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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
3
Cincinnati authority endorses freezone as a cheap topical cure for corns and calluses. A few drops on tender skin relieve soreness and loosen the growth for painless removal, with assurances it won’t irritate surrounding skin. If stock runs out, ask a local druggist to obtain a bottle.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as the best family remedy for fifty one years for biliousness and stomach troubles. It claims to ease sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and generalized low mood. The ad lists 25 and 75 cent prices.
Quote marks reveal sailors debating crew for a bark with the reply that no ship should sail without experienced mariners. The exchange cites seasoned seamen as essential for proper handling and safety.
British and French forces resume a joint push on the western front with gains along the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt Fouintaine les Croisilles and Oppy Queant while French gains extend in Champagne from Reims east to Auberive. German counter attacks persist as Hindenburg redeploys divisions to stabilize fronts.
The steamer Mongolia returning to port reports two Red Cross nurses dead and another wounded after shellfire. Victims identified as Miss Haith Ayers and Miss Helen Burdett Woods of Chicago. Nurse Erma Matsen wounded.
The general staff will add fifty captains and majors and assign staff to concentration camps as one hundred thousand American soldiers are slated to fight in France before more troops go forward. National Guardsmen are expected to deploy in September with 50,000 to 75,000 ready in the fall, and selective draft units face longer training. Baseball and recreation programs will accompany camp life.
Washington May 22 The war revenue bill now moving through the house faces opposition from regions against its features. President Wilson is known to disapprove at least two provisions but actions he may take to gain conformity were not disclosed.
Stockholm reports a state census from April 30 on winter wheat and rye across all provinces. Prospects show less than a middling harvest except in Be kinge where average yields are expected. Wheat sowing down 7.3 percent and rye 8.2 percent. hay crops average.
London reports Great Britain has grain on hand to last twelve weeks while the new harvest replenishes the supply. Kennedy Jones, director of food economy, announced this in a speech at Edinburgh, urging utmost economy in consumption.
A spring poet meets a self-styled general agent selling a rubber-stamp reading Declined with thanks. The con is pitched as a money maker for writers who mail poems to themselves, then discard the envelope to supposedly save costs. The scene lampoons get rich quick schemes.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for nightly and morning facial cleansing with hot water. It suggests applying Cuticura Ointment to pimples or dandruff before bathing and touts Cuticura as a dual toilet preparation. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept. L, Boston.
A young knut, unfit for general Servier, returns to land work and farms his father’s moor. A passing friend notes Smutty striding in a Norfolk jacket, claiming they turned wasteland into a rippling golf links through hard work. The tale, cited from the New York Globe, highlights village grit and a surprising repurposing of terrain.
Druggist customers laud Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the top kidney and bladder remedy in Plymouth Massachusetts in 1916. A letter from Herbert S Maxwell, a druggist, extols its eight year use and benefits, with a 10 cent sample offer and information booklet from Kilmer Co. Regular sizes sold in drug stores.
An ad urges awareness of kidney disease and urges health action. It cites 100000 deaths last year and blames lifestyle. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy is promoted as a long used herbal treatment with customer testimonials and pricing.
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