19 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
1
An eccentric collage of poems and fragments contrasts nightingales sparrows and robins with a woodpecker chasing bugs. Amid slang, misprints, and stray lines, the piece shifts to wartime allusions and a call to fame, ending with varied, provocative vignettes and remembered names.
An old advertisement urges readers to visit a druggist for a fifty cent bottle of King's New Discovery. It claims rapid relief from ailments with a single spoonful, though it relies on sensational claims and consumer trust to persuade purchase.
A garbled ad blurb mocks Wisconsin beer claims and parodies political rhetoric. It mentions a New York editor and failing income returns, then shifts to fragmented notes about meat comparisons and animal raising topics from various municipal and public departments.
Bloomingdale printing firm seeks six to twelve good clean Bloomingdale girls for steady work on Harrison and Sixth Streets. High wages offered as business expands. Call to see the manager at General Printing Corporation. Also mentions books at library and a quack ad for health elixirs with dubious medical claims.
Take Your Medicines Regularly This Spring Hoon's Sarsa parilla Before Meals Pontiron After. This combination is having wonderful success everywhere. It relieves rheumatism expels tumors restores lost appetite brightens faces and clears complexions. It gives worn-out people new ambition and iron strength. Frond's Sarsaparila and Peptiron use blood purity stomach-toning formulas with pepsin and tonics. In cases needing a cathartic Hoorl's Barsaparinla and Peptiron aid by relieving sluggishness constipation and all Hyperdis.
The socialist editor Mastman testified about his editorial control at a New York publication, denying government charges that he obstructed the draft law. He said only contributing editors can suppress letters, cartoons, or articles, and claimed his aim was to defend conscience and not obstruct conscription.
Fred Feick of Garrett was recognized as a leading mediator in Washington on April 1. The government listed him among top mediators after facilitating the seovement stony of a thirty party dispute.
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