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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
7
The page mixes patent medicine ads for laxatives and cathartics with a statistical note on accidental deaths across Wyoming or Ontario, comparing rates to 1815. It cites a death rate of 20 per 100,000 from some cause, noting a fifteen year high, and references Mercy’s Pettets as a remedy.
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus healing a woman who touched his garment and the 12 year old girl in Galilee. It reflects on faith, Jairus's plea, the crowd, and Jesus restoring life, linking to wartime evangelization and the call to liberty for the bruised.
Farmers' Bulletin 94 urges preventing fires on farms by simple measures. It highlights fire buckets with rounded bottoms kept near entrances, filled with water, and labeled for fire use. It also warns against pouring sand on machinery and advises underground gasoline storage due to dangerous vapors.
The text discusses how salt can prevent water from freezing, using buckets and water refills in distant buildings, and proper technique for dousing fires with a sweeping motion. It also notes a fire chief's calm method of extinguishing oil-soaked material and reports on the U S Department of Agriculture lab efforts to detect poisonous beans imported from Asia and South America amid rising prices.
President Wilson extols the U S Department of Agriculture as the world’s leading practical scientific agricultural body with a 46 million dollar annual budget, 18 000 staff, land grant colleges, 69 stations, and 5 500 extension workers under the Smith Lever act, highlighting nationwide farmer cooperation and extension work. Also notes hydrocyanic acid risks in beans and distinguishing poisonous varieties from common beans.
Vivid extracts describe a Clapton machine gun range drill with English officers guiding American troops, followed by veteran Dutch cartoonist Baemaekers recounting his hellish war experiences. Other notes cover Japanese tiger hunts led by Yamamoto, a humorous camp tale about gas masks, and the enduring value of fingerprinting in crime detection.
London Times reports the general in command of the Monster army issued a notice to cut gas and electricity usage this winter. Businesses must limit consumption to half of last winter. Private waterworks, offices, shops, and eateries adjust hours from October 1 to between 1 and 4 pm. Window lighting and passenger elevators are forbidden, and restaurants close at 2 pm. Schools keep current hours. A German paper labels the inventor of liquid fi as “Prince of Hell.”
A midwestern farmer urges ear testing of seed corn to ensure growth and warns that poor seed endangers the 1918 crop. Advice stresses testing, increasing garden yields, storing potatoes at 28 degrees, and maximizing farm output through improved machinery and prudent farming practices.
A fragmented medical and consumer ad collage notes Cuticura soap and ointment, Garfield Tea cures, and shoe longevity. Mentions Lyons munition workers as over 15 percent women, a humorous ad line about teeth tears, Worm remedies, and Mother Gray laxatives. Ends with New York state prisoners used for war farming.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. It claims glands cleanse poisons, restore vitality, and prevent recurrence with daily capsules. Refunds offered if not as represented. Three sealed sizes available.
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