Innocent Sufferers Targeted by Oil Stock Swindlers
A confidential letter from a Western fake oil stock promoter shows plans to pay brokers a large commission to push a worthless security. The scheme forecast price hikes to lure investors, with shares lacking real value. The New York Stock Exchange denounces the fraud, urges publicity as the best remedy, and notes limited power to intervene beyond member actions.
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New York
Buccaneer Oil Promotion Company
New York Stock Exchange
New York Sun
Western Faking Corporation
Lves
Woman Unearths Lincoln Presidential Ballot in Ontario Attic
Mrs. Jessie M. Lewis of Ontario found a Republican presidential ballot bearing Abraham Lincoln at the top. Her father J. W. Hiatt ran for township trustee on the same ticket, the artifact shown to friends in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jessie M. Lewis
West Main Street
Ontario
Abraham Lincoln
Lewis
J. W. Hiatt
Borrowed Wisdom and Idle Thoughts on Love and Marriage
A selection of wry maxims on discretion friendship love and marriage. Jokes on gender roles social vanity and self image punctuate the piece with aphoristic quips and pointed humor. The ad notes Rub-my-Tism as a pain killer for rheumatic soreness and neuralgia.
Irish Patient Holed Up With Holiday Banter
A dispensary official returns from a month off and greets an Irish patient with playful remarks about looks and recovery. The patient compliments the doctor on appearance and jokes about wearing down since the holiday. The exchange includes exaggerated humor about surgery, healing, and a tepid quip about rub-my-tism as an antiseptic.
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Mick
Clarinda Residents Fund Living Monument for French Orphans
Citizens of Clarinda Iowa raise a Memorial Day fund to support 21 French war orphans through The Fatherless Children of France. Each child receives 36.50 annually, with ongoing contributions planned, matching France's annual aid and aiding 60,000 orphans unplaced in the American group.
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France
Clarinda
Iowa
Fatherless Children of
Marshall Joffre
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel in old remedy ad
An advertisement warns against calomel accusing it of causing sickness and salivation. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liver remedy sold by druggists as a safe substitute guaranteed to start the liver without side effects. The copy claims it restores energy, causes no griping, and is safe for children.
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Dodson
Detroit
Welsh Job Applicant From Llanpumpsaint Secures Post
A young Welshman from Llanpumpsaint applies to a London firm. When asked the meaning of his village name he replies The place of the five saints. He adds There are only four since I left. The head of the firm, from the same area, hires him.
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London
Llanpumpsaint
Three Alumni Return From A. and M. College
Bryant Penn Claud Willis and Roger Davis returned home the latter part of last week from College Station where they attended A. and M. College the past term.
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Bryant Penn
Claud Willis
Roger Davis
College Station
A. & M. College
France Sets Up Care for War Orphans through Godparents
France centers its efforts on war orphans and the Fatherless Children of France program. American godparents pledge ten cents daily to support these children so they may stay with their guardians during a world made safe by their fathers' sacrifices.
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France
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Strengthens Blood and Vitality
Purifying iron and quinine in syrup, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted as a blood purifier and strength builder. The ad claims improved color, appetite, and energy, notes it is not a patent medicine, and asserts a 60 cent price per bottle with a long history of use.
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GROVE
Campaign for ten cents-a-day child adoptions launched
Donations of any sum from a dime to $3.00 are solicited to help place mothers not in institutions as benefactors for children. A yearly pledge of $36.50 lets a donor select a protege from the organization's lists. Mrs. Walter S. Brewster of Chicago chairs the drive from Room 635 410 S. Michigan Ave.
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Walter S. Brewster
Chicago
Michigan Ave
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