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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
A vintage health note urges using four ounces of Jad Salts in a glass of water before breakfast to flush kidneys and relieve urinary discomfort. It markets Jad Salts as a lemon juice lithia remedy that cleans and stimulates sluggish kidneys and stops bladder irritation.
A squib from Crawford Courier mocks editor Clark Perkins of the Aurora Republican for military hopes. It suggests editors form a unit with leaders like Perkins and Edgar Howard and offers to serve as chaplain to keep morale and provide spiritual guidance.
The text notes that asphalt, known to ancient peoples, was used as a binder in masonry by the Mabylonians, suggesting early construction techniques and material use in that period.
A Bruce McCulloch summary notes that six leading markets Chicago Omaha Kansas City St Louis St Joseph Sioux City received 4 492 000 cattle in the first half of 1917, up 782 000 from 1916, driven by yearling and lightweight cattle and year-round grain cattle from Texas drought areas. Prices for fat cattle rose, corn-fed beef up 2 50 3 50 from last year, and industry expectations point to continued higher demand but only modest price relief due to stocker feeder hesitancy and fear of potential government price controls.
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