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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
6
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets 10 cent boxes for cleansing the bowels liver and stomach claiming no side effects and overnight relief. A Gargoyle cartoon joke from Michigan features Bill quipping during a awkward visit at his girlfriend’s home.
An ad promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming kidney and bladder cleansing benefits and broad health improvements. It touts government chemical approval and urges readers to buy from their druggist, noting a refund if not $8. The piece also includes a separate slogan and a Hell Gate Bridge cost figure of $30,000,000.
Washington faces the crisis of safeguarding hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war as diplomatic ties with Germany end. The piece notes American embassies previously guarded prisoner welfare in Britain, France, Russia, and beyond, and asks which neutral nation will assume care if others sever relations. It discusses potential shifts among neutrals, the strain on Washington, and looming memorial projects in the capital.
A U S Department of Agriculture public road study notes country bound farmers using two loaded wagons to reach the good road then leaving one wagon by the roadside for later. They haul a single wagon the rest of the way on the improved highway. In places with oxen, teams switch from multiple yokes to a single load on the better road.
The article explains that road damage in winter is caused by excess water expanding when frozen, not by cold itself. Dry roads resist heaving, while wet roads crack as ice expands. Prevention requires keeping roads dry and well drained before and during winter to avoid future damage.
Article urges using road scrapers to improve dirt roads by grading for drainage and dragging to smooth the surface after rain. Encourages neighbors to adopt the method and notes that better country roads raise school attendance and support for durable highways.
In 1014 the United States approves funds for road work. A quartet of workers will carry out the project with local oversight and state collaboration.
Anuric, a claimed new agent by Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY, is advertised as removing uric acid from the system to ease rheumatism gout and related pains when taken before meals. The piece references Scheele's discovery and notes doctors endorse the remedy.
A brief wry portrait of the Jibways as a contented couple who avoid the moral dilemmas of drama. Mrs Jibway is busy with many clubs while Mr Jibway is consumed by business, leaving little thought for inner life or soul ventures.
A stranger who had dropped in comments on how a businessman compounds a prescription. The man asks if the intruder is a druggist, then learns the visitor is the team manager who had been giving unsolicited advice from the bleachers. The exchange ends with a lesson in minding one’s own business.
A line noting that some people tell the truth only when a lie would not serve the purpose. It adds a fact that factories in California pay taxes on wages totaling 140,034,000 dollars annually.
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