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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
The pink boll worm, the worst enemy to cotton, probably originated in India. It later spread to Burma, Ceylon, Egypt and nearly every cotton district worldwide.
An advertisement extols Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder for workers and Allen's Foot Ease for women, claiming relief from friction and tired feet. It also includes a plain view clock joke about its hours being numbered, highlighting period advertising tone.
The British War Office reports about 23 million knives and forks and 11 million spoons have been supplied to the armies in France since the war began. It also states that purchases of cloth and flannel amount to miles equaling six to seven circumferences of the Earth at the equator.
Public health notice urging laborers to guard stomach health during heat. Promotes EATONIC remedy from H L Kramer, claiming quick relief from indigestion, heartburn, and stomach discomfort. Advertises price and guarantee with mail order option from Chicago firm.
England has one army man with a charmed life Captain George C Foulds. He went to the Flanders front in 1915 and has survived every battle without a scratch. A perplexing problem questions raising the draft age to forty and the possibility of a steel helmet sticking on a hard head.
The notice notes two coatless days weekly and pride in white clothes. Rodeo Ballius is credited with making them white, observed across grocers. The advert mentions the printing of the first newspaper by a team on a Friday.
American troops excel with the rifle in Europe as marksmanship and hunter tradition shape their warfare. The Springfield models 1903 and 1917 lead U S arsenals, with vast rifle and cartridge orders and nationwide ranges. Ample training funds and high production contrast with Germany’s limited ranges and lower per-soldier ammunition use.
The article argues American rifle skill outmatches German tactics, citing frontier traditions, better individual marksmanship, and Pershing's emphasis on rifle instruction. It contrasts US shooters with German, French, and British practices, praising American bands of crack marksmen and the value of targeting individuals over general volume fire.
A laboratory tour reveals the care behind Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claimed to treat female ills. The piece notes daily use of over 350,000 pounds of herbs, careful harvesting, sterile processing, pasteurization, and sealing in sterile bottles. It cites letters from women praising the remedy.
Popular Science Monthly notes mahogany is applied commercially to over fifty woods and many substitutes fill the market. Real mahogany is scarce and slow growing, native only to a small area from southern Florida to northern South America, yet demand remains high for furniture and fixtures.
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