Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Brooklyn woman Mrs Englemann testifies four year use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for the change of life and nervous trouble. She found the booklet in her mailbox and says it helped sleep, appetite, and nerves and recommends it to others. The ad notes a fifty year record of service and urges a fair trial now.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E.pinkham
Mrs. Englemann
Palmetto St
Ridgewood
N.Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
US Agencies Control Prairie Dogs Across New Mexico
About 62 800 acres in August were treated to control destructive rodents by the USDA biological survey and state cooperators. In one three acre Black Lake tract, 252 whitetailed prairie dogs were found dead, a species noted as difficult to poison.
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U. S
New Mexico
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Black Lake District
Cascarets for Livers and Bowels Ad Sparks Church Joke
An old Boston Transcript item promotes Cascarets for liver and bowels claiming relief from biliousness constipation and indigestion from drug stores. A church social quip follows about a daughter being sent for electrocut ion to finish her off, told by Mrs Muddleby and the pastor's wife.
Brandreth Pills Promote 90 Year Standard
An advertisement proclaims Brandreth Pills as a superior laxative and blood purifier seen worldwide in use for nine decades.
Howell What sort of a fellow is he Powell Six-cylinder tastes
Powell humorously contrasts Howell describing him as a man of refined tastes and modest means. The quip suggests Howell enjoys premium pleasures while his income remains small, highlighting social satire about class and aspiration.
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Howell
Powell
Wave of Colds In The Area Warned By Doctors
Doctors note a cold wave in the section and advise Father John’s Medicine as of value for treating colds and coughs. They cite cod liver oil as the base and emphasize non narcotic, non stimulant relief plus nourishment to boost resistance.
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Father John
Stresemann and cabinet fall after Reichstag vote
Chancellor Stresemann and his cabinet resign after a 230 to 157 defeat in the Reichstag. He told reporters the crisis centered on Bavaria and the Rhineland and noted a France German industrialists treaty signed in Düsseldorf as his main achievement. He questioned timing of the telegram announcing the pact.
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Berlin
Stresemann
Reichstag
Bavaria
Rhineland
Ebert
Herr Stresemann
France
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Walton Indicted by Grand Jury on Seven Counts
Oklahoma City Okla Former Governor Jack C Walton was indicted by the county grand jury on seven counts including diverting public funds intimidation of an officer and preventing the assembly of the lower house The indictments also name Dr A Davenport state health commissioner and T P Edwards former chauffeur with five counts of public fund diversion The governor faces six felonies in the charges
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Jack C. Walton
Oklahoma County Grand Jury
A. Davenport
T. P. Edwards
Woman Married at 13 Wins Divorce in Memphis Circuit Court
Rosa Walden, 27, mother of thirteen children, was granted a divorce from John Walden on abandonment charges. The couple wed fourteen years ago in Decatur Alabama, producing a set of triplets and a pair of twins. Five children survive. She was thirteen at marriage.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rosa Walden
John Walden
Decatur
Ala
Bank bandits strike twice in Indianapolis daylight raids
Three armed men rob the Tuxedo State bank taking between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars from three employees and two customers, then flee in a car. Earlier in the afternoon a second trio in a similar vehicle robs the Central Avenue state bank of about 1 500 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tuxedo State Bank
Central Avenue State Bank
Earthquake Kills 1500 in Shansi Kaolan China
Meager details reach Peking of a severe quake in Shansi province. At Kaolan, 200 miles northwest of Taiyuanfu, about 1500 people were killed and a wide area damaged after shocks at 3 30 p m on November 13
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Peking
Shansi
Kaolan
Taiyuanfu
Prohibition Shapes House Leadership Battle
In Washington the prohibition issue split the house Republican leadership as Rep Colton of Utah backed Rep Graham of Illinois for floor leader citing Graham’s dry record, while Rep Longworth of Ohio carried a wet record in the fight.
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Prohibition
House
Washington
Representative Colton
Utah
Representative Graham
Illinois
Graham
Longworth
Ohio
A F L to Aid Starving Germany Unionists
The American Federation of Labor will issue a call to its 8 million affiliated members for funds to aid poverty stricken German trade unionists.
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A. F. of L
New York
American Federation of Labor
United States
Germany
New German Chancellor Albert Friedrich Al Bert Appointed
Berlin reports Dr. Eeifrich Friederich Albert, reconstruction minister in the Cuno cabinet, named chancellor of the German republic by President Ebert Sunday night and has accepted the post.
