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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
2
The article notes no scientific miracles in WWI surgery, only organization and dedicated service by doctors nurses and ambulance crews. It highlights high casualty infection and the role of rapid evacuation from front lines to hospitals, plus advances like plastic surgery enabling recovery despite severe wounds.
Mrs John Koplemann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding her health and a healthy baby girl after using the remedy. The ad claims the product helps women suffering from disturbances, irregularities, and similar female complaints and urges others to try it.
An ad hawks a Hamburg tea drink claiming to break a cold instantly. It advises mixing a tablespoon with boiling water, drinking as a soup, and asserts it opens pores to relieve congestion. Presented as inexpensive and entirely vegetable with no side effects.
Washington Feb 12 The Agriculture Secretary announces a plan to sell and distribute 100000 tons of nitrate of soda for fertilizer under the food control act. Ports include Charleston Wilmington Savannah Norfolk and Baltimore with cash on delivery at cost plus freight and state tag fee.
An elderly pastor in Washington writes to Internal Revenue Commissioner Dan Roper saying he would give half his money to help pay taxes for the war effort. He notes he has one dollar and a few stamps, misunderstanding a clergy tax plea, and returns the dollar with a grateful reply.
Washington reports a strong presidential appeal to central powers advisers and allies. Lawmakers praise the address as opening discussions on peace terms and press for clearer statements from German rulers to end imperial rule and pave way for postwar welfare.
Washington February 1 Secretary Baker approved a proposal before Congress to grant army officers in the field extra quarters allowances when away from posts. The raise applies only to officers with dependents and increases pay by 18 percent for second lieutenant up to 25 percent for colonel.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a bygone custom of a colonel who drank a toddy each morning before breakfast. The exchange notes that today his naval toddy hour is marked by some of the choicest profanity the speaker has heard.
The Bureau of Standards releases Circular No. 75 on safety for households. It details hazards from electricity, gas, fire, chemicals and other common risks, with cases and precautions to reduce danger. The guide promotes intelligent caution, home measures, and public safety to prevent avoidable injuries and losses. Copies available for 15 cents from the Government Printing Office.
Refund offered if Pazo Ointment fails to cure piles in sufferers. Patient notes relief after first application. Includes claim of effectiveness for bleeding protruding or inflamed conditions. Product marketed to treat tebing and related symptoms with a money back guarantee.
Theodore Diers the federal food administrator will publish an honor roll of Wyoming hotels and restaurants that agree to follow the food administration suggestions for public eating houses. A March list will name those who have pledged and begun to conform and officials urge patrons to support compliant establishments. Citizens may report violations and Diers seeks to show Washington that Wyoming venues honor the program.
San Antonio Texas February 12 The third court martial arising from the Houston riot of August 23 will begin February 18 with forty members of the Twenty fourth Infantry facing charges of mutiny and murder at Fort Sam Houston. Two previous courts tried seventy eight men, convicting all but six. Thirteen were hanged, five sentenced to death and others sent to prison for long terms.
A Baltimore American quote notes a young woman speaker responds to a question in a debate with a concise reason, saying simply Because. The remark is highlighted as a sharp example of concise rhetoric.
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