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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented newspaper page blends courtroom dialogue with a Lydia E. Pinkham advertisement. It references a judge and defendant and shifts to a testimonial about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming cure for women’s ailments. The piece mimics period prose and includes likely ad copy and faint social commentary.
Fragmented 19th century ad style text describes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound claimed to darken gray hair overnight and restore youth. It mixes in jokes and quips about recruitment, families, and odd anecdotes, reflecting a cluttered OCR page with garbled phrases and stray lines.
The text advises returning fowls to normal food, avoiding feather pulling and egg eating by feeding meat early, using adequate litter to discourage bad habits, and ensuring fowls work for a living. It notes poor air and cold worsen condition, and stresses comfortable housing and dry bedding for health. Goose and duck care requires dry, well-bedded floors for health.
A fragmentary account outlines Bermudian methods for constructing houses using quarry blocks of stone cut from sandstone. The process includes shaping, hardening, stacking on a framework, and finishing with white coating on exterior walls. The text also interleaves a separate dialogue and poetry fragments.
An old health note promotes a famous kidney cleansing salt made from grapes and lemon juice with lithia. It urges daily use before breakfast for several days to boost kidney function and soothe symptoms like back pain, headaches, and rheumatic twinges. It claims the mixture neutralizes urine acids and aids bladder strength.
An advertisement touts Reninol cream and Reninol Soap for facial complexion care. It promises clearer skin, reduced pimples redness and blotches, plus dandruff relief from the soap, claiming soothing effects and natural results.
A garbled arcanum lists syrup given to cons tolled child with instructions to soothe fever stomach upset and diarrhea. It mentions California pigs as a component and urges quick cleansing actions and gentle dosing for babies and children of all ages.
The text lists various invented items such as a portable storage device, a wheel driven chanting wagon, a locked letter box opened by a bagged portmanteau, and a car wheel chain idea. It mentions patents, a nomad inventor, and a chaotic scene around an ex terre experimental plant and a baby's loge.
The piece argues for drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of a phosphite each morning as a health measure. It claims it cleanses the stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, removes previous day’s waste, prevents toxins entering the blood, and prevents headaches and other ailments. It warns against relying on external soap and water for beauty.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for dandruff claiming it makes hair thick glossy and lively. It promises heavy hair with beauty and radiance after just one application and urges readers to buy a 26 cent bottle at any drug store.
A disjointed notice describes teens sending samples by mail for “preparations” claimed to cure skin itching and burning. The fragment mentions dress, poutoard, or moutionrs and suggests sales through Boston, with unclear names or organizations. The text is garbled but points to mail order cures for dermatitis.
A jumble of ad copy and quotes tout Freexone as a painless cure for corns and calluses. The Washington Star fragment notes drops dissolve the corn, root and all, with minimal irritation. Other snippets reference a playful, era style dialogue and a Tennessee political anecdote.
A crude ad copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for sour stomach gas and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes, ending belching, bloating, headaches, and undigested food discomfort with a harmless, saleable tablet from any drug store.
An Exchange snippet discusses meaning of measured tread at home and wartime alliances with Britain. A lively debate of timing for war ends, mentioning submarines, destroyers, and devising contrivances as calculations rise to higher mathematics.
An old panic nostrum promises cure for backache rheumatism dropsy and bladder issues claiming to drain toxins from the system. The text touts a mysterious formula with dramatic claims and urges readers to seek treatment by mail at a listed hotel address with bold language and sensational warnings.
OCR reads an advertisement promising relief from headaches and sluggish liver with a 10 cent joiner or cortive. The garbled text mentions digestion, sour food, bad breath, yellow skin, and misery, suggesting a tonight canearet intended to cure a broad list of ailments.
An incoherent wartime dialogue unfolds with a deacon and doctor discussing a wife and a facial remark amid a story of Private Dolan’s punishment and a touching letter to his mother. The fragment mentions an exchange, military service, and a promotion, with a closing note about packing for an overseas shipment.
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