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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
7
An old advertisement collage contrasts calomel's salivation and health hazards with Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant, nongripe liver medicine. It touts a morning return to vigor, guaranteed refunds, and widespread druggist availability across households and stores.
Old Standard GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC touted for malaria and iron benefits. A jumble of letters and anecdotes follows, including trench letter woes, home remedies, and a humorous note about a window shade mishap and a bulldog’s pedigree.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Massage daily to reduce freckles and blemishes for clearer, softer, whiter skin. Available at grocers or drug stores for a few cents. Adv shows cosmetic home remedy claims.
A Huntington Lake carpenter, W O S Desmond, sought to join the army despite his wife Hilt objecting. They compromised with a coin toss in which heads kept him home and tails sent him to the front, leading to his enlistment in the field artillery. TheF wife declared, My wife is good sport.
Fragmented OCR shows soldiers and officers in a banter scene about diggers and a French party. A lieutenant asks how many more are with the digging party. One officer remains away from work, highlighting friction and morale in a wartime unit.
A humorous exchange suggests a broken engagement as a couple discovers they cannot sustain life together in a cottage. The dialogue pokes fun at lack of practical preparations and the misunderstanding that love alone sustains marriage. The piece satirizes gender roles and domestic expectations.
Tulsa business leaders praised progress on the Hot Springs Pike's Peak Highway as officials Avery and Guthrey reported on the route from Tulsa toward the Colorado resort. The plan, under the Albert Pike Highway Association, aims to map Oklahoma to Colorado segments with Waldron, Mount Ida, and Hot Springs as key milestones.
Cres cent College and Conservatory for Girls at Eureka Springs opening enrollment for 1917 14 season with 50 spots on the waiting list Perry County Council of Agriculture sets Perryville meeting to discuss expanding county wheat acreage J B Dunn chairs and J T Chafin secretary Nancy Blanton aged 99 visits Texarkana courthouse for pension warrant McRae farmers form Hay and Grain Growers Association with pledge equal to ten times prior year acreage Earle sewer system work underway under TW Welle and W A Carine of Memphis septic tank project under way King resigns as field agent to join Tri State Hospital at Memphis G 8 Stewart industrial agent forms Higden Agricultural Improvement Association 43 members Canning factory at Taatie ships tomatoes to Oklahoma Bald Knob farmers organize Bald Knob Fruit Exchange Young farm on Linden Island in Madison sells for 68780 total price 68780 Sacred Heart Moriton parochial school opens with larger attendance
Letters from Ridgway Pennsylvania and Tennille Georgia describe relief from backache fatigue and ulceration after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Women report regaining ability to manage households and garden work. Claims urge others to seek personalized advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An excerpt describes a dinner party where some guests bring children. A little girl asks to play with Bernard's toys, but he refuses, insisting a child must be a gentleman. The scene hints at social pressures and quick shifts in behavior during social gatherings.
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