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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
7
An advertisement-like piece urges using Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys, claiming benefits for backache, headaches, bladder disorders, and related symptoms. It describes Jad Salts as a grape and lemon juice acid with lithia, harmless and inexpensive, and notes local druggists selling it to treat kidney trouble.
An old time remedy called Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to darken faded or gray hair naturally and evenly. A downtown druggist notes its popularity and easy use with a comb or brush to restore color by morning after one or two applications. It claims no disease cure purpose.
An advertisement promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as a simple home remedy for colds. It instructs to brew a tablespoonful in boiling water, drink a teacup full, and claims to open pores, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and cure grip, emphasizing safety and vegetable ingredients.
An old-time advertisement promises relief from rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil. It touts topical rubs to ease pain in joints muscles and bones and claims rapid results without internal treatment. The copy urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from local drug stores.
If your nostrils are clogged and your head is stuffed because of a cold or catarrh, use a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply the antiseptic cream into the nostrils to penetrate air passages and soothe inflamed mucous membranes for instant relief and open breathing.
Colonel Winston Churchill announces a major reorganization of the munitions department. He reports 2,000,000 workers and 13,500 headquarters staff, with annual expenditure between 600 and 700 million pounds. The plan forms the ministry into ten groups led by senior officers to function like an army council.
Revelations from the inquiry into abuses of the former government identify Roman Malinowsky a trusted duma member for two years while acting as a burglar police spy informer and organizer of crime. His ties to Lenine and okhrana aided his rise and he received up to 250 dollars monthly from police plus his duma salary.
San Juan Puerto Rico opens an officers reserve corps training camp with 200 candidates. The Porto Rico brigade is expected to number 7000, with many graduates receiving first or second lieutenants commissions. Training lasts three months and officers from the United States will supervise.
Army and Navy experts announce the Liberty motor as the most powerful and fastest aircraft engine yet devised. It is lighter, uses standardized parts for mass production, and drives planes faster than any prior model. Details are tightly guarded due to its significance.
On June 29 off the Azores a German submarine risked its boat to seize a live pig from the Norwegian ship Siraa. The pig was chased around the deck before capture, and a nearby American destroyer fire narrowly missed a shell. The Siraa crew were later taken aboard the submarine after their ship was destroyed by bombs.
Partial readable lines show a local public notice style with dates and names obscured. The fragment hints at an official action or sale and references a state or city authority and a deadline. Details are unclear due to corrupted OCR text.
William Feeny is named administrator of Carl B. Rote, deceased, of Pine Grove Township Warren County Pa. Creditors urged to settle debts and claimants to present demands promptly. Notice dated August 23, 1917.
At a September 25 1916 meeting in Warren Pennsylvania the entire membership by proxy unanimously resolved to dissolve Superior Oil Works Limited and wind up its affairs. The company will apply and distribute assets under the Act of Assembly of June 2 1874 and publish notice of dissolution. Aug 2 to Sep 6.
Henry H Bassett declares as a candidate for Warren County Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans Court. He seeks voter support at the upcoming primary and asks for the Republicans in Warren County to back his bid.
Notice announces an application to the governor of Pennsylvania on September 10, 1917 by F B Jackson Allen C Jackson and T J Mullin to incorporate Muja Oil Company for buying selling trading and dealing in crude petroleum refined oils lubricants gasoline benzine naphta greases waxes in petroleum and related products under the 1874 act and supplements with R W Stone solicitor August 16 23 30.
The Warren Mail announces Charles A. Clark of Pine Grove township as a candidate for the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts of Warren County. His bid is subject to the Republican primaries to be held in September.
Sheriff announces George A. W. De Forest of Warren as the Republican primary candidate for Warren County Sheriff in September.
Warren County district attorney candidate Nelson declares his bid for the office subject to primary results to be held later. He signs as Eter Ef Nelson.
Notice of dissolution passed at a September 25 1916 meeting of members held at Warren Pennsylvania filed to wind up the joint stock company under the 1874 Act. The notice also includes a political endorsement from Howard J Shawkey candidate for Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Warren County with primaries in September 1917.
Defeated for the office in 1915 Krantz announces again his candidacy for Warren County District Attorney. He states he is subject to the Republican Party primaries in September and asks for votes and influence to repay supporters with efficient duty performance.
A. W. Mumford announces as a non partisan candidate for the Associate Judge nomination in Warren County at the primaries on September 18 1917. He states the move honors public wishes and presents himself for the race.
A Cincinnati man touts freezone as a cheap quick cure for corns. Apply a few drops directly to the corn, and it shrivels and dries away the root, allowing removal with fingers. The formula dries fast and supposedly harms no surrounding tissue. Clip this for such home treatment.
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