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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
3
Advice on maintaining the body like a machine urges weekly cleansing with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The laxative, made from May-apple aloe jalap root, sells for 25c with the Dr. Pierce stamp.
In South Bend Indiana Mrs John Shapley reports relief from stomach trouble constipation and a womanly complaint after using Discovery and Pleasant Pellets over about a year. She notes these remedies helped her condition and suggests sending one dollar to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York for a mail order package of tablets.
An old Japanese art, embroidery of kimonos and screens, remains centered in Kyoto where master artisans pass skills father to son. Most workers are men in small shops employing apprentices. daily wages range from 40 to 73 cents gold for men and 15 to 50 cents gold for women. Lace making is a new, small industry introduced after foreigners arrived.
A visitor praises Edinburgh despite saying he found better fellowship elsewhere. He recalls his hat blown away on Saturday and notes locals chased it as a cable car passed. A bystander questions the tale, wondering if the driver kept the hat. The foreigner concedes it reflects Edinburgh credit.
A dialogue notes a vow to sacrifice for the nation and a golfer's surprise at giving up golf. It jokes that widows know better than old bachelors about women while urging unity behind the president during wartime.
The piece highlights draped skirt styles to enhance figure lines with purple taffeta afternoon gowns featuring georgette crepe bodices and silk trims. It notes neckwear trends including double collars and capes, white collars, and rabots as fashionable, with home made edging of tatting or crochet.
In memories by Lord Redesdale Whistler leaves his long time home to build the What House in Tite Street with E W Godwin as architect. A quarrel over design led to a commemorative stone reading that Godwin built the house. Godwin dies in 1886 and Whistler marries his widow in 1888 ending the quarrel.
An old advertisement offers a free Cuticura trial kit including Soap and Ointment to treat itching and eczema. It claims immediate relief for various skin issues and prevention with daily use, inviting readers to request a free sample by mailing a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L in Boston.
The City Man asks how to live longer and the peasant answers with a sharp joke. He says to avoid drink and smoke and to stay in the fresh air, noting his father did the same yet died at sixty, because he didn’t do it long enough.
Advertisement praises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims liver stimulation malaria relief and blood enrichment. Also notes a quip about Old Gadabout returning home after a long absence proving shorter than expected.
A shopper insists on obtaining Red Cross Ball Blue for ten years of use on white dresses linens and lace curtains. Advertisers note ball blue trial with pulp from hop vines by German scientists mentioned.
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