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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
8
An health advertorial promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to renew energy and stamina, improve complexion, and combat headaches and backaches. It claims to cleanse blood with herbal ingredients like Golden Seal and Black Cherry bark and notes tablets cost sixty cents at drug stores.
Reports indicate Western Canada shows vastly increased farmland ready for crop this year compared with last. The open fall of 2017 aided fall plowing. January mild weather near Pincher Creek, Alberta allowed further plowing. American landowners arrived with prices from 15 to 30 dollars an acre, drawn by wheat yields of 20 to 50 bushels per acre and a wheat price around 2.21 per bushel, fueling production and profit.
Red Cross nurses in Europe distribute toasted Lucky Strike cigarettes to wounded soldiers in France. The ads tout toasted tobacco for better flavor and preservation, noting the American Tobacco Company mass production and newspaper tobacco funds supporting the effort.
A small white coffin rests on a plain canopy carried by laymen while white clad clerics lead a brief funeral cortege through crowded shops. Onlookers pause, hats off, prayers murmured, soldiers and sailors salute, and a streetcar Tommy slows to honor the child's passing.
The piece argues that women are naturally quicker to act at accidents. It says men often rush to call a doctor or ambulance, but women possess a practical instinct to help significantly during emergencies.
A Wisconsin farmer claims cows milkier by two quarts daily when a photograph or gramophone is played during milking. Professor Harker notes cows may perform better when entertained and in a good mood, affecting production.
When the urge to assume malice arises it is time to apply generous judgment. The piece urges replacing harsh conclusions with kinder thoughts about others.
A magnet attracts a rustable hook and eye while rejecting nonmagnetic pieces making it a handy addition to the sewing basket.
Green's August Flower is touted as a worldwide household remedy for constipation, indigestion, and low spirits, promising relief after a few doses. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist and notes its sale in all civilized countries. Thirty women in khaki trousers work as pipefitters at a New Jersey chemical plant.
An advertisement explains catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. It touts tonics and blood purifiers as ingredients and notes testimonials and the Toledo company. A separate note mentions a feather-covered metal tube for umbrella rolling patented in England.
A vintage advertisement describes mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water to darken gray hair. The formula claims to shade faded hair without coloring the scalp, leaving hair soft and glossy and not sticky or rub-off. Directions are said to come with each Barbo Compound box.
An advertisement asserts Garfield Tea overcomes constipation, touting health benefits for those with a constipated habit and noting its use in California’s San Fernando Valley area.
A brief exchange shows a mother seeking a solution to a baby's thumb sucking and an uncle proposing a muzzle as the simple fix. The dialog reflects practical, blunt family guidance from a past era.
Historic advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a kidney and bladder remedy. It claims 200 years of use, describes symptoms like backache and urinary troubles, and promises restoration with continued capsules, with money back guarantee from druggists.
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