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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
8
A lab tour highlights the sterile, careful production of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The process includes harvesting herbs, using solvents to extract medicinal properties, sterilizing all equipment, pasteurizing the product, and bottling it in sterile vessels. Customer letters from women praising regained health accompany the promotion.
The article argues cradle songs are ancient, widespread across languages and cultures. It notes their enduring presence in oral tradition, their rhythm and patter shaping speech, and the intrinsic musicality that remains even as stories age. It emphasizes their communal origin and the emotional resonance they impart.
Faced with serlita sigar shortages in Poland Ore two firms in Poland used honey as a substitute. For two weeks they produced braduet with strained honey achieving about 70 percent sugar conservation. The cream made from this method was found to be excellent.
Women and girls in England join agricultural pursuits across rural areas, forming a notable shift in farming activity. Two hundred youths and women participate, reflecting growing gender participation in agriculture.
In a gentle fable Mother Bat teaches the young bats about avoiding bright light and nervous people. The story explains how humans misjudge bats as harmful and how lighted rooms endanger them, urging understanding and careful behavior during the night. The little bats listen, promise caution, and cling to their mother as they depart.
The passage compiles General Foch’s insistence that victory hinges on taking the offensive, organizing decisive massed reserves, and delivering a thunderous attack at the right moment. It argues that purely defensive actions fail and that surprise speed and force, backed by a prepared bludgeon, secure the enemy’s defeat.
Disjointed lines mention sickness and seas with uncertain speakers Tenher Tonnie Tench Tommile and Teneher. The fragment implies confusion over the Dead Sea and other seas with no clear event or outcome.
An old man alleges a motorcar struck him, rushing to a policeman who asks for the plate. He says number 66, but another observer claims 09, noting the man was headstand positioning as the event was noticed.
A note urging high standards for youth in work. It warns that passing over defects without challenge risks complacency and imperfect achievement, encouraging striving for the best rather than settling for less.
The author, previously without fixed religious conviction, became devout as his Christ figure gained reality through the writing of Ben Hur. After completing the work, General Lew Wallace felt a lasting spiritual renewal in his life.
A fragmented line depicts tension as Mia reflects on past instruction and a present sense of disregard. The speaker contrasts memory with current noise, likening it to water against a duck’s ear, suggesting diminished heed and growing detachment.
As the war drags on, Germany gains confidence with western front reinforcements, Belgim and France under threat, and Russia shattered by internal treason. German press debates indemnity while the Entente faces a daunting peace task and a looming global balance of power.
Fragmentary OCR discusses a beard tax imposed by rulers including Mi Elizabeth, Catherine I, Peter II, and Elizabeth, with tax figures and periods cited across Russia. It notes dissatisfaction and extensions of the impost in Saint Petersburg and other locales, reflecting 18th century regressive taxation on men’s facial hair.
Farmers labor long hours and rely on Allan's Foot Base powder to reduce friction, freshen feet, and prevent blisters. Advertises as antiseptic footbath additive used in shoes and baths, claiming relief for tired aching feet. Sold by dealers nationwide.
Report describes French air raid lights over Paris Gouin avenue during recent actions. Low rockets discharged before rapping, releasing parachutes with bright glire. Parachutes dropped slowly, fuses cast a brilliant glare, aiding accuracy against ground targets.
An old advertisement promotes Cutteura Complexions with Cutteara Soap and Olutment for daily use to improve complexion and softness. Free samples are claimed by mailing to Cutteura Dept. X, Boston. Soap price 26, Olutment price 25 and 50 cents, sold by druggists or by mail.
Tuylyard Kipling commands five hundred dollars per thousand words as the top earner among short story authors. Envy is noted as a force that distances readers from the object of their envy.
In the heat of summer, laborers are warned to guard health by caring for the stomach and bowels. The ad promotes Eaton ic remedy from A L Kramer of Chicago, claiming fast relief from indigestion and related ailments, with after meal use and a money back guarantee.
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