Musterole Promises Quick Flu Relief
Advertises Musterole as a preventative for influenza grippe and pneumonia starting with a cold. Claims mustard-plaster style relief without mess, offering a warm tingling and cooling sensation as the ointment penetrates pores. Available in 35c and 65c jars and tubes.
Rivers and Harbors Item In Army Bill Raised
The rivers and harbors bloc overrode the budget estimate and appropriations committee to boost the waterways funding from 37 million to 56.585 million dollars in the army bill. The increase, urged by Dempsey, passed 152 to 44 as debate was shut off amid a stormy session.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Dempsey
Rivers Ald Harbors
Representative Mondell
Madden
Harding
Newton
Missouri
Minnesota
Taylor
The
Army Engineers
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Mondell
Denison
Illinois
Corn Exports Rise Sharply in 1922 Despite Canadian Declines
U S corn exports for the cereal year ending November 1 1922 rose 40 percent from the previous year with Europe shipments at the highest since 1906. UK Germany Netherlands Belgium France increased purchases while Canada and Mexico exports fell though data remain incomplete.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Italy
Spain
Denmark
Norway
Victoria stock dipped under federal supervision in December
J. P. Lancaster, federal tick inspector for the Victoria district, reported that December saw 76,500 head of stock under government supervision. He predicted Victoria County would be released from quarantine by July 1.
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Victoria
Tex
J. P. Lancaster
Victoria District
Lancaster
Victoria County
Senate panel proposes Lakes to Gulf Channel plan
A five member Senate committee was proposed by Senator McCormick to investigate a nine foot canal from the Great Lakes to the gulf. The panel would report its findings by May 1, 1924.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Gulf
Senate
McCormick
Illinois
Caliph Abdul Medjid Effendi Receives $12000 Monthly Allowance
The new Caliph Abdul Medjid Effendi will receive an allowance of $12,000 per month. Other imperial family members will also be paid allowances, excluding those related only by marriage.
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Constantinople
Abdul Medjid Effendi
Immigration figures show 60 percent admitted in first half
The department of labor announced that about 60 percent of annual admissible aliens reached U S ports in the first half of the current fiscal year. Between July 1 and December 31, 215 658 aliens entered, exhausting the quotas for Armenia Belgium Greece Italy Luxemburg Portugal Lithuania Spain Palestine Syria Turkey Africa and Australia.
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Wasington
United States
Department of Labor
Armenia
Belgium
Greece
Italy
Luxemburg
Portugal
Lithuania
Spain
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
Africa
Australia
Neff urges Texas to buy best school system and fund plan
Governor Neff asks Texas lawmakers to adopt a comprehensive education program proposing a 5 percent oil tax and higher amusement taxes to raise about 9 million dollars annually. He calls for state leadership, nine months of school, $50 per pupil with half funded by state and half by local units, safer textbook buying, accurate school census, and stable higher education funding.
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Austin
Tex
Neff
Texas
State Board of Education
Osage Lands Bring Millions in 1922 Lease Sale
Osage Indians in Pawhuska Oklahoma gain 6 215 800 from a crowded mid continent oil lease sale. Gypsy Oil Co paid 1 31 million for tract 25 northeast 24 27 5 while Phillips Skelly Co bought nearby tract for 1 245 00. East side tracts drew 238 100 amid limited bids as major producers like Carter Skelly Phillips Amerada and Waite Phillips participated.
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Burbank
Gypsy Oil Co
Webb City
Phillips-Skelly Co
Carter Oil Co
Skelly Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Cosden and Co
Waite Phillips Co
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
Cattle Shipped From Hearne On Southern Pacific Lines
Four cars of stock cattle moved from Hearne to Carrizo Springs for pasture on Wednesday. This brings the month's total to about forty cars with a further hundred cars expected to be shipped.
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Hearne
Tex
Southern Pacific
Carrizo Springs
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
A Diamond Dyes advertisement touts simple directions that let any woman dye or tint worn clothing and home textiles at home. It claims rich colors for wool silk linen cotton and blends with guaranteed even color and no run or fade.
Unexpected Seats Swap During Football Game
A spectator in the bleachers describes a chaotic moment when an invading team took the lead. In a burst of celebration a touchdown is shouted, the crowd roars, and the narrator accidentally strikes a friend who has swapped seats with a co ed, creating a tense scene as she exits guarded by a portly man.
Teethina ad urges safe baby laxative relief
An old advertisement warns against harsh cathartics for infants and promotes Teethina as a safe, physician endorsed laxative. It claims strong drugs harm babies and urges readers to obtain Teethina from druggists or send 30 cents to Moffett Laboratories in Columbus, Georgia for a package and a Baby book.
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Moffett Laboratories
Columbus
Ministers Men of Medicine in Seventeenth Century Pharmacy
The article describes early pharmacy practices in the seventeenth century. It notes fearsome medicines including human skulls and mummies, the apprenticeship path to journeyman status, and supplementary exams for proprietors. It covers English influenced American pharmacy, clerical practitioners in Massachusetts, and witchcraft era suspicions of poison sale.
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Charles II
America
Massachusetts
Frightful scents in disinfectants why so harsh
Disinfectants often rely on strong additives like phenolics aldehydes or essential oils that mask odors and improve cleaning performance. Some formulations use milder fragrances but efficacy and odor balance vary by product.
Even the Man Who Pays as He Goes May Go Broke
A terse proverb notes that even those who spend as they earn can face financial ruin, suggesting caution in consumption and debt management without specific events or figures.
Edinburgh professor recalls US price of matches joke
A Scottish graduate teaching in America visits Edinburgh years later and recalls buying cigars with matches included. The professor notes in the tale that American cigars come with a small package of matches, while in Edinburgh he was charged ha penny a box, forcing a long walk back to his hotel for more matches.
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University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
America
When the Unexpected Tests a Man's True Nature
A reflective brief on how crises reveal character, noting that pressure exposes core traits and integrity in individuals when facing unforeseen events. The piece emphasizes observable actions over words as the measure of a person's character.
Noisy Office Romance Sparks Wife Verdict
Mrs Carter visits her husband’s office to urge firing a stenographer she accuses of flirting. The plan backfires as the wife overhears and the husband is admonished, while a closing quip about getting blood from a turnip adds a wry wrap.
Four Thousand Acres of Rice Irrigated Near Devers
Beaumont Texas Four thousand acres of rice will be irrigated in the Devers area this year. RE W Boyt vice president of the reorganized Devers Canal Company announced the project. The organizers are practical rice men with strong Jefferson County industry ties.
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Beaumont
Tex
Devers
RE. W. Boyt
Devers Canal Company
Jefferson County
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