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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
2
Vintage advertising copy urging mothers to give "California" Syrup of Figs as the best and gentlest laxative for children. Promises fruity taste and full dosing directions on every bottle with an exhortation to use with confidence.
A naval officer recounts a night in English waters with Admiral Sims. Amid dense fog a ship asked whether to proceed or return. Sims, fogbound himself, replied simply Yeu. The officer sought clarification and asked again, requesting guidance on the next port or return. The admiral answered No.
Advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle overnight cleanse for the stomach and bowels. It claims to remove fermenting food, foul gases, and bile while you sleep and to make you feel better by morning. It contrasts with harsher laxatives like salts and purgatives.
Describes restoring faded ink on old documents by washing with agents that darken on iron infusion. Mentions nut galls, sodium sulphate or acetic ferro-cyanide of potassium as examples.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure. It claims the remedy is taken internally, acts on the blood and mucous surfaces, and is produced by W. M. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio with testimonials available.
When he had been drinking the author seemed better at painting vivid emotions. Now he must depict them in watercolors, adjusting his approach to a calmer medium.
Cuticura recommends using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for a red rough itchy baby skin. Include Cuticura Dusting Powder and Cuticura Talcum as part of the trio. The ad also asserts rural welfare rests on happy prosperous countryside.
A wide sweep of 1920s brief items covers lynching in Florala Alabama, Frick estate details for Helen C. and Childs, New guilty ruling in Los Angeles, shipbuilding fraud probes, a Pleasantville bank raid, Munsey gaining control of major papers, sugar profiteering indictments in Chicago, a love dispute ending in shooting in Phoenix, influenza toll at Great Lakes Naval Station, Chicago boys court record, quarantine and cases at the Great Lakes hospital, Detroit bank capital gains, and a Louisville murder indictment denied.
Secretary Baker sent recommendations to the state department urging the United States to furnish surplus military supplies to Poland to aid its defense against a Bolshevik advance. Admiral Koontz testifying before the house naval committee proposed a naval force of 638 ships, well above 231 in 1916. The senate approved the water power bill 62 to 18. Shipping board officials estimate board earnings around 100000 dollars per ship in 1919 with 1200 ships operated that year.
Personal Francis Marlon Gray died in San Diego at 77. John F. Dodge, Detroit auto pioneer, died in New York after pneumonia at the Ritz Carlton. Guy F. Allen of Somerset Md nominated to be assistant treasurer of the United States. Paderewski to leave Warsaw for Switzerland January 17. Col FE M House, in Houston after travel from peace conference, declines to speak on current issues.
Delegates of the railway men's union in London approve the government's wage settlement for lower grade employees. The report lists multiple international upheavals including rioting casualties in Berlin and revolts across Turkestan and Turkiye.
Director General Hines in Washington signs a national agreement covering rules and working conditions with the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers Express and Station Employees.
Instructions from Popular Science Monthly describe building a non freezing drinking fountain for a hen house. Use a soap box lantern two galvanized pails asbestos lining heat deflected by the lantern to keep water just above freezing on a platform.
The Muscovy duck breed originated in South America and is very active. Drakes weigh 11 to 32 pounds while females weigh six to seven pounds. Incubation lasts 384 to 35 days. Variations include white and colored Muscovy. they cross fairly and are quarrelsome with each other and with other poultry. Feeding focuses on ground food with greens, water kept available, sand daily, and ducks require a dry sleeping area.
Study of market demands urged for poultry raisers. Emphasizes uniform egg and flesh color and cautions that mixed flocks produce nonuniform eggs and meat and hatchability is reduced.
Advice for farmers on poultry management stresses avoiding crowding and keeping dry to protect old hens and breeders. Ducks and geese offer economical farm potential, with North American Mexican and Honduran turkey breeds mentioned. Proper care and feeding boost profits, while damp conditions threaten welfare and yield.
A short item notes an address at 340 Wood Ave in Muskegon Michigan linked to an event or person named Kegon and titled The Misery of Backaghe.
A garbled excerpt discusses a woman urged to guard her health, noting neglect in season and referencing medical advice from a Massachusetts source. The fragment hints at lines about vegetable remedies and seeking help from a physician for women.
An advertisement-style notice claims Peterson's Ointment cured long standing eczema on the head and piles. It quotes a Pittsburgh customer praising the product after using a box and reports improvements and skin relief. The ad notes the company is Peterson Ointment Co of Buffalo and offers 25 cent to 40 cent pricing.
A brief lunchroom exchange notes that many ex-service men visit to eat and watch the gods gobble, while the speaker enjoys seeing the doughboys cough up.
An advertisement extols Diamond Dyes for dyeing fabrics including wool silk linen cotton and mixtures with a guide in the instruction book. It promises fadeless color and color matching via a Diamond Dye Card. The copy ends with a reflective quip contrasting common sense in dreamers and souls in a corporation and notes job loss can wound vanity.
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