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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement touts Freezone a new Cincinnati chemist designed corn and callus dissolver. It claims painless application with rapid loosening of withered skin and root removal, available in small bottles from drug stores at low cost. Also notes Australian government farm settlement programs with loans and basic supplies for new settlers.
Advert reads Cuticura Ointment for skin troubles with hot baths using Cuticura Soap. Free samples by mail with book at Cuticura Dept L Boston. Also mentions a quirky Australian bird the kookaburra laughing jackass, described as a silly bird causing noisy merriment.
A newspaper ad promotes ethine double strength as a guaranteed remedy to remove freckles. It promises rapid results with an ounce or less, claiming both dark and light spots will fade and a clear complexion will follow, offered with a money back guarantee.
In a domestic moment, sisters Super-Energy Little Jane and Josephine help their mother with the dinner dishes. Jane insists she dried a plate so hard it made her perspire, prompting a gentle domestic exchange about effort and accuracy.
A terse exchange recalls a yesterday confrontation where one man calls the other a toad and the other responds that he got hopping mad. The casual dialogue hints at a minor quarrel with playful rural insult.
The Zimmermann telegram instructed Mexico to form a wartime alliance with Germany and Japan. It proposed Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare on February 1 1917 and urged Mexico to recover lost territories in New Mexico Texas and Arizona. The plan aimed to pressure the United States and mediate with Japan if Mexico agreed.
Senate disclosures reveal Zimmermann note invited Mexico to join Germany in war against the United States and urged Japan via Mexican mediation to abandon allies. Germany promised Mexico financial support and to reconquer Texas New Mexico and Arizona, with von Eckhardt directing the bid from Mexico City.
An Exchange opinion argues that pre selecting traffic routes and widening key avenues with broad macadam, while keeping residential streets modest, will save money for taxpayers and raise a city’s desirability and competitiveness. It urges citizens to embrace proactive planning to improve growth and prosperity.
Waco Texas editorial notes Mayor Campbell of Houston advocates combining city and county governments to cut expenses and reduce duplicated offices. It argues a single legislative and police framework could work, citing St. Louis and London as examples, and condemns the American practice of creating many offices increasing government costs.
The article warns that wool shortages loom as war and embargoes tighten world supply while demand climbs. US production has fallen about 2% in years while population grew 60%, forcing imports to bridge the gap and risk higher prices amid British embargo effects. It calls for expanding sheep farming and wood production to restore balance.
East and West notes Japanese workers gain prosperity from war-driven activity. Hatoba coolies in Yokohama earn 50 yen monthly and waste paper buyers up to 1.50 yen daily while sake shops near foreign and native bands thrive. Salaried men face inflation.
More than 400 American cities with populations over 10 000 report to the children's bureau that municipal funds are devoted to special child hygiene programs. In over 20 cities a dedicated department for this work operates, the Providence Bulletin notes.
A timeless principle describes agriculture as doing the right thing at the right time and all the time. The maxim emphasizes consistent ethics guiding farming practices and community considerations.
Notre Dame scientist Rev Dr Julius A Nieuwland presents a new compound called Silver Picric acetylide. Early laboratory tests show it may be more destructive than any known explosive. A student apparatus was wrecked by a single atom during initial experiments.
Kerrville Texas resident S P Benton aged 64 credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with curing long term kidney and rheumatic troubles. He states he can stand straight again and praises the remedy. The testimonial urges readers to use the correct product name DODD’S with three D’s.
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as effective for eczema old sores running sores salt rheum ulcers sore nipples broken breasts itching skin skin diseases and burns and promises a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Mrs F E Root claims dramatic recovery after years of illness.
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