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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
10
Advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to boost energy and blood quality. Claims to improve complexion and vitality by purifying blood with herbal ingredients like Golden Seal, Oregon grape, Queen's root, and cherry bark. Presents tablets and liquid forms for sixty cents at drug stores.
Advertisement notes Cutieura helps eczema and rashes that sting and burn. It suggests daily toilet preparation to prevent return. Sample offer mentions Cutieura from Boston and availability at druggists or by mail with Clemment 25 and 50.
[A humorous fragment recounts John Smith and his friend Als on a fishing trip where the horse refuses the bit and remains silent as Smith tells jokes. The tale ends noting Texas drought losses reaching four hundred million dollars last year.]
British Field Marshal Haig reports heavy German artillery north of Serre as the front remains quiet elsewhere. Germany is moving men and guns for a new drive after the March 21 offensive, with emphasis on the Hebuterne and Hebuterne hills region and potential strike toward Arras and Amiens. In Mesopotamia, British forces advance toward Kirkuk, 60 miles east of Mosul, pursuing Turks after capturing Kirkul.
Washimeren announced Martin I. Pew will be the personal press representative to centralize public information on War Department activities. New type army trucks are ordered, favoring commercial models for army use over two smaller Liberty trucks, with the large three‑ton Liberty later continuing in manufacture.
New York reports 41 veterans from France sent by General Pershing to join the third Liberty Loan will be received in Washington by President Wilson and Secretary Baker. Rome notes Pope Benedict calls for a special mass on St Peter's Day June 9 praying for an end to evils tormenting humanity.
A joint committee of the Trades Union Congress and the Labor party appeals to the government to oppose enforcing conscription in Ireland. Unfilled U S Steel orders for April 30 total 8,741,480 tons, down 819,828 from March 31. British nurse deaths in war service reach 940.
An omnibus of vintage ad copy and garbled excerpts promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children, followed by a muddled counterfeit warning and a pasted, misread legal notice about Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. The fragment ends with a stray anecdote about a child misbehaving during a nap.
A fragment notes women take pride in keeping a tidy home and washing early in the week, praising good soap and urging use of Red Cross Hall Itue.
Fragmentary OCR yields a shattered quote about blocking a move and tensions at a disputed event. The readable bits suggest a failed plan, a refusal, and a cryptic vow by an individual named Lestunt Vearsertyet, with unclear locale or context.
In the trenches some American soldiers discuss the food situation. One notes a feast of potatoes steak butter fruit pie and more while another woman in a pink hat replies that such a feed is not to be had at any price. She adds it is not about eating but thinking.
Kings Mountain case notes Mrs Belle Jenkins suffered four years with stomach lump and breath difficulty. After failing remedies she credits Black Draught for relief, weight gain to 135 pounds, and renewed health following use, urging others to try the product.
Fragmentary text references victims and a discussion about a submarine problem in padded cells. It also notes Halifax Nova Scotia before a recent explosion was considered a peer risk by insurance men.
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