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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement urges increased water intake to ease kidney discomfort and suggests four ounces of fad Salts daily. It claims the preparation cleans clogged kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, improves bladder function, and promotes energetic, healthy kidneys. The ad promotes Jad Salts as an inexpensive, non injurious effervescent drink.
A touring drama ends amid chaos as a criminal claims a hidden bomb linked to a typewriter. Jokes spark audience laughter while other vignettes show mischief and moral quips, including a blacksmith trick on April Fools Day and a remark on keeping elected officials honest.
A vintage advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound as a home tonic to darken gray hair, remove dandruff, and stop scalp itching. It promises natural, even coloring with a few applications and asserts you will look years younger.
County court met in the Palmyra courthouse on Monday June 12 1916. Claims against the county were presented and warrants ordered drawn for numerous road grading, concrete work, quarry work and road repairs by many named individuals. a road relocation case in Marion county was approved with rights of way filed. A second session on June 3 1916 listed additional road and bridge payments and state school district funding for teachers' training, plus plans with highway engineer A V Ely to open a rock quarry near Ely and move the rock crusher to aid local roadwork.
German newspapers quote Overseas News Agency figures placing British naval losses at over 600,000 tons by mid June. The tally lists eleven battleships fifteen armored cruisers eleven other cruisers plus thirty torpedo boats twenty gunboats twenty submarines and other vessels. Skagerrak battle adds to the total with more than 600,600 tons.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, Republican vice presidential nominee, spoke at an Ohio Wesleyan alumni luncheon in Delaware Ohio on Tuesday. He warned that the nation’s flag may someday be imperiled and urged the country to look to its future. Fairbanks, an 1872 graduate, delivered the impromptu address amid questions about traditional roles as a stray query about peaches and tea was noted.
Thirty thousand American men and women praise Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache kidney weakness and urinary distress. Mrs C Meyer of 608 South Third Street reports relief after using several boxes and describes pains through the hips like knife stabs disappearing after treatment.
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