California Syrup of Figs advert promotes safe laxative use
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels without griping, advising mothers to give a teaspoonful when a child is cross feverish or has stomach trouble. It warns against counterfeits and promotes the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Patsy Confounds Lesson With Simple Knot Joke
A teacher instructs a class before holidays on knot tying and asks Patsy if he has tied any knots. Patsy replies simply No knots, leaving the teacher and class surprised by the boy's literal answer.
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Patsy
Indigestion and Gas Relief Ad Urgency Claim
Ad text promises instant relief for indigestion gas and upset stomach with no waiting. Describes belching acids undigested food and distress in stomach. Mentions pain lumps of distress in stomach and cramps or headaches as symptoms.
Pape of Diapepsin Ad Claims Quick Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a pleasant and harmless tablet that ends dyspepsia and stomach distress immediately. The copy notes the product is readily available at drug stores and includes a dated promotional tone. It also includes a quip from a Louisville Courier-Journal cartoonish exchange about memory.
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Pape
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted in Ad Humor
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a treatment for catarrh claiming it works through the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation and improve general health. It notes a 75 cent price and promises testimonials, ending with a joke about a man standing on his head.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Prohibition Party Half Century Anniversary
The National Prohibition party, fifty years old, organized in Chicago after decades of temperance effort. From its 1872 start to 1916 campaigns, leaders like James Black, John Russell, and John P. St. John shaped a movement peaking in New York and across the nation, while odds of passing a constitutional amendment remained steep at ten to one against.
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National Prohibition Party
Farwell Hall
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Good Tem
Plars
Utica
N. Y
Grand Lodge of the Good Templars
Oswego
John Russell
Detroit
Mich
Daniel Wilkins
Bloomington
J. A. Spencer
Cleveland
John N. Stearns
New York
James Black
Lancaster Pa
Columbus
Washington
Black
National Temperance Society and Publication House
Ocean Grove
N. J
Good Templar
National Temperance Society
Russell
Prohibition Party
Peninsular Herald
Black and Russell
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
Gideon T. Stewart
Ohio
Neal Dow
Maine
H. A. Thompson
General Dow
Bentley
Nebraska
Southgate
Illinois
Clinton B. Fisk
New Jersey
J. A. Brooks
Missouri
John Bidwell
California
J. B. Cranfill
Texas
Joshua Levering
Maryland
Hale Johnson
Ilineis
John G. Woolley
Mlinois
H. B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
S. C. Swallow
George B. Carroll
Eugene W. Chafin
Aaron
Arizona
Aaron S. Watkins
J. Frank Hanley
Indiana
Ira Landrith
Tennessee
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
House
House of Congress
John P. St. John
St. John
One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment
Kansas
Miss Willard
William Daniel
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
North Carolina legislature adjourns in Lee honor
Proceedings detail Senate and House actions from January sessions. A joint resolution adjourns in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee and designates use of Representatives hall for a Lee birthday event. Bills on suffrage, tax revaluation, road funding, and capital punishment advance. memorial commissions and Wilson visit invited. House quorum issues and student-like decorum noted. speeches defend and critique the death penalty amid broad debate.
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Senate
Raleigh
Jan
Brock
House
Wilson
North Carolina
Committee On Appropriations
Pharr
Gardner
General Assembly
Robert E. Lee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Representatives’ Hall
Lee
Special Tax Commission
Bickett
Humphrey
State Board of Revaluation
State Department of Agriculture
Burke County
Haymore
Wakefield
South Mountain
Maguire
Brummitt
Chapel Hill
Marvin H. Stacy
Grier
Everett
Cameron
Mr. Barber
Christchurch
Connor
Saunders
Bryant
Durham
Ray
Macon
U. S. Marshall Appointed in North Carolina
Senator Simmons named George H. Bellamy of Wilmington as marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina to replace the late Dortch. Senator Overman agrees. The post pays four thousand dollars yearly. The Duke of Brunswick, former NC State Senate member and longtime General Assembly worker, is noted. Also, 20 convalescent casualties from overseas hospitals arrived at Camp Greene base hospital. About 200 convalescents have arrived in the last 30 days from NC, SC, GA, MS, LA, TN, and AL.
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U. S. Marshall
Washington
Simmons
Department of Justice
George H. Bellamy
Wilmington
North Carolina
W. L. Dortch
Goldsboro
Lee S. Overman
Duke of Brunswick
State Senate
General Assembly of
Camp Greene
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Appointed Machinery Expert for Extension Service
E. R. Rainey, county agent in Ber tie county, named farm machinery specialist for the agricultural extension service. A Mississippi A and M College agriculture graduate with post graduate farm engineering study, he will focus on silo construction advice. A separate item notes a Woman Suffrage Bill moving to the senate, proposing an amendment to confer primaries voting rights on women under the state wide primary law.
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E. R. Rainey
Bertie County
Agricultural Extension Service
Rainey
Mississippi A
M. College
Mississippi
Conference of
North Carolina
Senate
Women of Middle Age in Urbana Illinois Herb Remedy Ad
An old newspaper fragment touts a root and herb remedy from Br Br Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound aimed at women experiencing nervousness heat flashes backache headaches and the blues. The ad presents testimonial style claims about vitality strength and independence for middle aged women in Urbana Illinois.
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Urbana
Ill
Aol
E. Pinkham
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Wright
Marine Eve Menem Cae Co
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Darden
Halifax
Board of Agriculture
Dawson
Cooper
Stevensons
Davenport
Lydia E. Pinkham
Litisa
Deaiers
Gilbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore, MD
Brame
Frost Prdof
Jersey
Ger Wakefield
B. Sika
Parcel Post
D. F. Jamison
Summerville
Carload
Shambow Shuttle Company
Woonsocket
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Heavy Fruiter Cotton Co
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