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Albert
Berlin
Eeifrich Friederich Albert
Cuno
German Republic
Ebert
Swift & Co. Refuse Government Auditors in Offices
Big Packers defy the Department of Agriculture by declining to permit auditors to permanently inspect their books and papers. L. F. Swift, president, argues the move would threaten constitutional rights and set a precedent for government agents in all business offices until a court rules on the stockyards act. He says Swift & Co. must not comply.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Department of Agriculture
L. F. Swift
Swift Company
Wilson & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Henry C. Wallace
Swift
Wallace
Governor McCray Linked to Mysterious 45 755.81 Item
Indianapolis Indiana Governor McCray could not explain an item of 45 755.81 in his income tied to the defunct Sawyers Grain company of Chicago. He said the sum was not in his income and would require a bookkeeper's explanation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
MceCray
Sawyer’s Grain Company of
Chicago
Labor Leader Gompers Attacks Hearst on Soviet Policy
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces William Randolph Hearst in a statement opposing U S recognition of Soviet Russia. Gompers says supporters of recognition seek oil and other concessions in Russia.
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Samuel Gompers
Bolt
Hearst
Washington
Russia
United States
American Federation of Labor
William Randolph Hearst
Gompers
Rally in Washington Aims to Change Prohibition Laws
A nationwide rally opposed to prohibition will be held in Washington on January 21 under the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. The gathering will review four years of dry law effects and plan modifications to current statutes.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Von Seeckt Dismisses Communist Party and Seizes Funds
Berlin General von Seeckt, national commander of the Reichswehr, ordered the dissolution of the German Communist Party and the confiscation of its funds. The decree also bans Communist meetings and publication of Communist newspapers.
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Berlin
von Seeckt
Reichswehr
Communist Party
Is This Luck Madrid? Lawyer Wins Big In A Feudal Tale
Juan de la Creva, once a struggling lawyer and former cabinet minister, won a case for Marquise Romaguera. She has died and left him 150,000,000 pesetas, about $20,000,000. The windfall underscores a remarkable legal ascent.
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Madrid
Juan de la Creva
Marquise Romaguera
Cincinnati brokerage firm Channer & Lawyer fails
Failure of Channer and Lawyer a Cincinnati brokerage firm owing between 800000 and 900000 was recorded in Common Pleas court with Judge Mathews appointing a receiver.
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Cincinnati
Channer & Lawyer
Common Pleas Court
Mathews
Rail employees receive wage increases across 27 carriers
The United States railroad labor board ordered wage hikes for telegraphers, operators, station staff and other workers on 21 carriers, ranging from 2 to 5 cents per hour, effective November 16. Several lines received no increases, while existing work rules and union agreements were reaffirmed. The list includes Chicago Great Western, Colorado & Southern, Gulf Coast lines, Lehigh Valley, Western Pacific and others. A second item reports the first arrest for flying while intoxicated in Texas, Sgt. Lloyd Hefling of the 32nd Aero Squadron, Brooksfield, charged after crashing an aerial stunt plane into a tree, claiming he mistook trees while attempting a pass.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ukase
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Barton Terminal Company
Chicago & Western Indiana
Chicago Great Western
Indianapolis
Louisville
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Gulf Coast Lines
Houston Belt & Terminal
Kansas City Southern
Lehigh Valley
Main Central
Seaboard
Washington Terminal
Western Pacific
San Antonio
Tex
Lloyd Hefling
Aero Squadron
Brooksfield
Hefling
Sixteen Die in Ruhr Riots Amid Hunger Famine Chaos
Sixteen killed and forty seven wounded mark the weekend death toll of hunger riots in the occupied Ruhr region. Five people died and twenty seven wounded in clashes between rioters and police in Essen. Two were killed and five wounded at the Stephenberg mine. Nine killed and thirty five wounded in clashes at the Rathenan mine.
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Ruhr
Essen
Stephenberg
Rathenan
Germany Holds Sufficient Gold, Schacht Declares
Berlin banker Hjalmar Schacht, the reich currency commissioner, told the executive committee of the chief organization of German businessmen and industrialists that Germany has enough gold and foreign currency to do without foreign aid.
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Berlin
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Reich
Chicago Man Shot and Thrown From Auto
Police investigate the murder of Louis Tracy a $600 a month Commonwealth Edison technician. His body with a bullet wound was found Sunday morning across the curb at Fifty-eighth street and Woodlawn avenue near the University of Chicago as investigators seek motive and suspects.
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Chicago
Freeman Louis Tracy
Commonwealth Edison Company
Fifty-eighth Street
Woodlawn Avenue
University of Chicago
Snow Roads Stop 200 Autos in Berkshires
Snowdrifts three to five feet deep block Berkshire highways near Lenox Massachusetts. About 200 cars stalled on the Lebanon Mountain state route between Pittsfield and Albany. Drivers face long delays as rescue crews work to clear the roadway.
