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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
2
Calomel sales fall as Dodson's Liver Tone gains favor in town. Druggists claim the vegetable remedy is safer, guarantees refunds if ineffective, and leaves users feeling better by morning without the griping side effects of calomel.
Fragmented local notes recount a tonic sold for fifty years marketed for malaria chills and fever. The page then shifts to anecdotes and jokes about Will Toslaw, references to the Prohibition Cyclone era, and various quips from political and social circles, including remarks about Congressman Garrett of Hewston, Texas.
A satirical note from the Buffalo Express questions cost and policy as Mrs Boobee Quith contemplates a republican move. It mockingly cites a three million dollar annual maintenance figure and suggests political action as a remedy.
Across Paris the great powers show unease over a proposed corridor to give Poland sea access. The plan would detain as many as 1,500,000 Germans in new Polish territory and split eastern Prussia from Germany. Lloyd George warns denationalization could fuel discontent and potential future war. Wilson shows partial reservations.
Washington reports that the Post Office Department has removed Mackay Cook and Deegan from the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company operations under government control. The action cites failure to follow instructions and delays in implementing the wage schedule and eight hour day, aiming to embarrass the government operation of the wires.
Washington reported the total number of U S troops returned to the United States has exceeded 500,000. The War Department gave detailed figures for March 20 showing 500,054 returnees including 27,940 officers 2,146 nurses 2,682 civilians and 448,241 Army men 13,500 Navy personnel and 4,474 Marines. The expeditionary force strength on March 20 stood at 1,470,676.
Reports from Spotsylvania County indicate a brood of seven year locusts threatening Virginia. Many insects have been plowed under by farmers. The agricultural department has dispatched entomologists to study conditions.
Paris reports the new Hungarian government urges workmen and peasants in Bohemia, Romania, Serbia and Croatia to form an armed alliance against landowners and dynasties. It also asks workers in Austria and Germany to follow Hungary in breaking with the Paris peace conference and to rally with the Moscow government.
The American transport Leviathan arrived at Brest with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels aboard. He was greeted by the American naval attache Admiral Moreau the maritime prefect and Rear Admiral Alexander S Halstead. A marine guard with a band welcomed the secretary at the prefecture.
Oregon Illinois offers a testimonial from D M Alters who cares for six hundred chickens yearly. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after organic troubles left her unable to stand. Alters urges others with similar issues to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham's Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts and notes the company’s forty years of experience.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims tablets end dyspepsia instantly with little cost and no waiting, while also presenting a comic bits of Today’s news style dialogue about a car accident with humorous misread numbers.
Purity claim for Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root a vegetable herb based remedy offered in medium and large sizes. Not a stimulant doses are teaspoonfuls and a sworn purity statement accompanies each bottle. Sample offered by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Binghamton NY while supplies last.
Figures from the New York state hospital commission show 3,995 more admissions to state hospitals during the forty four months since war began than in the comparable prewar period. Prewar admissions were 29,316, rising to 33,311 after war. State hospitals now house about 6,500 more patients than their capacity.
For fifty one years Boschee's Syrup has been used across the United States to ease coughs bronchitis and colds settled in the throat and lung troubles. It aims to quiet coughing aid nighttime rest and promote natural recovery by soothing inflamed parts and aiding easy expectoration. Made in America and sold for more than half a century.
A brief quotation praising true genius for humility and the duty to help others, attributed to Homerson, emphasizing gratitude toward the guiding moral order of the world.
A man accepts a dare to attempt a risky act, illustrating boldness or foolishness. The line tests judgment as observers weigh potential consequences and the outcome remains uncertain.
Claiming fifty years as the best spring tonic, the ad extols Nature's Tremedy made from wild roots and barks. It promotes strength and blood-building benefits, touting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a similar tonic, with trial packages offered for ten cents through Dr. Pierce's Invalidy Hotel in Buffalo.
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