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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
7
OCR fragments show assorted old ads and notices mentioning grooming products hair color dress, Quinine, laundry blue, and a Nebraska invention. The legible bits reference potential political talk about suntry board and a women’s crowning hair display, with no coherent news event.
A Tallapoosa Georgia letter describes a woman once in poor health, nervous and weak after years in a hotel. She credits Cardul with restoring strength, sleep, and vitality after taking several bottles, noting weight gain from 108 to 122 pounds and improved well being.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap as a fast remedy for pimples and rough surfaces. It urges washing with hot water, suggests a five minute rinse, and claims the preparations are unsurpassed. A mail-order sample offer via Boston is included.
A fragmented OCR passage depicts farm hands at a pump with a new man named Joe in a rough morning exchange. The tone is rustic and colloquial, reflecting social dynamics on a farming operation through a brief dialogue fragment.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative that cleanses the liver and bowels overnight without gripe or inconvenience. It contrasts Cascarets with salts and purgatives, claims relief from headaches indigestion and sour tongue, and notes the product is sold for restaurant use and in stacks.
Hot Springs greets its largest winter season as visitors from across the country flock to the resort. Wealth and leisure surge amid dinners, dances, theater, golf, and hotel life, while the spa town’s social mix includes both society leaders and travelers enjoying the healing waters and country outings.
A mine four miles west of Tindall leads in average production in the north Arkansas field due to its ore extraction and new mill setup. A freight incident near Mena involved a hound following a train to Moorefield. A Crawford County coroner investigated a presumed dead man who revived on arrival. Fox hunters form Polk County Wolves, Bobcats, Foxhounds group. Two Civil War veterans, once in Missouri, meet after 60 years. A Dardanelle widow learns a mistaken death notice. her son is alive. Louis Altheimer sells a 950 acre Wabbaseka plantation for 50000 dollars. Rock Island announces a special round trip rate via Memphis for March 6.
The Arkansas House approved two constitutional amendment joint resolutions, one on a state farm credit system for bond issuance to fund farmers mortgages at 5 percent, and another restricting local legislation with a 40 day notice on local or special bills. A third amendment plat faces a ceremonial ballot. Also approved statewide tick eradication for multiple counties, with some prior bills exempted. Reports include tornado encounters near Madison county causing structural damage but minimal injuries, local notices of bank policy on farming, oil and gas leases near Gravette, and a vandalized tax-related local notice excerpt.
The United States coal and coke industry set new records in 1916 per C. E. Lesher of the U S Geological Survey. Total coke production rose sharply by 2700000 tons or about 40 percent, while coal output topped prior highs, surpassing the previous record by a wide margin. Pennsylvania anthracite amounted to about 13,000 net tons, down 600000 tons from the peak.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, gas, and heartburn. It claims relief within five minutes, boasts high satisfaction value, and emphasizes home use with a boldly enthusiastic testimonial voice.
A famous actress shares a home remedy for darkening hair using Kray hair tonic, Barbo Compound, and glycerine. Instructions promise gradual darkening of gray streaks, with a glossy finish. Also advertised are cough remedies and humorous quips, reflecting the era's mixed ad content.
A historic ad copy touts a kidney cleansing regimen and a product named Anuric from Dr. Pierce of Invalides' Hotel Buffalo New York. It claims elimination of toxins through skin and intestines, a milk and vegetable diet, ample water and exercise, and promises dissolving uric acid for backache scalding urine and rheumatism. To obtain a trial package, send 10 cents if not carried by your druggist.
An observed quip laments old fashioned women policing modesty, noting a modern contrast. The speaker imagines the past critic exhausted by today’s styles, implying persistent social scrutiny without explicit names or events. The tone is sharp and humorous.
An OCR fragmented page advertises laxatives and patent medicines for colds and flu including Laxative Quini dine Tablets for coughs and head congestion. It also touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as liver regulators, a misfit quote about monkeys and camels, a young lawyer Dora Pulkin in Washington DC, and odd health claims about oxygen use and white clothes with crow hall blue.
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