Hyomel claims to cure catarrh and remedies offered
An old newspaper ad urges Hyomel inhaler as quick cure for catarrh and related symptoms with a money back guarantee. The notice also includes a 1914 North Carolina execution sale listing real estate and sheriff details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Union County
Alice Smith
Hinson
John A. Smith
Superior Court
Stack & Parker
W. H. Smith
J. Hamilton
Smith's Corner
Smith
J. T. Hamilton
James Hamilton
W. H. York
Unionville Road
James A. Jerome
Jesse Helma
John Griffith
Cold and LaGrippe Remedy Claim 5 to 6 Doses
An advertisement promoting 5 or 6 doses of 666 to cure chills fever colds and La Grippe. It claims the remedy acts on the liver better than calomel and does not ripe or sicken. Price is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illza Pool
Depew
Okla
HM. B. Buckles & Co
Philadelphia
St. Loui S
Strength to the Arm of Watt in North Carolina Schools
The State Journal reports stark contrasts in teacher pay in North Carolina last year. Rural white teachers averaged $37.34 monthly totaling about $187 for five months, urban white teachers $46.11 monthly for about $415, nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Journal
North Carolina
Commission of Labor and Printing
Brent
W. W. Watt
Board of Education
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Watt
Tragic Arcadian Hotel Fire Claims 27 Lives in Boston
A blaze at the Arcadian hotel in Boston’s South End killed 27 lodging house tenants, many found naked in crowded top-floor bunks. Fire started in a street-floor closet, trapping 178 lodgers as stairways burned and escapes failed. Investigations by grand jury and city building inspectors follow the deadly fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Arcadian
South End
Prize Winning. New York Tribune Anecdote Teaser
A playful teaser explains a tongue twister about Bil and Bill and their evolving board bills. The pun centers on a bill board and the idea of paying a board bill with another board bill, illustrating a looping wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Proiaides
Bil
Bill
Traveling salesman upsets hotel staff over towel protest
A traveling salesman at a country town hotel refused to use a wet towel. A colored porter replied that many people had wiped hands on the towel that morning and the man was the first to complain, reflecting a period of racial tension and service norms.
Single Tax Debate Echoes in Independence Speech
An Independence, Ohio audience hears Mayor Johnson defend and advocate the single tax concept. He argues tax on land values would be fairer, contrasts farmland and urban land, and cites a dialogue with Congressman Pierson to show farmers could pay far less under a land value tax. Also mentions pocket hosiery trend and health ad for a separate product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Single Tax Joination Bureau
Tom L. Johnson
New York
Pierson Tuscara
Washington
Pierson
United States
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T. P. Dillon
Monroe, N. C
T.C. Lee & CO
English Teal Company
Colds & Lagrippe
Grand Jury
Mtageraid
Tom Johnson
Ifor
New Orleans
Porter
Pew
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