Best Remedies for Sores and Ulcers
A Salem Virginia reader reports Hancock's Sulphur Compound cured sores on a son and a eight year old. The same remedy helped a nineteen year old with a three month leg sore. Hancock's Sulphur Compound is sold by all dealers. Also notes Buenos Aires plans the highest world tower at 1173 feet with a 1,000,000 candlepower electric light and facilities for gatherings, library, and wireless station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Butler
Salem
Hancock
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co
Baltimore
Buenos Ayres
Hiffel
Burduco Liver Powder Promises Relief From Digestive Ailments
An advertisement bundle touts Burduco Liver Powder as a purely vegetable remedy for constipation torpid liver sour stomach and indigestion claiming it aids nature and is better than calomel with no salivation priced at 25 cents per screw top can by Burwell & Dunn of Charlotte North Carolina Also features Hicks capucine headache remedy and Dr Poras healing oil plus Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and Hanford's Balsam among other health and humor ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwell & Dunn
Charlotte
Adyv
Ailing Women Endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
A Fleetwood Pennsylvania woman reports relief from hot flashes headaches and dizziness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes improved health and avoidance of doctors medicines and urges others to follow the remedy. It describes warning symptoms of the change of life and claims the product strengthens the nervous system and female constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Edward B
Fir
Bert
Fleetwood, Pa
Lyi E. Pinkham
Sugar Fight Nears Final Senate Clash Over Free Sugar Policy
Democrats press last bid to derail the free sugar schedule as Western and Louisiana senators rally against the provision backed by President Wilson. Shafroth of Colorado and Walsh of Montana argue free sugar would cripple beet and cane industries, while Newlands and Ransdell maneuver to rally support.
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Washington
Senate
Western
Louisiana
Wilson
Shafroth
Colorado
Walsh
Montana
Thornton
Ransdell
Newlands
Nevada
Senator Newlands
Senator Shafroth
House
Simmons
Finance Committee
New School Laws In Session Two Days
Charlotte report notes a two day meeting of county superintendents in the middle western district focusing on the six month school law and compulsory attendance. J Y Joyner explains the laws and the $250 000 equalization fund may extend terms to five to five and a half months. The state will apportion funds by pupil need and provide higher pay to teachers to lengthen terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Middle Western
J. Y. Joyner
Joyner
National rivers commission plan surfaced in Congress
Washington report notes Gifford Pinchot's plan for a national rivers commission introduced by Rep Temple of Pennsylvania as a progressive measure. It would be composed of senators representatives governors and officials without pay to study waterways and conservation.
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Considers
River Commission
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
National Rivers Commission
Congress
Representative Temple
Pennsylvania
Waterways Improvement and Conservation Organizations
Poultry business tips emphasize breed selection and patience
The Poultry Journal advises choosing a locality adapted breed and stocking a small flock of about a dozen hens to learn the trade. Success requires patience and personal traits, with early spring chick hatching and marketing eggs as fresh, building a steady, fair-priced trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Poultry Journal
Causes of many failures in poultry business
An Illinois station lists multiple causes of failure in poultry farming. Overcrowding, cheap housing to save costs, sourcing birds from other farms spreading disease and lice, overfeeding, cold night drafts, and delaying culling of sick birds are noted as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Resolutions Seek Papers in Diggs Caminetti and Related Prosecutions
Washington notes introduce resolutions calling Attorney General McReynolds to produce all papers in the postponement of the Diggs Caminetti white slave case and the Western Fuel Company cases in California federal courts. President Wilson requests a statement of reasons for the postponements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McReynolds
Diggs-Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
California
Than
Wilson
Poultry Tips for Better Egg Production and Health
Pekins lay from 120 to 170 eggs a year and forcing eggs out of season is unprofitable. Keep nests clean with one per four hens and provide proper roosts. Sick birds should be isolated and treated to prevent contagion. Ensure clean water, fresh air, sunshine, and exercise for good laying and strong breeding stock.
Jail Overcrowding In Asheville Prisons For Insanity Inmates
Isanity rises as Asheville Buncombe county jail houses five inmates charged with insanity. County officials cannot place them at Morganton State Hospital due to crowding. In the last 30 days Buncombe has committed 11 people to the facility, which cannot absorb all cases from across the state. Officials assure inmates will be admitted as soon as possible.
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Raleigh
Lacy
Asheville
Buncombe County
Morganton
Oddest of Jails in Cliffton Arizona
Harper's Weekly describes a remote jail in Cliffton Graham county Arizona carved from quartz rock. The four large rock apartments are entered through a masonry vestibule with three steel bar gates. Windows are blast-blasted openings with thick steel bars set in the rock and a cement floor. The walls reach as thick as fifteen feet and escaping prisoners have never attempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffton
Graham County
Ariz
Harper's Weekly
Scalp Disease Healed After Cuticura Use
Mrs. D. W. McClellan of Muskogee Oklahoma reports a year long scalp disease with heavy flaking itching and hair loss. After four weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment her scalp healed and hair thickened. Sample offers and world wide sale noted from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
D. W. McClellan
Dept. L
Boston
Ring Found in Bird Nest by Courthouse Yard
Deputy auditor Joe Cannon of Hardin County Ohio reports finding his lost ring after janitor Yost cleaned eaves and uncovered it in a bird nest. The two men salvaged the ring from the nest during routine maintenance at the courthouse area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cannon
Hardin County
Yost
Estimating It
A girl apologizes for keeping someone waiting as she jokes about the bill. A young man nearby with a taxicab estimates the fare at about three dollars.
Advertisements and quips from a late 19th century page
Various ad blurbs tout Rub-My-Tism for rheumatism and pains, Hicks Capucine for headaches, Grove’s Tonic for summer stamina, Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh as antiseptic, and a New Orleans notice requiring bread be wrapped to protect from flies, plus quips about reformers and being on one’s uppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
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Gotham
Hicks
Abner
Tabby
Hanford
Ady
Mrs. Hilbert
Kodaks Inicin
A. C. Bernau
Greensboro
N.C
Kenyon-Clare CO
Vidence
FR. I
N. U
SUGAR
Miami
Fla
United States
Dean Spencer
Everglades
DR. Joyner
Central Highway
Lexington
H. B. Warner
North Carolina Good Roads Association
Morehead City
Tennessee Line
Madison County
Board of County Commissioners of
New Hanover County
Craig
George Rountree
Wilmington
Catawba River
Kinkhead
New Jersey
Department of Agriculture
Argentine Republic
Doultry
Libby, M
Neill & Libby
Chicago
Joses Werder
Valri
Aragon Coffee Company Department V
Richmond, VA
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
American Typewriter Exchange, Inc.Home Office
E. Main St
Greensboro, N.C
Tutt
Tuitt
Adolf
Stampa Marginia Laboratory
W.M. Norfolk
Leclerg
Haverst
LonDon
Daisy Fly
Defaly Ave
Brooklyn
KODAK
Insane Kodaks Ans
I. van Ness
Tryon Street
Gheriotts
B. M.woolley
Victor Sanitarium
Atkazta, Akomatt
Kodaks & Supplies
S. Galeski Optical Co
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