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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1913
Page
12
Advert says Stuart's Calcium Wafers purify the blood to remove pimples in a few days. Claims include curing acne, liver spots, blackheads and similar disorders, with benefits of healthier skin and vigor. Promotes a box from your druggist for sale.
A Christmas display invites inspection of a broad selection of gifts for men including ash trays bottle openers calendars canes and crops card cases charms cigar cases cigar holders cigar cutters cigar lighters cigarette boxes cigarette cases cigarette holders corkscrews cuff buttons decanters desk sets ebony toilet sets flasks fobs and related items. The shop encourages careful examination of the many new and beautiful gifts shown.
Classified readers are informed that want ads in The Post are free of charge for all users. The notice urges submitting listings through the newspaper's classified section to secure results without any advertising fees.
In New York City reports warn unescorted women face danger from men using inexpensive hypodermic needles charged with hyoscine. Dr. Joseph A. Shears describes needles sold for a cent, enabling quick unconsciousness with minimal drug doses. He urges awareness as cases of needle use surface amid fear of publicity.
The report links a crime gang to several New York disappearances of young girls in recent years, including Dorothy Arnold who vanished December 12, 1910. Her father Francia R. Arnold of 108 Last Seventy Ninth Street recalls extensive searches but no clues. Other cases describe girls drugged via hypodermic needles in theaters and stores, with mothers and bystanders intervening to prevent abductions.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims one or two tablets digest even the largest meals, relieving sour stomach belching heartburn and other symptoms, and recommends a box for regular and post banquet use.
Historic discussion centers on hyoscine and curare use in medicine and crime. Doctors dispute the safety and consistency of effects, noting hyoscine as a sedative and hypnotic with variable duration, while curare is deemed rarely used in medicine due to unpredictable potency and dangerous convulsions. A needle incident linked to a theater case remains uncertain, with experts doubting standard delivery through ordinary needles.
Vercoats in 200 plus styles from belted backs to toppy English and Chesterfields with novelties de luxe at $15 to $40. Suits in many colors and two tone effects including snug English and semi-English styles. A custom tailor costs more, but cannot beat P B clothes at $15 to $40.
H W Belknap chief inspector for the Interstate Commerce Commission testified before a House committee that rail speed, not signals alone, must be regulated to prevent wrecks. He cited gruelling engine stress and unsafe speeds on poor track, urging statutory adoption of automatic stopping devices and block signals. New Haven vice president E G Buckland and Pittsburgh expert P Thurber backed stricter equipment rules, though cost worries linger for railroads.
Solicitor General Davis urged the Supreme Court to review a Philadelphia circuit court ruling that the government cannot collect the old corporation tax on dividends of mutual life insurance companies. The case centers on whether excess premiums used to cut future premiums or expand insurance are taxable.
The notice touts a broad assortment of woolens from both imported and domestic sources, offering customers freedom beyond dealer-restricted patterns and sizes.
A medical testimonial from Bolton Georgia describes a boy with a thick crust on his head that cracked and bled. After three days with Cuticura Soap and Ointment and one week for full cure, the crust disappeared and skin healed. The notice promotes Cuticura products for skin conditions and general use.
The item notes that the time of insurance, per the insured’s election, is not a dividend and should be deducted from gross income, clarifying treatment of insurance-related amounts in tax computations.
The higher court could reverse the lower tribunal, compelling a refund of about $1,500,000 and halting further collections under the current income tax law.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a miracle hair cleanser that lightens and adds body to hair, claiming it removes dust and oil, stops dandruff and itching, and results in new fine hair growth after weeks of use, with a 25 cent bottle suggested for purchase.
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