Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women’s Aches
A collection of testimonials from women across Illinois and Indiana praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for backache dizziness and weakness. Names include Mrs. A J Hayden Mrs. J W Keillor and Mrs. Stella Steckdall with addresses in Cairo Savanna Quincy and Gilbur Street. The letters describe relief during midlife expectancy and postnatal periods and note lighter ailments for their families.
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Cairo
Dr. Pierce
A J. H. Hayden
Tenth St
Savanna
J. W. Keillor
Gilbur St. Quincy
Illinois News Nuggets Roundup Hits Diverse Topics
Illinois items cover an annual meeting for state welfare institution leaders at Bartonville hospital, a ship launch in Wilmington NC with Joliet mayor’s daughter christening, a Chicago fare cut by utilities, arrests for hazing at Seven Sterling High, livestock deaths from gasoline fumes near Algonquin, and new bricklayer wages in Aurora. Also notes a frozen body near Carbondale, mining leader Holmes’s death, high hog auction profits at Champaign, a Mount Pulaski death in a tree accident, Belleville fire losses, a Niwood bankruptcy with odd asset debt, influenza trends, Springfield high school education praised, Harvard critique, a smoking room opens in a Chicago theater, and the 106-year-old Mary Ann Potter of Dwight celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonville State Hospital
City of Joliet
Fuller Shipyards
Wilmington
N. C
Mixs
Jean Barber
Joliet
John Kadlac
Algonquin
Aurora
Edward Hay
Carbondale
John B. Hay
Belleville
Thomas F. Holmes
Benton
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin
C. H. Klotz
Mount Pulaski
Remmert Manufacturing Company
Roesch-Kohl Enameling Works
M. L. Kuhns
Niwood
Springfield
Chicago
Illinois
C. St. Clair Drake
Washington
Harvard University
Francis G. Blair
Mary Ann Potier
Dwight
Middle West
Boggs
Chester
Lively Week for Basic Law Body Drives Constitutional Reforms
Delegates in Springfield plan a four day session with committees reporting on most propositions. Aurora delegate Mighell proposes amending the constitution with two proposals at a time and a 45 percent voting threshold for adoption. Other ideas urge restricting Chicago’s state representation and reshaping policing and judiciary structures to favor salaried officials and statewide constabulary.
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Springfield
Lee Mighell
Aurora
Mighell
Edgar B. Fyke
Centralia
Chicago
General Assembly
Cook
Charles M. Hayes
Chicago Motor Club
Justice Shops
Hayes
Circuit Court
Tlmois
Tlinois
Pason
J. P
Bayer Aspirin Trademark Ad Cites Genuine Tablets
The Bayer Cross marks genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and helps buyers avoid imitations. The ad notes physicians have prescribed Bayer for over eighteen years and urges buying unbroken packages with proper directions to relieve colds headaches toothache and other pains. It mentions twelve tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists and defines Aspirin as the trade mark of Bayer.
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Bayer
Not a Political Reason
Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle discuss alderman votes and board meetings in a humorous exchange. The dialogue mentions a desire for more frequent meetings and a joke about a fish story from the husband. An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a remedy.
Only One Hope Remained in Troop Knot Tying Contest
A boy scout knot tying contest ends with one team unable to reach a drowning mock casualty. The leader repeatedly misses, and a small boy nearby declares the effort useless, suggesting a motorized pul.
Only Wings
A witty exchange from a primary-grade classroom about belief in Santa Claus. A teacher asks a child how he knows a stork versus an angel brought a baby, and the child cites his father's complaint about the bill as proof, implying angels have no bills.
Old Shoes Sold and Re-Soled Instead of Given Away
A brief note on footwear economy where a person asks about giving away old shoes and replies that they are selling them and having them re-soled instead. The statement highlights thrift and repair over disposal.
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Great Britain
Recipe for Gray Hair Remedy Ad
An old advertisement advises mixing a hair darkening solution using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. Apply twice weekly to fade gray tones, soften hair, and avoid scalp staining or greasiness. It notes druggists can prepare it or it can be mixed at home cheaply.
Greenwich tea honors Inez Haines Gilmore with child psychology remark
The author of many children’s books praises studying child psychology at a Greenwich tea. She shares a tale of a friend's daughter who says she will marry and have three children yet muses she might marry a bachelor, illustrating surprising child thinking.
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Inez Haines Gilmore
Greenwich
Mamma
Mammoth Wakulla Spring Near Tallahassee
The Outlook notes Wakulla spring in Florida as the largest in the world. It spans about 400 feet and reaches 80 feet deep with a flow of roughly 120,000 gallons per minute. The spring feeds a river about 250 feet wide at its source, located about 15 miles from Tallahassee. Ambition needs energy to back it up.
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Florida
Wakulla
Tallahassee
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Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Corega Laboratory
Cleveland
Uly
Hunt
Price Cat
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Thomas Carlyle
Ricti
Little Fellow
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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