France with nearly 200 wounds marries Edith M. Atwood in Greater Boston. In St. Louis, two highwaymen robbed Owen Barron of a terrier pup he carried.
Premier Georges Clemenceau was shot three times by an assailant named Winkle Cottin known as Milou as he left his Paris home to meet Col House. Despite serious wounds the 76 year old statesman remained cheerful and walked to his residence, saying it is not serious this time.
Telegrams from Weimar and Berlin urge national mourning after the armistice signing. protests flood the national assembly demanding a period of mourning and strong reaction to the accord.
Washington reports January exports reached a record value of 623 million dollars. The Department of Commerce announced goods were shipped to foreign ports during the month setting a new high.
Negotiations are in progress between Britain and Argentina for a credit loan from Argentina to Britain to be used for purchasing food in Argentina.
Rear Admiral Taylor told the senate naval affairs committee that all 16 capital ships already authorized will be under construction on the ways within a year. The statement places the nation on a rapid shipbuilding pace as Congress supports expanded fleet power.
The document outlines progress toward a peace system with a League of Nations core. It notes a completed constitution, indefinite extension of armaments control, arbitration for disputes, and probes into responsibility for war. It mentions territorial protectorates, labor inquiries, and a committee on women and children advising delegates. Russia and Europe’s postwar realignments are described, with Germany and Austria Hungary moving toward provisional governance.
Washington reports progress toward withdrawing American and allied forces from Northern Russia. Additional troops are being sent to secure routes and maintain sea access as the Supreme War Council directs. Secretary Baker said Wilson assured congress that troops will be out of Russia this spring.
Three naval aviator ensigns Thomas Southward J G Gamble and A B Mairs were forced to land at sea off the lower California coast due to engine trouble. They were rescued by seaplanes and submarine chasers after 24 hours without food or water. In Philadelphia on February 21 twenty five people injured twelve seriously when an open trolley car collided with a northbound trolley at Brankfort avenue and Arrott street.
The fortifications appropriation carrying 11,199,291 dollars was passed by the house without a recorded vote and with one inconsequential amendment. It now goes to the senate.
Paris notes the death of M. Tachard at age ninety four. He was a survivor among the Alsace and Lorraine deputies who in 1871 protested the annexation of those territories to Germany.
An earthquake lasting almost a minute rattled southern California at 8 45 a m all across the region but caused no reported damage officials said the quake was felt from Los Angeles to distant points in the area.
Mrs John Koppellmann of McLean Nebraska endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for childbirth and overall health improvements. The ad cites over forty years of use helping with displacements inflammation irregularities backache headaches nervousness and mood issues. It invites women to write for personalized advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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