California Syrup of Figs advertised cure urged for children
An advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a harmless fruit laxative for children and adults, claiming it cleanses the bowels and restores health quickly. The copy warns to ask for the genuine product made by the California Fig Syrup Company and notes to keep it handy at home. A separate editorial reflection quotes Senator Penrose on drug use and cites a Chinese proverb about rotten wood.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Senator Penrose
Philadelphia
Skin Troubles Answered by Tetterine Ad
Skin eruptions on the face are urged to be treated with Tetterine. The ad promises rapid clearing of pimples blotches and itchy patches and claims it also helps eczema. Sold by druggists or mailed for 50 cents by Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga.
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Shuptrine Co
Savannah
Peace league urged to preserve Monroe doctrine
John Barrett, head of the Pan American Bureau in Washington, calls for a pan American peace treaty to safeguard the Western Hemisphere. He says the league would be moral, not coercive, and help keep the Monroe doctrine inviolate amid European and Asiatic interference.
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John Barrett
pan-American Bureau
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Kansas City
Kansas City Railways Company
Lyman Hearn
Eatonton
War Department
Crowell
Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mary Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee
Washington, D. C
Register of Wills
Virginia
Broad news roundup on wartime issues and diplomacy
Washington reports show Senate factions opposing sinking German ships while debating a league of nations and freedom of the seas. Amid Turkish and Bulgarian upheavals, Russia’s war toll, Mexico’s turmoil, and U.S. production records, leaders like Knox and Wilson urge cautious peace terms and collective effort at the impending conference.
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Washington
United States
Senate
League of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Parliament Hears President Speak in Rome Reception
President Wilson received an ovation in a joint session of Italy's Senate and Chamber of Deputies in Rome. He noted warmer weather, met King Victor Emmanuel, and praised General Diaz while regretting missing a visit to the Italian front due to peace conference duties in Paris.
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Rome
Parliament House
Wilson
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Quirinal
France
England
Europe
Victor Emmanuel
General Diaz
Paris
American Military Laws Declared Obsolete By ABA
New York report shows the American Bar Association planning to study military justice reform. President George T. Page says wartime experience proves current military laws lack true justice and outdated rules remain copied from 1774 English practice.
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New York
United States
American Bar Association
George T. Page
Peoria
Ill
England
Great Britain
Hoover Named Director General of Relief Work
Paris report states President Wilson appointed Herbert C. Hoover director general of the international relief organization for liberated countries neutral and enemy. Norman Davis will assist Hoover as announced by the American peace commission. The move follows a allied request for the United States to lead in relief measures amid the food situation assessments upon Wilson's arrival.
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United States
Don Leopoldo Ocejo
Puruandiro
Michoacan
Mexico
Havana
Cuba
Emiliana Zapata
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Felix Diaz
David Beatty
Grand Fleet
U. S. S. New York
Beatty
Wilson
France
Labor Party of
Great Britain
Coblenz
Roumania
Russia
Kerensky
Paris
Herbert C. Hoover
International Organization For the Relief of
Norman Davis
Oscar T. Crosby
Europe
Hoover
American Peace Commission
Mr. Hoover
Nearly all Forty-First Division Ordered Home
Washington reports the War Department announced that almost the entire Forty-First Division is assigned for early convoy from France. The unit, first stationed at Camp Greene, spent months there in fall 1917 before overseas transfer shortly before Christmas. Charlotte admired the Western soldiers.
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Washington
Forty-First Division
War Department
France
Camp Greene
Charlotte
200 Sick and Wounded Aboard Stranded Liner
Fire Island New York reports 200 wounded soldiers among 2500 aboard the stranded Northern Pacific. Most are veterans from Europe, over half helpless on cots. By end of day two, all were ashore or on naval vessels in a remarkable Atlantic coast marine rescue.
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Copenhagen
Sinn
Troussova
Mont Beles
Moscow
Russia
Wilson
Germany
United States
Great Britain
K. von Buch
Luxemburg
Grand Ducal
House Naval Affairs Committee
Capt. H. Lanius
Bureau of Navigation
Toln
Hague
State Department
Russian Information Bureau
New York
Fire Island
N. Y
Northern Pacific
Atlantic Coast
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Bulgaria
Berlin
A. J. Sack
New York Foreign Commerce Club
Balkan
Gen. Diaz
Matton Drug Co
Eastman
Matton Dri
North Main Street
Jay
Te Gerris
High Point Morris Plan Co
Bank of Commerce Bldg
Bearquarteres For
Netiona
DoHer
W. T. Kirkean
IC. Public Service Co
Main High Point
Forty-First
Mrs. Heckell
Hubby
Mr. Heckell
Rextal
Capital City
Raleigh Telephone Co
Raleigh
N. C
Burlington
Durham
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia, S. C. Danville
Ham, N.C
Fayetteville
Gastonia, N. C
Greenville, S.C
Lynchburg, Va
Spartanburg, S.C
North State Telephone Co
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