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Berkshires
Lenox
Mass
Berkshire
Lebanon Mountain
Pittsfield
Albany
Four to Die in One Night at Sing Sing
Warden Lew E. Lawes announced a fourfold execution at Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York for Thursday night December 18. The condemned are four men convicted as murderers slated to die in the electric chair.
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Sing Sing Ossining
Sing Sing Prison
Lewis E. Lawes
Mussolini Rules Out Large Reparations Payment
In Rome Premier Mussolini said Italy has not formally dropped reparations claims but has little hope of paying. He added that while awaiting outcomes, the nation is strengthening its economy and capacity.
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Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Wealthy Heir Maurice Marcus Leaves Large London Estate
London reports Maurice Marcus who died last September left 3 146 000 pounds about 13 800 000 dollars in his will. The estate valuation was revealed as the will was read.
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London
Maurice Marcus
U S Market Report Washington Week Ending Nov 24
Prices for livestock grains vegetables and dairy across Chicago Minneapolis and St Louis. Hog top 7.30, beef steers 7.50 11.15, veal calves 6.50 8.50, lambs 10.25 12.60. Potatoes onions cabbage apples and cheese and grain price ranges listed by market.
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Washington
Chicago
Stayman
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
All Records Smashed in Entries at International Grain Show
Chicago December 18. The International Grain and Hay show will feature 5046 samples of grain small seeds and hay. Entries exceed last year with a record total in nearly every department as the event opens during the first week in December.
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Chicago
Fitch
Cook Gets 14 Year Term In Oil Promotion Case
Fort Worth Texas Doctor Frederick A Cook was found guilty of using the mails to defraud in oil promotion schemes and was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary. He was fined 12000 dollars by Federal Judge Skihitts. Associate Fred A Smith was fined 12000 dollars and sentenced to seven years. Of twenty co defendants nineteen were found guilty and A L Deleamber was acquitted on instruction of the court.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Frederick A. Cook
Skihitts
Fred A. Smith
Doctor Cook
A. L. Deleamber
Chicago to Host Republican National Convention Next Year
Fred W. Upham treasurer of the Republican national committee says the next year’s Republican national convention will be held in Chicago after a conference with New York committeeman Charles D. Hilles.
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Chicago
Upham
New York
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
Boni Castellane to sue Hearst for half million
Count Boni de Castellane announces he will sue Hearst newspapers in America for 500000 dollars claiming sensational articles garbled and misquoted his memoirs, hindering his social and diplomatic life in Europe.
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Boni Castellane
Hearst
Paris
America
Count Boni de Castellane
University of Chicago girl wins peace essay prize
Miss Mary E Bar nette of the University of Chicago won second prize in a world peace essay contest conducted by the American School Peace League held in Boston Massachusetts.
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U. of C
Boston
Mass
Mary BE. Barnette
University of Chicago
American School Peace League
Reclamation Tenants Call for Government Moratorium
Chairman Campbell of the advisory committee said Thursday that the government must grant a moratorium to a number of reclamation tenants. The statement comes from the Department of the Interior.
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Washington
Campbell
Department of the Interior
Child Crop From the Farms
Dr. C. J. Galpin of the U S Department of Agriculture notes the farm child population mirrors the food crop. Of 30 million farm residents there are about 2 million more children under ten on farms than in cities. About 17.7 million farm children under ten versus 5.7 million in cities of equal total population.
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C. J. Galpin
United States Department of Agriculture
California Fig Syrup Advertisement for Children
A vintage sales blurb extols genuine California Fig Syrup for babies and children. It claims soothing laxative action without narcotics, promising gentle stomach settling and bowel movement. The ad urges buyers to ask druggists for authentic California Fig Syrup with clear directions.
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California
Golfer's Banter Over Missing McDougal Causes Laughter
A brief golf club exchange has players joking about Mr McDougal who is away back in the bunker with his mashie and Maker leaving the caddie to explain the tease.
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Mr. McDougal
Bayer Aspirin warning drives reader to verify brand name
A brief public notice urges buyers to demand the Bayer name on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed for 23 years. It warns imitators may be dangerous and instructs to say Bayer when purchasing.
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Bayer
Arrest in Hugging Incident Revealed by Portland Express
The Portland Express and Advertiser remarks on a man being arrested for hugging his girlfriend during buggy riding, suggesting the father would know more about the affair and noting the unusual nature of the arrest.
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Portland Express and Advertiser
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for daily use with Ointment for occasional care to improve complexion scalp and hands and adds Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and softness, presenting the trio as a complete toilet regimen.
Briggins Claims Good Family Backing After Long Hike
A witness notes Briggins says he came from a good family as speculation grows about his sudden trek. The remark hints at motives behind the lengthy journey and possible public reactions to his claims.
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Briggins
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BOOST
Manuel Roxas
Philippine House of Representatives
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