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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
3
Doctors note a wave of colds in the area and recommend Father John’s Medicine as a paracetic cold and cough remedy. The product is described as soothing to the breathing tract, nourishing, and free of narcotics or stimulants, boosting resistance.
M L Shade of Mitchell South Dakota a veteran of two wars recalls a transport experience in the Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection that he says no other AEF man can duplicate. Born in Princeton Michigan in 1876 he left school early to work in mines and steel mills then enlisted in an Iowa Guard regiment and sailed on the Covington shipping troops to the Philippines. He fought in 222 battles, later served with Philippine forces, then returned to the United States where he worked with life insurance firms and joined the National Guard. He eventually became Mitchell chief of police and a South Dakota National Guard major, later commanding air service shops in France and earning a full colonelcy before returning home to public service and American Legion leadership.
The American Legion band from Wichita, consisting of 43 musicians, traveled to the San Francisco convention after being formed from former service members. They won seventh place in New Orleans 1922 competition and earned 1500 from the state treasury to cover convention expenses. Lester Weatherwax, former director of a major artillery band, leads the group.
The body of Seaman E. I Vause, who died in a Veterans Bureau hospital in California, arrived in Wilmington with 8249 shipping charges attached to the casket. No relatives appeared to claim or pay. JL Sprunt, commander of the local American Legion post, paid the charges and the remains were interred with Legion ceremonies. Veterans' officials will be asked to explain the shipment without prior verification of relatives' ability to cover costs.
A concert series in Columbura sponsored by the American Legion county council will feature operatic stars Madame Schumann Heinke Mischa Elman and Louis Graveure under Gen Chauncey B. Baker direction. Proceeds go to aid needy ex service men and women.
A Florida tourist encounters an alligator and queries feeding needs. In Tennessee Richard City sees ex service men join the American Legion led by chieftain Alvin Ownley. A Wisconsin Indian post forms a Legion band after a billing dispute in Newburgh, New York. Legion Parkway in Brockton is noted as a wide thoroughfare named for veterans.
The article notes that Zebulon Pike is often credited with the discovery of Pikes Peak, while asserting other claimants A James Pursley and a Kentuckian explorer preceded or rivaled Pike in marking the Rockies and the Upper Missouri region. Pursley allegedly found gold at South Park Colo and reported it before Spanish detention in Santa Fe.
A fragmentary tale recounts Hugh Glass surviving a brutal bear encounter with knife wounds and a perilsome 80 mile trek to Fort. Believed dead, Glass returns as a ghostly figure to confront betrayal by a companion, then forgives him. The piece closes with naturalist note on red squirrels building multi nests from leaves and bark strips.
A concise reflection notes that the core aims of philosophy are to discern what is true and to determine the practice of what is good. It emphasizes two main objects guiding philosophical inquiry and ethical consideration.
Mrs Leona Culpepper, a trained nurse from Atlanta, lauds Pantac as it helps her nervous indigestion and loss of appetite after four to five years. She says after three bottles she gained strength and sixteen pounds, and now feels well enough to manage her housework. Tanlag is sold by all good druggists. Bees and prairie dog holes are also mentioned in unrelated notes about agriculture and bees.
An ad extols Dandeline as a solution for falling hair and dandruff. It claims to restore vigor, color, and youthful beauty to neglected scalps with a gleaming mass of hair, promising immediate relief and non sticky, refreshing tonic action.
Fragmentary ad copy touts Allcock's Pinster as the quickest safest and most certain remedy for local aches and pains linking to Mrs Upstaire and Mrs Nexdore in a dated manner.
In a lighthearted courtroom moment a lawyer teased about a wife’s insult while a husband described an unusual incident involving a fish supper placed down her back during a police court proceeding.
Ad copy and jumbled lines mix product pitch for Cascarets liver bowel pills with scattered lines about constipation indigestion and a jokey exchange about marriage to Louise. The readable fragment adds a stray quotation and a shopping quip amid consumer health advertising.
A Cleveland woman credits Hypo-Cod tonic for restoring energy sleep and appetite after illness and nervousness. The ad promises a 9900 bottle prepaid by the Earte Chemtest Co. and touts Trypo-Cod as pleasant and easy to take with a wine flavor, plus home rental commentary follows.
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