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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1915
Page
9
Cascarets Ad Claims Quick Cleanse Sleep Benefit
An advertising display touts Cascarets as a laxative option to cleanse and regulate the stomach and liver. It claims the 10 cent box works while you sleep with no griping and promises relief from headaches billousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation.
First electric locomotive imported to England from Germany
The article notes plans to bring the first electric locomotive to England from Germany. A speculative line mentions transporting it by Zeppelin and dropping it, reflecting playful or fictional dialogue about the innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Germany
Jill
Quit Meat to Save Kidneys and Use Salts Advised
An advertisement touts Rad Salts or Jad Salts as a kidney flushing remedy. It claims meat forms uric acid harming kidneys and promotes a daily tablespoon in water before breakfast to restore kidney function and stop bladder irritation. The ad promotes a lithia-based effervescent drink as safe, inexpensive, and beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrner
Sage Tea and Sulphur Hair Remedy Ad Claim
An old time hair dye ad promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a natural color restorer for gray hair. It claims dandruff dry scalp and shedding improve with daily use and that one strand at a time can darken hair by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Bad s He Couldn't Kick. Church-How is your goat
Gotham-Oh, I can't kick. "Oh, is it as bad as that?"
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Gotham
Carranza Kin Slain as Tehuantepec Rescue Fails
Laredo, Feb 3. General Santibanez who defected to Zapata executed General Jesus Carranza his son Abelardo and Ignacio Peraldi of Carranza staff. The death prompted Venustiano Carranza to order troops to recover bodies but they arrived too late. San Tibanez and family earlier captured in Jalapa were held at Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutionalists
Jesus Carranza
San Geronimo
Tehuantepec
Santibanez
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Venustiano Carranza
Three Die and Thirteen Hurt in Ohio Train Collision
A fog shrouded head on collision near Amelia Ohio between a traction car and a steam freight train killed Frank Smith and Frank Tenderson and John Hoover and injured thirteen others. Among the injured is the father in law of Ohio Chief Justice Hugh L Nichols. The accident occurred on the Cincinnati Georgeton and Portsmouth line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Amelia
Cincinnati, Georgeton & Portsmouth
Frank Smith
Frank Tenderson
Bethel
John Hoover
Hugh L. Nichols
Ohio Supreme Court
Wilson Urges Two Battleships This Year
President Wilson told Senate naval committee chair Tillman that Congress should fund two battleships in the current year. He disagreed with Tillman’s view that none should be built now and that four should be constructed next year based on European war lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Secretary Bryan replies to German protest on hydroaeroplanes
Secretary Bryan publicly rejects Germany's protest over American hydroaeroplane sales to belligerents. The State Department dissents from the view that hydroaeroplanes are war vessels and not neutral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Washington
State Department
27 to Face Trial March 8 in Vote Trafficking Case
Indianapolis February 3 Judge Anderson overruled motions to quash indictments against 27 accused vote traffickers and ordered them to stand trial March 8. Congress member A O Stanley of Henderson Kentucky, defense chief, asked for a trial date after Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Anderson
Congressma
A O Stanley
Henderson
Congress
Testimonial Letters Endorse Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Readers share letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervous spells and bearing down pains. Mrs Waters of Camden describes recovery after two months on the remedy. Abs C A Rickropt of Hanover credits the product with restoring health and aiding conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hanover
Penn
Lydia K. Pinkham
Abs. C. A. Rickropt
R.F.D
Lydia E.pinkham
Bouncer vine name tied to wall wall vine quip
A witty exchange labels a climbing plant as the bouncer vine, noting its habit of throwing out suckers. The hallway conversation highlights a playful personification of common garden growth.
Hair or No Hair Adv Promotes Cuticura Treatment
An advertisement urges readers to clear the scalp of dandruff and soothe itching using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. It promises healthier hair growth and invites free sample requests by mail to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. The note adds Trieste, Austria population context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Absorbine, JR
W.F Young
P. D. Fu
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Five Men Die as Wall Collapses at Plant Ruins
In Grand Rapids Michigan on February 3 five men were killed when a wall collapsed at the Brown and Sepler Implement Manufacturing Plant ruins injuring several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brown & Sepler
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Harmers
H. H Carr & Co
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Travellers’ Investment Corporation, Ltd
Brandan, Hauliebe
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Booth-Overton Co
Broadway
New York
N. Y
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Hay
Philo Hay Yee Co
Newark
N.J
Price
Fanis
Ady
Dean
England
Wales
Warners
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N.Y
U.S
Pany
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
Y. Maciones
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Carranza
Slayer
Amelia, O
Terre Haute
Europe
United States
Spohn
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen
Indiana
Trieste
Austria
Sir Korndyke Zoldusk de Kol
King of the
Pontiacs
Homestead Jr de Kol
E. J. Foley
Dept
W. N
Gilberts, Kane Co
P. & C. University
W. Monres St
Sudan
Bia
John A. Salzer
Milwaukee
Mack Block
Wis
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