Illinois Folks Tell of Experience with Dr Pierce Medicines
Testimonials from Freeport readers praising Dr Pierce products. Mrs E Scovill credits Favorite Prescription and advice from Dr Pierce's Hotel in Buffalo for her recovery after years of illness. Mrs Hattie Moore reports improvement from Golden Medical Discovery and other Dr Pierce remedies for catarrh liver trouble asthma and bronchial conditions.
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Freeport
Gaiena
Dr. Pierce
Dr. Sage
Hattie Moore
Dewey Ave
The Nearest to It in a Highland Tale
Old Redleigh, a keen angler, schemes to lure prey with homemade bait in a flashing Highland hotel. He asks maid Christine for a horsefly and she says she has never seen one, then mentions a cop jumping a precipice as a curious aside.
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Old Redleigh
Highlands
Christine
London
Washington C A McQueen named commercial attache in Santiago
Washington announces Charles A. McQueen of Cleveland Ohio will serve as commercial attaché at Santiago Chile. Population data from the census lists Kankakee Illinois at 16721 up 2735 19.6 percent since 1910. Sennior Newberry Michigan will not resume his senate seat until election conspiracy questions are settled. Ballots by women in the coming election may fall 2 500 000 short of men if suffrage passes. President Wilson to spend summer at Woods Hole Massachusetts. A corrupt practice bill to curb lavish campaign spending is introduced in the Senate by Borah. Chicago adds nearly 700000 people in ten years reaching 2 884 827. Humphreys Mississippi calls for immediate noncandidacy for Wilson. War contracts settled for 4 000 000 000 at 12 cents on the dollar. The note restates expulsion of Turks from Europe. Wallace in Paris told US will not oppose sending German troops into the Ruhr. Stickney and Reynolds captured by Bolsheviks in Siberia. About 400000 Americans in Germany with 400 women. Chicago waste collection halted by a municipal plant walkout. High winds and storms disrupt South Dakota and Kansas. Armed caravan with ten tons of gold in New York finance district. Post office air mail route between New York and San Francisco endorsed. Stolen wealth recovered from Hanlontown Iowa and a New York arrest over shaving material theft.
Deaths of Elmer Apperson and John Ross Key
Elmer Apperson fifty eight of Kokomo Indiana former president of Apperson Motor Car company died after a stroke while watching an automobile race in Los Angeles. John Ross Key grandson of Francis Scott Key and last direct descendant of the author of the Star Spangled Banner died in Baltimore Maryland after a heart attack.
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Elmer Apperson
Kokomo, Ind
Apperson Motor Car Company
Los Angeles
John Ross Key
Francis Scott Ney
Baltimore, Md
Serbia orders general demobilization in peace signal
Belgrade announces general demobilization seen as proof of confidence in the United States and a peaceful settlement of the Adriatic question. Alan Bell, longtime resident magistrate linked to Sinn Fein banking affairs, was shot dead outside the Masonic club in Dublin. A Copenhagen report notes Danish employers plan a general lockout on May 9 over rising wages. An express train wreck near Udine killed twelve and injured thirty, as it descended toward Vienna.
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Belgrade
United States
Adriatic
Alan Bell
Sinn Fein
Masonic Club
Dublin
Copenhagen
Vpantebha
Udine
Vienna
Bayer Aspirin Trademark and Safety Labeling
A vintage notice explains that genuine Bayer Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and be labeled Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. It notes physicians prescribe it for many pains and states handy twelve tablet tins are inexpensive with larger packages available from druggists.
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Bayer
Bible quotes cause family supper dispute
Two young brothers Francis four and Fred Jr two argued over a Bible quote their aunt taught. Francis correctly cited Jesus I am the Way the Truth and the Life while Fred Jr misquoted All little children come to supper. The mother overheard the playful disagreement.
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Francis
Fred, Jr
Jesus
Fred
Fred,Jr
Triner’s Elixir and Tonic Promote Trust in Remedies
In a modern ad style, the piece argues customers seek ingredients and purity. It touts Triner’s American Elixir of Bitter Wine and Angelica Bitter Tonic as proven, cites a testimonial from Stanislaw Gardocki of Chicago, and notes rising letters from influenza sufferers praising the tonics for convalescence.
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Triner
Tuiner
Stanislaw Gardocki
Chicago
Joseph Tunner Company
S&s
Ashland Ave
Ill
Chinese Weekly Newspaper Started in Paris for Chinese Laborers
Daniel Fu launches a Chinese weekly in Paris to serve thousands of Chinese laborers in reconstruction work. The paper, produced by a photographic process after handwritten sheets, sells for 2 cents a copy and is described as France’s first Chinese newspaper.
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France
Paris
Daniel Fu
Far Eastern Information Bureau
Cascarets Offer Gentle Laxative Relief
An advertisement pitches Cascarets as a mild laxative option that cleanses liver and bowels, helps with head fog, bad breath and stomach sourness, and claims it works overnight without gripe or discomfort. A separate quip notes that giving a badge to a man tests his leadership, and a Finnish shoe industry note reports 21 factories after five years.
The Human Touch Lacking
A Punch magazine snippet from London notes a discovered method to wash linen by electricity and predicts future patrons will have to tear buttonholes themselves, reflecting a humorous take on practical innovations.
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London
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