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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
7
The Chinese postal department shows a surplus of 500000 gold for 1916 after decades of losses since its 1896 inauguration. By 1918 the net surplus reached 125000 gold and has risen each year since, indicating a steady improvement in post office finances.
An advertisement proclaims that freezone can lift corns painlessly with a few drops and available from drug stores though no local authority endorses it. It notes the product dries quickly and does not irritate skin. A reader instruction suggests druggists obtain stock from wholesalers. A separate line claims that South Africa’s birds are indeed song birds, refuting a prior assertion.
An advertisement promotes Green's August Flower as a remedy for disorders caused by stomach and liver imbalance. It claims to relieve sick headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and stomach fermentation. The product is described as a gentle laxative that cleanses the digestive tract and stimulates bile production, with two doses promised to relieve.
A reflective note on cyclical progress and rapid motorcycle culture in modern life. The piece contrasts hope as a waking dream with a world speeding forward on two wheels, illustrating the tension between aspiration and momentum.
Brief items report moves toward naval mobilization, China Germany relations via minister Reinsch, railcar shortages relief, Congress sessions and committee control, medical appointments, censorship appeals, Belgian relief withdrawal, German submarine campaign, police guard at bridges, and a deadly tornado in Indiana and Ohio with extensive damage and deaths.
The article notes The Literary Digest sending F800,000 to aid Belgian children and Hoover leading relief. It reports Omaha fans planning bleachers for children at ten cents per view, Miller admitting control of over 1,000,000 bushels of potatoes though denying a potato corner. Judge Baldwinvoiding disclosure of article authors. Rock Island orders 30 locomotives and Union Pacific 16, all 250 ton class. Harry K Thaw found insane in Philadelphia and to be confined in Pennsylvania asylum. Mexican consul in Chicago issues many port visas for travelers to Mexico.
George W Guthrie American ambassador to dipan dies suddenly in Tokyo. Villa rebels fire on a Mexican Central train near Juarez killing forty five and wounding three. Goran bank and German legation in Mexico City guide finance and diplomacy. French war minister Luzatuy resigns after deputies incidents. Count Zeppeli funeral in Stuttgart sees wreaths dropped from airships. Petrograd bans street gatherings amid food riots as troops are authorized to fire. Mrs Alice Whoeeldon sentenced ten years for involvement in the poison plot against Lloyd George.
Reports estimate Prance will spend 8billion in the war and about sixty German submarines have been captured or destroyed since January. British losses include the sinking of ships such as the Cunard freighter Folio and the Norwegian steamer Storstide as U boats strike without warning. Entente forces report heavy air losses with 91 Allied planes downed versus 24 German. American ship Algonquin sunk with ten Americans aboard, though no lives lost. An English MP warns of possible surrender due to money and food shortages, while total casualties exceed ten million with 6,319,400 Entente losses against 8,884,800 for the Central Powers.
A medical note by V M Pierce argues early deaths stem from kidney degeneration and auto intoxication. It recommends drinking ample pure water daily and taking Anuric before meals to ease rheumatism dropsical swelling cold extremities scalding urine and sleeplessness from frequent urination.
Berlin officials recapitulate 1916 airship losses showing 221 German craft lost and 739 Allied airships sacrificed. Most losses occurred on the Western front with 181 German airships and 739 by English and French forces.
A fragment hints that Wombat is gaining wealth quickly by operating a fountain pen service station. The piece also oddly references Garfield Tea claiming health benefits and a general note on poles lacking latitude or longitude.
An advertisement touts Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy as a safe herbal formula that has helped diabetics for decades. It cites testimonials from users like James Pratt and claims the product normalizes sugar in blood, supports nourishment, and aids recovery, with free samples available from Warner's Remedies Co.
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