Wholesale hangings eyed for Cook County in October
Chicago officials expect twelve men to be hanged for murder on October 14 and 15 in Cook County Jail, with two more convicts awaiting sentence. Eight slated for Oct 14 and four for Oct 15, plus possible additional hangings. Jailer George F. Lee says pairs may be executed in the jail corridor at a cost near 3000 dollars.
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Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Spital Market
George F. Lee
Sam Cardinella
Nick Viani
Thomas Errico
Frank Champione
Sam Lopez
Joe Castanzo
Sam Ferrara
Henry Reese
Arthur Haensel
Richard Wilson
Harry Andre
Frank Zager
Haensel
Andre
Wilson
Tickville News Roundup Timely Jests and Local Quips
Sile Kilden recalls trains differ mainly by engine ends while Tickville watches. Excelsior Fiddling Band performs five pieces straight. Ellick Helwanger notes national prohibition. Sid Hocks aids Rye Straw storekeeper during slow season. Club Hancock jokes about his kids wanting a nickel. Sile Kilden quips on marriage excuses. Atlas Peck dodges mosquitoes with a meal sitter over his face. Columbus Allsop’s buggy wheel breaks after years of expecting it. Sim Flinders doubts foxes’ wits after capturing one in a barrel. A corn popping outfit seeks Main street site amid noise objections. Slim Pickins riffs on sense and balance while crossing a gully. Atlas Peck continues a stray follow-up note.
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Excelsior Fiddling Band
Ellick Helwanger
Sid Hocks
Hancock
Sile Kilden
United States
Atlas Peck
Columbus Allsop
Sim Flinders
Sim
Main Street
Tickville
Slim Pickins
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE CURES DEAFNESS
A vintage ad claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local remedies and must be treated constitutionally. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes rumbling and hearing loss, promising blood remedies to restore mucous surfaces and offering a $100 reward for uncurable cases. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio offer circulars and list four druggists and prices.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
End of a serial tale and town chatter noted
A weekly serial story ends appears near daylight after seventeen months. Yam Sims received a diamond ring he sent for, while Sidney Hocks doubts the factory can afford such rings for fifty eight cents. Salem Barlow comments on railroading sounds, Luke Mathewson forecasts rain via rheumatism, and Washington Hocks recalls past drinkers. Slim Pickins escorts Miss Peachie Sims home with pins, she declines his offered help.
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Yam Sims
Sidney Hocks
Salem Barlow
Luke Mathewson
Washington Hocks
Slim Pickins
Peachie Sims
The Greatest Enemy of Child Life and Tape Worm
The greatest enemy of child life is the tape worm. It destroys health and vitality. The greatest enemy of the tape worm is White's Cream Vermifuge. One or two doses does the work. Price, 35c. Sold by Dyer Jones Druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Sur Taxes and High Cost of Living
Opinion piece explains how the wartime surtax on large incomes raises consumer prices. It uses a factory example: a $100,000 earners face about $51,000 in taxes, prompting price hikes to preserve profits. If profits rise to $167,000, taxes climb to $72,000, leaving a net of $95,000, illustrating the tax’s pass through to living costs.
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Sam
Consumer prices rise under multi level surtaxes
A Kansas City Star excerpt argues that retailers, jobbers, and consumers each face rising charges as surcharges stack through the supply chain. It suggests replacing multiple surtaxes with a flat sales tax would lower consumer prices by eliminating built up price increases.
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Kansas City Star
What U S Department Says About Two Rats
Government figures claim two rats breeding for three years yield 359,709,482 offspring. Act at first sight. RAT-SNAP offers a clean, convenient exterminator that dries after use, leaves no odor, and cats or dogs won’t touch it. Sold by Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co. and Dyer & Jones.
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Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
Dyer & Jones
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instant relief from itching and sleep after first application. Price 60c.
Lift Off Corns Freezone Claims Pain Free Removal
An advertisement promotes Freezone as a cheap painless solution to remove hard and soft corns as well as calluses. It asserts that applying a few drops to the affected area instantly ends pain and allows the corn or callus to be lifted away without any pain or soreness.
Sugar riot erupts at Ellis Island dining room
New York Sept 3 A sugar bowl riot broke out among 1750 Ellis Island immigrants in the dining room as sugar, used for coffee since the war, triggered frenzied grabbing. Several aliens were sent to hospital, one with three fractured ribs as guards, waiters, and kitchen staff struggled to control the scene.
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New York
Ellis Island
Sugar packages to be distributed at meals announced
A brief notice states that individual sugar packages will be distributed at meals. The announcement notes the distribution will occur hereafter and was issued to inform attendees.
Habitual Constipation Cured with LAX FOS Syruphonic-Laxative
A specially prepared Syruphonic-Laxative called LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN relieves habitual constipation promptly and should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It stimulates and regulates. Very pleasant to take. 60 cents per bottle.
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