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Newspaper
Ashland Chronicle
Location
Ashland, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
7
The piece argues people seek conflict and politics to feel action, noting much political strife is unnecessary. It asserts that most progress often comes from troublemakers rather than peacemakers, reflecting a Columbus Dispatch viewpoint on public friction and change.
A primer class reads Dick Whittington when a boy misreads the bell lyric. The bells sing “Turn again, Whittington, lord mayor of London” but the student blurts “Turn again, Whittington, Mayor Bell of London” without looking at his book.
Letters from women in Philadelphia Beverly and Erie recount relief from headaches back pain heat flashes nervousness and digestive issues during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The company offers free advice and notes that responses are written by women and kept confidential.
The speaker argues that no race can be civilized by another's standards and that genuine civilization comes from within through hard experience. He warns that schooling and veneer cannot create true Americans from Filipinos and stresses limits of legislation to change racial and cultural realities.
The speaker argues public education thrives when shaped by social and moral life, not government force. Three conclusions urge adapting schools to needs, entrusting control to elected overseers, and improving teachers through freedom, culture, and moral purpose to elevate national education.
A historical column asserts broad support for good roads, highlighting bankers, merchants, hotel operators, automobile dealers, restaurateurs, real estate agents, and wholesalers. It argues roads spur prosperity by expanding trade, inviting tourism, raising property values, and boosting manufacturing and middleman efficiency.
Lincoln Springfield reports from a British regiment where subalterns are so young none can grow a proper moustache. Privates stumble back singing a popular ditty as the guard scolds them and calls them war babies.
Quick relief for a baby’s itching skin using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Bath in hot water, apply ointment with fingertip, and enjoy calmer sleep for fretful babies. Free sample by mail with book. send postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
Experiments by the British Fire Prevention committee show that a small gasoline fire is best put out by spreading a mixture of ten pounds of bicarbonate of soda and twelve pounds of common sawdust free from chips and shavings over the burning liquid.
For years New England hemp faced poor sales but has surged in popularity and grown into a significant industry, transforming farmers’ fortunes and regional commerce.
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