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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
The text promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a spring tonic with laxative effects. It also touts Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic for babies and growing children, noting no calomel and a 50 cent price. Additional ad-style content covers testing garden soil with litmus paper to judge liming needs.
An ad touts Freezone as a cheap remedy to remove corns and calluses by applying a few drops, claiming instant relief and root removal. It mentions a Cincinnati inventor and urges pharmacists to order small bottles if local stock is unavailable. Also warns about dishonest Pekinese dog dealers who bleach and dye coats for color.
A camp meeting crowd hears the preacher urge singing as hats pass for collection baskets. The pianist searches for the song in the book, saying he cannot find “While the Hats Are Coming In,” prompting a humorous exchange in the Christian Herald.
A terse dialogue centers on a man deemed a queer tone and a bald pretense at earning a living. The other character asks how, and the reply labels him a hair-raising specialist, implying a chilling or unsettling professional skill.
An article outlines proposals to expand the U S Army to two million with an 11 000 000 Regular army and National Guard support. It details the draft method and exemptions for federal and state officers ministers priests and religious students, plus those opposed to war. It describes registration, selection, training camp dispatch, and pay levels for privates and sergeants.
The bill allows the president to draft 1,000,000 for the regular army, National Guard, and a new conscript force while permitting volunteers 18 to 40. First calls could total about 1,155,000, with 500,000 more as a second contingent. Roosevelt’s volunteer project is rejected and pay scales for enlisted men are raised.
Herbert C Hoover arrives from Europe to advise on food conditions and warns that without control flour could hit 20 dollars a barrel this year. He says control could cut flour prices by 40 to 50 percent and argues no food panic is needed and that opposition by special interests threatens necessary power to fully govern the food supply. He notes America has a large surplus and aims to aid allies after securing domestic protection.
Washington disclosed that the United States is committed to no separate peace with Germany and will act only in concert with all nations fighting Germany. The policy was stated by a high government official as Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg’s government faced possible peace proposals. President Wilson had told Mr. Balfour that the United States will make war and peace in common with the first yesterday.
The House of Representatives passed the conference report on the military bill 215 to 178, recommitting to include Col Roosevelt's offer to lead an expeditionary force to France. The Senate favored raising a division not subject to conscription, but yielded on this point in conference. If the Senate agrees, President Wilson must decide on the Roosevelt expeditionary force for service abroad.
Secretary McAdoo urges all cabinet officers and state governors to stamp official mail with a red line urging patriotic duty to buy liberty loan bonds. He says orders should be issued across treasury bureaus and branches to maximize publicity for the 1917 2 billion offering.
Little Rock Arkansas senator 8S. C. Sims of Hazen was found guilty in circuit court of bribery related to matters before the last legislature. He received a one year prison term and a $1800 fine, and appealed to the supreme court with $10,000 bond. Also named in the indictment was Senator I. C. Gurgress who allegedly turned state's evidence during the trial.
A German steamship that sought refuge in New York in August 1914 steamed away under the American flag bound for a European port with a cargo of supplies. It marks the first seized vessel put to use against U boats. As she moved seaward, many steamers saluted, and observers noted the historic moment.
Cincinnati report states Joseph Benson Foraker, former U S senator and twice a gubernatorial candidate, died at age 70 after years in poor health since 1909. He named William McKinley at the 1896 Republican convention and again in 1900.
The lesson from Isaiah 28 discusses wine in four biblical aspects social medicinal sacrificial and its woes. It warns drunkards are to be punished and abstinence is required for priests rulers and worshipers. The text stresses temperance as control of God gifts and contrasts Samaria with Jerusalem showing the dangers of drunkenness and the need for patient instruction.
The article notes that crude compasses were known in China by 2634 BC and used for navigation as early as the 3rd century AD. It attributes slow adoption to ruling policies and Chinese sailors' habits, contrasting with seafaring nations where the instrument gained great importance.
A mosaic of snippets from old ads and dialogue sketches shows a plucky village tone. The text references La Creole hair product and gas in a parlor, with quick quips about stamps and backline transport to the depot.
An advertisement promises freckle removal using ethine double strength with one ounce claimed sufficient to clear skin and guarantee satisfaction. A second snippet recounts a anecdotal muffin recipe reply from a cook in Atlanta, stressing simple ingredients and method.
An anonymous letter from Trenton Georgia claims Cardui cured long standing abdominal pain and later nervousness. The writer says two bottles first eased pain, then two more calmed nerves with no further pain, crediting Cardui and Black Draught. Cardui described as a vegetable tonic with a 40 year record and marketed as a reliable female remedy. At drug stores. Adv. A new building for the department of the interior at Washington will cost
Mrs Tros McGonigal of 3422 Hartville Street Philadelphia recounts severe cramps and back pains since youth ended by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after months of suffering. She credits the remedy with stopping monthly pains and preventing an operation, urging others to try it.
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