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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
3
The First National Bank of Boston reports growth in female workers from 224 to 240 as of April. A new luncheon area with kitchen, writing tables, and magazines comforts the women and a club named Pidtuuban supports men at the front. Other banks show similar increases.
The Manchester Guardian notes American naval strength expanded from eight destroyers and under 1,000 men to about 250 ships with 40,000 personnel and 3,000 officers, signaling a major scale in allied cooperation. The piece also contrasts harsh wartime rhetoric about Kaiser Wilhelm II with a tempered posturing to avoid excessive partisanship.
Advertisement for Grove’s Tasteless Wilton Tonic claiming to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the body to expel intestinal worms in children. Recommends regular use for two to three weeks and states 60 cents per bottle.
In a playful exchange, a woman of modest manners asks why her companion remarks on her heavy rouge. She replies that Jack is taking her to a revue and she wishes him to think she is flushed with excitement.
Wartime production in Britain relies on a vast network of munitions plants. An estimated 2,500,000 men and women work in these factories, offsetting labour shortages and sustaining military supplies.
A New York Scotch banker's son asks his father to promise to cut out alcohol while he fights overseas. The father vows to be prohibition minded if he keeps his covenant with mother and faith. The gesture earns admiration as many parents seek higher ideals during the war era.
A Carnegie Institution study shows alcohol depresses respiration when controlling for activity and digestion, challenging the old stimulant theory. Dr Mary Cushman of Maine argues war-time beer drinking correlates with impaired morals and cites Germany as beer-driven proof of beer criminology.
A compact critique on alcoholism contrasts the hardships of drinkers with social and moral arguments. The piece cites Rev. M. A. Lambing and The Pioneer to illustrate the cycle of illness poverty loss of friends and delayed recovery among drinkers. It also questions saloon practices and urges restraint.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless cure for all corns and calluses with a tiny bottle sold by druggists. A separate vignette describes an optimistic man ejected by a landlady, braving a blizzard as he considers where to go, recalling a blistering August week.
Frank J. Cheney declares his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Oath sworn December 6, 1886 in Toledo Ohio detailing internal action and distribution. Notary A. W. Gleason signs, with seal.
The dialogue notes communication difficulties and jokes about women entering carpentry in England. It reflects gender roles and language usage in a domestic or social setting of the period.
An advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for back pain and urinary symptoms. It claims the capsules attack kidney and bladder problems, promise rapid renewal in 24 hours, and advise ongoing daily use to prevent future attacks with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Pa jokes with his son about rarity and trust in a stockholder setting. The Indianapolis Star tone urges staying true to duties and warns that luck yields to pluck when work gets busy.
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