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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
5
An old advertisement urges girls to try Knowlton's Danderine for cleaner scalp and softer hair. It claims immediate beautification and, after weeks, new hair growth, stating a 25 cent bottle from any store will suffice.
In Boston a schoolteacher asks for a word meaning full of, like dangerous and hazardous. A pupil answers with humor, saying pious means full of pie, eliciting a light moment in class as reported by Tit-Bits.
A railroad engineer with a long unpaid injury tale touts Peterson's Ointment as a cure he credits with healing a leg wound after failed treatments. The ad claims the ointment works on old sores eczema ulcers itching skin and piles, offering a money back guarantee and a bargain price.
Berlin officials publish wartime airship losses for 1916 showing Germany lost 291 craft while opponents lost 784. Most damage occurred in the West with Germany at 181 airships and Allied forces at 789.
Mr. Robert W. Ferguson of Hingham Massachusetts reports years of kidney disorder and backache. He nearly died in Vancouver but recovered through persistent use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He remains cured and uses them occasionally to keep kidneys regulated.
Practical war economy urges men to wear soft collars and office overalls and women to use dark blouses and curtain bass par lors as part of the drive to save laundry costs. Authorities note that careful washing of hands and face reduces towel laundering frequency.
Advert message claims Green's August Flower cures ailments from disordered stomach to liver issues. It markets gentle laxative effects, digestion regulation, and blood purification benefits with claims of fifty years use in the United States and beyond. A humor line about photographers and a note on Epalan acreage appear in the text.
A busy woman can cultivate a hardy, low maintenance garden lasting for years. Choose robust species like hybrid perpetual roses and hardy border plants, prepare soil with manure, plant with proper spacing, prune firmly, and protect winter roots. Include roses, hollyhocks, larkspur, iris, phlox, carnations, columbines, sunflowers, and foxglove for continuous bloom and ornamental appeal.
A well designed piazza enhances home comfort and beauty with a wide surround. Minimum seven feet wide and up to twelve feet deep, with optional roof and sun porch glass sides for winter use. Roof height should allow light to first floor. summer shading via awning or vine trellis. Copper wire screens resist corrosion near salt water. paint black screens two months before use. paint sash with black over factory red wash for protection.
The Alameda California board of health adopts a system of placards reading Clean Dirty or Filthy to designate sanitary conditions on residences and business premises. Placards will be posted on all houses, with removal only after compliance and potential penalties for removal. The committee will oversee inspections and enforcement under city charter powers.
Bristol Tennessee with about 10 000 residents adopts a city manager for a three year term. The move signals growing acceptance of manager governance and will test reforms against the previous political setup.
The Pennsylvania forestry and highway departments plan cooperation to plant shade and fruit trees along state highways. Seed-grown trees from the forestry nurseries will be transplanted to designated areas and handed to the highway department when mature. Local road groups will assist in planting, with species including Scotch and white pines, Norway spruce, Douglas fir, sugar maple, white ash, white elm, black cherry, honey locust and European larch.
Painter Carlo Vasquez has solved scheduling by using a wax figure of King Alfonso in uniform as the sitter. The real monarch can be seen to pose only for the face and hands, while the rest of the representation remains the fixed wax figure in the studio.
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse for the stomach and liver removing sour food and waste. It promises relief from headaches biliousness indigestion and constipation by morning with no griping and costs 10 cents a box. Millions are cited as users.
An American tourist in Stratford asks who Shakespeare is during a jubilee. An elderly villager replies that Shakespeare wrote for the Bible, noting the visitor’s confusion over the many Shakespeare branded entries.
A playful exchange unfolds as one party asks for a secret about Mrs Nextdoor, prompting playful refusals and witty banter. The conversation pivots on curiosity and a sharp retort about temperament before the secret remains undisclosed.
The quotation frames history as cycles with acceleration, noting modern life speeds up via motorcycles. A proverb urges waiting to judge the cook after dining, suggesting patience before critique amid bustling progress.
The article asserts that South African birds once thought not to be song birds have had their classification disproved. It notes colorfully on other items such as laundry and a steel wire bicycle tire and includes miscellaneous sayings.
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