Insurance Ad Promotes Quick Action and Value
An insurance notice urges prompt policy updates and warns that three quarters of work is in preparing for losses that may never occur. It lists several firms including Hugh B. Rice & Co Tobin Bros and Richey & Casey urging customers to compare price quality and service and consider their offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Hugh B. Rice & Co
Tobin Bros. Richey & Casey
S. C. Timpson & Co
Wn. F. Schutz Trice & Ludolph
Ww. C. Sullivan Investment Co
Ralph Zork
Louvain Tragedy Writ in Stone and Brick of War
The 1914 Louvain devastation is described as a tragedy carved in stone and brick. A four year shadow of August horrors remains with ruined libraries and streets. Civilians were killed during August 1914 and many others disappeared amid fires and looting under German occupation. Von Lubbert, the Belgian commandant, governed four years with relative moderation and helped ease abuses.
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Louvain
Perry Robinso
London Times Service
San Antonio
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
Touvain
Order of Josephites
England
Iay
Kaiserliche Garrison
Man Brote
von Manteuffel
Koumandant von Lubbert
Belgium
Uuas
Comandant von Lubbert
Mi-O-Na Stomach Tablets Promise Quick Relief
Advertisement claims Mi-O-Na stomach tablets relieve sourness gas and indigestion within five minutes and, with two weeks regular use, transform a tired stomach. It warns of nausea dizziness biliousness and constipation and guarantees money back if not effective. Sold by A. M. Fincher and other leading druggists.
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A. M. Fincher
Pape’s Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
This old advertisement claims that taking Pape’s Cold Compound every two hours, up to three doses, will break a cold in hours. It says the medicine clears nasal passages, relieves headache and fever, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
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Pape
Jan
Britain plans staged demobilization to steady postwar jobs
London report details how the government will release about 60 percent of troops to return to old or new work. It outlines a graded system prioritizing key trades, with railways and miners near the top, collective camps in France for discharge, and four months of civilian furlough before Labour Ministry placement aided by employers and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Ministry of Public Service
France
Ingland
Government pays 13000 and 16000 aid for Live Oak Farm
Baxar county received a 16000 War Department grant for Live Oak Farm, a detention hospital for women with about 80 patients. The funds, to be split with the city, support purchase and improvements of the property bought for roughly 72000 dollars. Delays delayed the check delivery. other notes mention women as railroad clerks and staff at equal pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxar County
War Department
Commission
Automobile Club
J. Re
Live Oak Farm
German deviltry in final days of war shown in new form
A report from Associated Press describes German tactics in the last days of fighting on the British front. Grenades attached to dead bodies killed rescuers. Germans forced prisoners to bury their dead. mined beds and rooms caused fatalities. officers and soldiers were killed by improvised devices. The account notes heightened German engineering of mines and time fuses amid retreat. Also mentions a Seattle conference recommending night work ban for women and a $13.20 minimum weekly wage with a six day week of 48 hours.
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Prewa
Hinadenburg
la Catean
Bowie
Man
the Star Emergency Conference
Seatte
Wash
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Conness Realty Co
Dittmar & Sanger Geo. C. Eichlitz & Co
Fitch Hugo & Co
Members
SAN Antonio Insurance Exchange
Termonde
von Lubbert
International Committee
Misa Valetta Wood
Charlestown
W. Va
Bureau of Information of
Nitro
Kaufman
Grippe
Britain
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