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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
7
Mrs. W C Brown of Cleveland Ohio says four weeks in hospital failed to ease her uterine and abdominal pains. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improved greatly and urges others to try it instead of staying in hospital.
The piece surveys historic bridges from Srinagar in Kashmir to the Wapllbrneck in Lucerne and a ninth century Croyland bridge in Lincolnshire. It notes precarious wooden strolls in Srinagar, painted triangular carvings on the Lucerne roofed bridge, Kapelbrueck’s fortress tower, and a steep elevated causeway at Croyland with a stone Saxon king statue.
An advertisement touts Cuticura emollients as a safe daily treatment for itching and scaling skin in all ages. It offers free samples by mail with a Book and directs readers to send a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston for purchase. A separate Boston Post blurb humorously notes a reader ordering a vanilla éclair as a playful U-boat sinking moment.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as unequaled in service and whitening power, claiming a 5 cent package yields genuine merit and snow white clothes. It urges shopping at good grocers and includes a humorous exchange about renting estate dealers.
Prudence resists leaving the parsonage as Jerrold, a man with a shadowed past, visits to discuss their possible marriage. Mr. Starr questions Jerrold's character and intentions while urging patience, and Prudence wakes to a kiss that leaves them breathless.
Prudence enjoys a blissful summer with Jerry while twins Carol and Lark scheme. They rig a rope swing from a maple as Connie discovers the plan, snatching the rope and triggering a dramatic mishap when the branch gives way. Jerry disappears, leaving readers in suspense.
Prudence and Jerry sit on the front porch as Carol and Lark arrive with a request to take Jerry to the woodshed for a few minutes. Prudence questions the plan while the others linger, and Fairy, Babble, Connie, and the twins are noted as absent or away.
The article argues every organ affects the brain and nervous system. It cautions that the steady, routine lifestyle avoids temperamental fits and temporary poisoning of the brain, urging care of health to let each organ perform its duty.
Cincinnati authority promotes a foot care claim for freezone, a drug applied to corns or calluses that supposedly removes them, with instant relief and root-wide lifting. The ad asserts low cost and easy availability at drug stores and urges customers to ask their pharmacist to stock it.
A ten year old Munese pupil pinned a small American flag to his trousers at noon. When asked why he said boys would get paddled after school for shooting paper wads and the flag would deter the principal from striking the flag of his country.
A home remedy ad claims freckles fade with ethine double strength serum. Apply a small amount twice daily, promising rapid clearing of dark spots and light freckles. Money back guarantee if freckles do not remove. Sold by druggists with ounce sufficient for most users.
A Boston mill joke ends with the minder noting a silent man named Bill Nite, mistaken as the quietest. The crowd realizes he is dead, having not spoken to anyone for nearly twenty years. The exchange showcases a grim punchline about silence and death.
A fusion of charity and defense sees the American Bible Society ship Goodwill, once sent to Panama to supply Bibles to passing vessels, now armed and serving in the government patrol service. The evolution reflects wartime shifts and curious adjustments in mission.
A line of advice from a father to a son about work and value. The son emphasizes respect for bread at ten cents a loaf and butter at sixty cents a pound, reflecting frugal, practical talk on daily sustenance.
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