Co operative Industrial Investigation Association Forms in Wichita
The pending husband of Mary E Lease organizes a national cooperative in Wichita with headquarters. It issues 100000 shares at $1 each to send representatives to the Philippines Porto Rico Cuba and other possessions for examining domestic industrial and commercial conditions and reporting results to the committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Lease
Co-operative Industrial Investigation Association of the
United States
Wichita
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
Aged Woman Cleared After Chimney Witch Belief Trial
An elderly woman in Palao believed witches inhabited her chimney. She climbed to the roof and punched the chimney with a pole to unsettle them. She was tried for insanity but the jury acquitted her.
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Palao
Watrous tours Fort Scott selling shirts
Lester D. Watrous son of J E Watrous formerly deputy internal revenue collector and editor is in Fort Scott for a few days representing a large shirt factory calling on dressy young men and older ones for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester D. Watrous
J. E. Watrous
Internal Revenue
Burlington Independent
Fort Scott
Mr. Watrous
Noted Saline resident hosts surprise charivari feast
An unprepared Saline man faced a wild charivari with apples pies and cigars while lacking a shotgun or police box. The item then shifts to medical testimonials for remedies including Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, with various local names and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline
Jefferson City girl says God zooks to swear
A local girl from Jefferson City uses the phrase God zooks as a mild oath replacing zounds in playful speech. The note highlights regional slang as a curious linguistic twist.
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Jefferson City
Zooks
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Advertisement Claim
An Arlington Pharmacy promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles claiming it prevents headaches after every meal and cures ailments from digestion to sick stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Ill
Gents
Dr. Caldwell
Arlington Phar
A Suffering City Blames Blondes For City Woes
Nashua Iowa night police officer J W Patterson tells how a bad January cold on his lungs led him to Foley's Honey and Tar. After two thirds of a bottle his cough and illness disappeared, contrasting with prior medicines from two doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Patterson
Nashua
Foley
St. Joseph Resident Survives Poisoning Attempt
A St. Joseph citizen who ingested corrosive sublimate and jumped into the river survived, with doctors reporting the stomach can manage the situation. The ad touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion and stomach trouble sold by Arlington pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Ivison
Lonaconing
Arlington Pharmacy
St. Joseph
St Joseph Readies Seventy Graduates in City Circulation Plan
St Joseph moves to launch a broad public effort this month to expand the community health program. The campaign promotes improved circulation, broader system reach, and greater happiness by using a plan backed by local authorities and medical sponsors. Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co. is advertised through local druggists.
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St. Joseph
Madison Medicine Co
Fresh fich daily at Faradis market house
Fragmentary market notice lists Faradis market house with daily fresh fish offerings. Mentions J W Patrick Lamonte W B Marshall Blackburn Missouri and J W as identifiers in the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faradis
J. W. Patrick
Lamonte
W. B. Marshall
Blackburn, Mo
J. W
Nervous Worry Relief Ad from Ayer Company
An advertisement promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla for nervousness and nervous dyspepsia claiming results from fifty years of knowledge. It suggests consulting a doctor for serious causes and notes the price of $1.09 per bottle from all druggists.
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Ayer
Versailles Item Highlights Local Happenings and Moves
Versailles Missouri reports Marvin Bruce leaving for Kansas City stockyards after a reputation as a top stock judge. The piece notes visits by L M Monsees and Mr Funk, a 32nd birthday dinner for Tom Ritchie, Ed Hulett at Sedalia business college, and remarks on Will Jolly. Also covers births, illnesses, a marriage between George W Carson and Docie Williams, and Missouri Pacific engineers surveying Versailles to Stove coal bank with H A Blake and son Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
L. M. Monsees
Smithton
Funk
Sedalia
Versailles
H. A. Blake
Harry
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Engineer Corps
Stove Coal Bank
Blake
Missouri Pacific
S Corps of Engineers
Colds quicker with new remedy at Ott's Drug Store
A patent remedy promises to break up a cold in 24 hours without missing work. It claims to prevent colds if taken at the onset of symptoms. Priced at 25 cents and sold by Ott's Drug Store and Otis W. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertz & Hale
J. L. Kautzman
Otis W. Smith
Ott’s Drug Store
Krause
Motion for New Trial in Longan v Weltmer & Kelly
The motion for a new trial in the damage suit of Mrs. Sue Longan versus Weltmer and Kelly is set for argument before Judge Graves in Clinton today. Also notices for Krause's Headache Capsules and Whipple's Coal listings appear, with local business ads for Ott's Drug Store, Joe Paradis, and W L Jones Transfer.
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Sue Longan
Weltmer & Kelly
W. W. Graves
Clinton
Hall's Great Discovery Promises Kidney and Bladder Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including diabetes rheumatism and weak backs. One bottle costs 1 and two months of treatment. testimonials claim personal cures. Manufactured by Dr W Hall and sold nationwide via druggists and mail order.
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Hall
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Ohio
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Black Flag
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Ee Ve
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Adams
Bunceton
Hotel Kaiser Sunday
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Phil Stark
Warrensburg
Hughesville
Eugene J. Hall
Central Music Hall
Chicago
Roy McCune
Cannon
Grand Central
Knob Noster
Robert R. Watts
Salem
Carl Barnett
Matism
Rutherfordton
the Vindicator
Chamberlain
E. H. Calef
Reliable
Macy
Webb City
Fannie Hill
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Marvin
Bruce
Tom Ritchie
Occa
Sion
Ritchie Church
Ed Hulett
John B. Hulett
Business
Will Jolly
Kansas City Times
Elmer Hargett
Enid
Higginsville
Burl Nichols
Clarence Lumpee
Carr
Excelsior
Hopewell
George W. Carson
Syracuse
Docie Williams
Methodist Parsonage
T. D. Payne
P. Brandt
Joe Paradis
Whipple
Yown
Ohio Street
W. L. Jones
L.C. Snell
W. 3Rd St
Lawler’s
West Main
Huntsville
Steve Lengths
A.J. Fultz
East 12Th Street
California
Este
W. E. Poindexter
KEHL
West End Market Square
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