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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1917
Page
18
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a quick remedy for constipation indigestion and biliousness. It claims relief from headaches dizzy spells and nervousness by cleansing the digestive tract with a 10 cent box suitable for adults and children, urging readers to purchase at all stores.
On a hot Atlantic slope day five large men ascend a New York elevator. They joke about needing a beer, with one boy humorously noting there is already a keg of beer aboard the elevator.
Physicians urge greater attention to kidneys as they filter poisons from blood and support other organs. Modern habits strain kidneys. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as an ideal herbal remedy. Send ten cents for a sample to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton, NY.
A recent upstate county auto crash killed the driver and injured two passengers. Coroner hearings featured many witnesses, including a nearby farmer. The farmer quipped that the young man died trying to squeeze 60 miles out of a 10 mile road, reflecting coarse humor amid the testimonies.
Publicity for Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap promises soothing healing properties for skin troubles. Offers free mail samples with an accompanying book, directing readers to Cuticura Department L, Boston for distribution.
The Birmingham Age-Terald riffs on patience and persuasion in a humorous mock dialogue about selling on a desk and arguing. It mocks injections and quips about sorts of cures while cautioning against cruelty and crude jokes and noting a curative claim.
A proposed $900000 capital stock issue and $458000 first and refunding bonds would consolidate six Michigan gas and electric entities with Marquette County Electric Railway, creating a vast northern state utility trust. The plan, backed by Chicago promoters, seeks state railroad commission approval with a March 14 hearing.
Senate weighs bills on direct election of national convention delegates and paying them fifty dollars each. A separate amendment shifts state primaries from the last Tuesday in August to the first Tuesday in September. Early August date faced opposition over harvest timing, killing that option.
Rep Wood introduces a bill to abolish the state inspector office. Rep Lewis seeks to extend state tax payments to February 20 annually. Bills call for a Public Relief Officer under the state board of charities to monitor charities with annual reports. Senator Damon suggests renaming county poor commissioners to Public Relief Commissioners and pay four dollars a day. Rep Croll proposes cost sharing on trunk line condemnations. Rep McArthur pushes for insanity grounds for divorce with five years in asylum before eligibility.
The Michigan attorney general's department continues hearings in the Daluth South Shore case after Special Master Baker's findings on a 2 cent fare. A. B. Eldredge represents South Shore and expects completion in three months before a Grand Rapids trial and possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal. Other items include a state fuel commissioner bill, coal storage funding for Soldier's Home Grand Rapids, municipal fuel yard amendments, a likely fare increase, and game law zone treatments for varying counties.
Rep Culver for the state food department introduces a measure to empower the food commissioner to prevent adulterated liquors entering Michigan after prohibition takes effect. The so called pure booze bill is endorsed by former Food Commissioner Jim, who says it is more needed in a dry state. Official acceptance of Ohio Michigan boundary monuments placed by a joint commission has been ordered by the house. Rev Thomas Read of Oceana county introduces a Torrens style land transfer bill comparing it with the abstract system.
A terse roundup notes the coast guard at Bois Blanc Island began operations earlier than last year, St Clair and Sanilac counties formed a Retail Implement Dealers association, Rotary Club members in Kalamazoo volunteer to mentor a boy, and fires in Manistee Grand Rapids Saginaw Clare Bay City Albion Holland Jackson Marquette Port Huron Mason Corunna Grand Rapids Hillsdale produce varied headlines from early 20th century Michigan.
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