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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
6
A fragmentary ad-like block advises Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Hot Lemonade and Anoric tablets to treat cold grip pneumonia with tepid baths and diet. It promotes Irontic tonics and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen after illness and references public figures in an unclear context.
President Wilson plans a trip abroad this week as Britain and France ready welcomed entertainments. Preparations are underway to host him and accompanying officials, with attention to security and ceremonial details.
Report from Madison Square Garden describes a clash when a Castoria style socialist and internationalist meeting was disrupted by sailors and soldiers angered by Bolshvist rhetoric. The confrontation ended with police involvement and injuries cited as a result of the disruption.
Mrs James Malone of Moberly Missouri recounts using Chamberlain C Cough Remedy for a severe cough and cold relief after a few doses the cough loosened and lungs felt better she finished one bottle and the cold disappeared. The note also references Bolsheviks in Russia and Allied armies pressing toward Bolshevik forces.
Wounded and convalescent troops will be sent home from Europe before the healthy. The plan prioritizes returning those in need, with home travel seen as the best medical remedy and a prudent first step before sending more well trained soldiers back to America.
The article discusses Turkish friendliness to the United States, nine Constantinople newspapers urging U S oversight of Turkey’s policing finances and schools, and hopes to make a peace conference ally. It questions Turkish pursuit of justice and suggests such justice is unlikely.
The Order of Railwaymen, including Fletcher's Children-Ory-OR, protest a government 48 cent per hour minimum and push for sixty cents. General strike arrangements were under way last week to secure the raise, with expected approval if precedent holds, regardless of entitlement questions.
Advertisers offer one hundred dollars for any catarrhal deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The circulars are free and available through all druggists with Th. J Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio asserting the medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. The other note discusses plans to extradite the ex-kaiser from Holland and try him for high treason along with other former German rulers.
Restrictions on expiration of many rules are being removed rapidly. This will spur trade as cargo space increases for carrying goods of peace. War goods demand is not strong, suggesting a shift toward peaceful commerce.
A plan to shoot up Vienna and inaugurate Bolshevist terror to topple the republic has been detected and halted, though danger remains. Food shortages feed Bolshevism as Austria endures rationing. American residents recall being treated kindly by Austrians during the war.
Medical ad notes Chamberlains Tablets for constipation urging habit changes for lasting cure at a quarter. The piece also cites postwar German dispatches claiming the Kaiser backed Austria against Serbia, framing a proven cause of the war.
Thousands of U S workers in war supply plants are reducing staff to return to peacetime roles. Many will stay for peace work while others are quickly absorbed elsewhere. If soldiers return slowly, wage trends may drive labor changes. The Bosphorus is mine free with fifty Allied ships at anchor and Turkish welcome toward Allies noted. Cleo Yount returned from Muscle Shoals Alabama where he worked in a government nitrate plant.
An advertisement from Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo promotes Dean's Kidney Pills citing testimonials from Mr. Forbes dated February 14 1918 and May 6 1916. The copy claims lasting kidney health and recommends buying at 60 cents from dealers.
Pvt. Jasper C. Brown of Co. A 815 Supply Train Amer E F writes to Father and Aunt Martha from France October 4 1918. He describes receiving mail and letters, mentions hospitals for the sick but prefers staying on duty, notes cold winters and uneven sunshine, and hopes for a quicker settlement of the war. He thanks relatives for birthday wishes and promises to write to Sister Mattie.
Local Boards prepare for relief as records are to be sealed according to Provost Marshal General’s orders. Their tough, often embarrassing duties were endured without complaint, drafted into service none of them wanted, but they carried out duties in line with the best American traditions.
A testimonial letter from Frank V. Evans praises Tanlac as a wonderful medicine after long illness. G. F. Willis lists prominent endorsers, including C W Manewm of Abata Ga and S S Sheparda of Atlanta, noting injections of credibility to the Tanlac campaign.
Musician Geo. W. Smith of Holy. Co. 842 F. A. writes from France October 24, 1918 about draft inquiries, shell fire, and pride in American troops. He notes two Putnam county men and references Wilson and the Rhine watch, expressing longing for rest and country.
A wartime letter from Mrs L E Proffer Unionville Missouri dated October 26 1918 describes airfield siren signals for Flying Off and Flying Resume. She details donning the flying suit helmet and goggles and reporting to Sop field for a camera gun mission aboard ship 70. She notes atmospheric conditions and the setup of equipment and signals with the pilot.
The excerpt shows a soldier writing from abroad about flying training and aerial drills, expressing longing for home and resolve to defeat the enemy. A later note confirms a relative Norman B Proffer writes Nov 10 promising he is safe, signaling continued family updates amid service.
A WWI era letter from Pvt. Claude Willett discusses army life and homesickness while a separate notice reports the dissolution of the Mem his Reveille partnership, with W W Gillespie continuing the paper. Also mentions Dr C H Carryer and children visiting relatives from Des Moines Iowa.
The text notes Luxembourg’s shift from formal protest against German invasion to proclaimed sympathy with the Allies after Germany’s defeat. It claims Luxembourg now urges the Allies to support its role at the peace conference and asserts a former professed affection for the United States.
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