Indictments in Wake of War Prosperity’s Farm Losses
The article recalls the 1920s farm crisis and stock market misdeeds that wiped out farmers’ fortunes. It notes grand juries in the West and Georgia probing prosecutions, with bankruptcies, receiverships, and failed enterprises across elevators, packing houses, and farms. It describes how wartime price booms and later crashes devastated farmers who invested in promotions, now facing legal action and ongoing prosecutions.
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Lineste
Nels
Marah
Folay
West
Imediz
Missouri Valley
United States
Fielp
Stock sales and liberty bonds scandal across Nebraska and Iowa
Promoters used stock sales to lure farmers into dubious Liberty bond schemes amid wartime prosperity hopes. Reports describe inflated prices, holding company sales, and an influx of notes likely to default. Prosecutors note bankers aiding promoters and widespread court-record investigations across towns in Missouri Valley counties.
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Stone City
Hein
Werd Astoni Nd Fe
Missouri
Liberty
Yacmors
Sims
Towsoo Nebraska
Matson
Envd
Nebraska
Gonzales Toys Offered Prize in Texas County Weeks
Turbulent notes from Nebraska and Texas courts report verdicts against makers of toy wagons and stock clubs. The Gonzales Young Men's Business League offers 100 in gold for the state representative chosen at 4 H College events. A surge of stock judging clubs has formed in Gonzales County as growers pursue scheme-free profits.
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Prometere
Nebraska
Audi
Calie
Tian Hud
Gonziles Toys
Prise. Gonzales
Lethe Gonzales Young Men's Business League
G. A. Knebel
Gongales
M.college
Trsas-ac
Atlanta
Cie
Ges
Gonmales
Home Remedy Cough Mixture Promises Quick Relief
An old home remedy touts a cough mixture claiming to soothe the mucous membranes and ease chest cold symptoms. It suggests using Parmint double strength added to hot water with sugar for a soothing drink. The ad-style text emphasizes inexpensive preparation at home and rapid throat and chest relief.
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Dor Cutarrh
Women and herbs in early medicine reveal female pioneers
A historic note highlights Hildegarde and Lydia Pinkham as women who advanced herbal medicine. Men debated religion and dogma while women managed care in hospitals and developed plant remedies. Pinkham’s vegetable compound is cited as valuable, with daily proof reported by local women.
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Hildegards
Finken
Lydia B. Pinkhum
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