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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
8
Fragmentary notice notes Lydia Pie’s Vegetable Compound claimed to aid women in the United States. The ad invites readers to write to Pinkham Medicine Co. for free special advice and potential health guidance.
The Cleveland Leader opines that living costs could ease if people focus on needs rather than wants, urging restraint to lower prices and inflation. The piece reflects a populist belief in simple living and prudent consumption affecting the economy.
An old-fashioned mother’s remedy column promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for children and adults. The ad claims it cleanses the liver and bowels, tastes pleasant to children, and offers a 50 cent bottle with directions on each bottle.
Indiana will become bone dry under a new prohibition law signed by Governor Goodrich. The act sets strict limits on liquor production, sale, and transport with heavy enforcement and a later start date. it also ushers in a nonpartisan constitutional convention to draft a new state constitution, opening January 1918 with 115 delegates.
Yonkers Herald notes the U S push for vacant-lot gardening as a practical remedy to high living costs. It cites Brooklyn's 49080 idle acres and says intensive cultivation could support 25000 families, urging organized gardening associations and winter study of farming basics.
A reader asks about a supposed French scientist method to render mules inaudible to protect supply trains. The note claims a covert operation that silences the mules to prevent disclosure of army movements. No verifiable details are provided.
A 19th century style note advises drinking plenty of water and taking Anuric before meals to dissolve uric acid. The remark compares Anuric favorably to lithia and hints at a humorous exchange about wealth and social status in the Stanford Chaparral.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a painless treatment to lift corns and calluses. It claims a few drops on tender areas stop soreness and loosen the corn or callus for easy removal, with a small bottle inexpensive at drug stores.
A teacher asks about the phrase Gods acre and Herbert from arithmetic explains it equals one hundred and sixty square rods. The exchange shows a classroom moment clarifying old land measure terms.
A recipe advises breaking a quarter package of Skinners Macaroni into boiling water for ten to twelve minutes, then layering cold chicken, macaroni and tomato sauce in a shallow dish with buttered crumbs, baking until brown. Skinners Macaroni is sold in grocery stores.
Preparedness for next washday with Red Cross Ball Blue. The ad urges asking a grocer for the product which promises clear white laundry and a snowy basket of clothes, claiming Red Cross is the true blue.
A witty exchange contrasts a botanist and a florist. The botanist is described as knowing all about the prices people will pay for plants, reflecting a humorous view on expertise and value.
A sales pitch warns that dandruff harms hair and offers Knowlton’s Dandeline for 26 cents to revive life and luster. The ad promises rapid results including healthier, fuller hair within weeks and mentions a claim from an Emglitt scientist about Eukimos.
A humorous exchange notes a new cook who stays but is not skilled in cooking. The hostess jokes about the mismatch, highlighting comic frustration with domestic duties in a Boston theatre script snippet.
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