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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
2
The advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a powerful cure for uric acid and kidney issues. It claims proven results, cites testimonials, and urges readers to request a sample size from Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
A garbled message gives scattered guidance about avoiding illness and staying warm during winter. Several proper nouns and names appear distorted, obscuring clear meaning and context.
A home remedy claims Sage Tea and Sulphur darken gray hair to any shade. The article promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur hair remedy sold in drugstores, noting easier application and claimed benefits like reduced dandruff and halted hair loss.
The readable text offers fragmented phrases about marriages, tributes, and names like Ragland and Wales with a stray number 2836. No coherent event, date, or organization emerges to establish a definite news item.
London dispatches report German trenches recaptured in the Aisne region while French and British forces press along the Western Front. Russians advance toward Miawa on the East Prussian frontier and Turkish incursions face defeat near Cavedine as Otmane forces rally.
Regulation to govern stamp pricing on conveyances for war tax applies. Tax is 50 cents on deeds over 100 dollars and under 500 with 60 cents more per 500 or fraction over 500. Nominal consideration uses acting valuation. penalties may apply. Quitclaim deeds and some leases conveying no title are not taxed.
Washington reports a conference among Secretaries Daniels Garrison and congressional leaders on military and naval appropriations. They signaled limited defense increases next year while seeking new revenue sources to back potential budgets amid rising European tensions. The outline favors restraint and economies to prevent deficits, with no policy shift or major rearmament planned in the near term.
New England legislatures convened for the annual session as Republicans secured majorities in Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire and Connecticut. Governor inaugurations included David Walsh in Massachusetts and Marcus Holcomb sworn in in Connecticut. Other states saw varying party splits and transitions reflecting a largely Republican trend across the region.
In London the war outlook remains unsettled with only weather changes or new entrants like Roumania likely to shift the European military balance soon. Roumania, boasting a trained army under 400000, is expected to join the conflict, potentially linking with Russian forces advancing through Bukowina to threaten Serb and Montenegrin fronts and menace Austria.
The article discusses allied hopes for a May end to the war, with intensifying rumors about Romania and Italy joining the conflict. It notes stalled offensives on both Eastern and Western fronts, French and German maneuvers near Alsace and the Rhine, and Russian actions toward Hungary and Romania. A Vienna bulletin claims the French battleship Courbet was sunk after being rammed by Jean Bart amid conflicting reports.
A mother recalls buying wintergreen flavored toothpowder for her ten year old Charlie. After two weeks she noticed much of the powder had disappeared and asked if his teeth were cleaner. Charlie replied he hadn’t kept track.
A dialogue notes a new compact diary style for 1957, praising its concise design that removes bulk from the older paper diary. The exchange wryly observes life, suggesting judgment by worth is not tied to taxes and that women dislike being misunderstood by men.
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