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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
8
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow responds to a young writer seeking a way to be seen as interesting and to earn money by helping families. She praises initiative, urges dropping self-doubt, and notes real demand for a weekly or occasional visiting mother’s helper with strong references.
The piece offers guidance for women seeking paid mothers' helper roles, recommending professional dress and self-assurance while contacting apartment superintendents. It notes a War Savings Stamp meeting in Liverpool Pa tomorrow at 7 30 p m with Postmaster George J Tharp presiding and speakers Dr George H Johnston and B Stiles Duncan of Duncannon.
Week ending June 22 1918 residents advised to collect mail. Women and men names listed alongside firms and editors for prompt delivery. Postmaster Frank C Sites urges addressing mail to street and number.
Dr Wade counsels John Butler away from doctors and comforts, proposing a farm escape to restore health. John warms to the idea during an evening talk at the Riverhill hotel, and Wade hints at managing his New Hampshire farm to rebuild the boy’s purpose. The plan hinges on separation from indulgent care and renewed work.
Utility smart three piece gather skirt pattern No. S871 offered by the Harrisburg Telegraph Fashion Department. Five sizes 24 to 82 inches waist. width at lower edge 1? yards. yardage varies by fabric width. fringe yardage specified. Price 10 cents. mail for 12 cents in stamps.
National War Garden experts explain jar cleanliness, packing limits, and filling methods. They detail hot jar handling, packing tightness, salt additions, and boiling liquid use for fruits and vegetables, plus sealing and canner loading. They offer to answer questions via a self addressed stamped envelope.
A brief daily puzzle invites tracing dots to form a Titmouse image from one to two and onward. The activity blends pattern drawing with a simple avian-theme outcome.
Liverpool Pennsylvania on June 20 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ramsey Williamson formerly Miss M Grace of Dalmatia. In Harrisburg on June 21 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Rhoades Jr formerly Miss Florence Dillon.
Mrs John Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for improving health after childbirth. Ad highlights its forty year history aiding women with displacement inflammation ulcers irregularities backache headaches nervousness and melancholia and invites letters for ailment guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
Newport Citizens' Band will tour Harrisburg on August 1 for a concert in Reservoir Park. The Newport Outing Club, led by President J. S. Eby, will accompany the band and committees are set to plan the trip details.
Sanford resident Chester D. Haines testifies that Vinci helped his run-down nervous condition and stomach trouble. The ad credits beef and cod liver peptones and glycerophosphates as the key ingredients and lists Kennedy's Medicine Store and Kitzmiller's Pharmacy among local outlets selling the tonic.
Sufferers of rheumatism report relief from Bliss Native Herb Tablets in daily letters. The product claims blood purification and kidney and liver benefits with no drugs. includes a testimonial from M. Bressie of Oklahoma. Sold in yellow 200 tablet boxes for $1 by Kennedy's Drug Store and local agents.
Ice buyers in the vicinity of Second and South Streets gain a new local supply with the opening of a Jitney Ice Store. The shop advertises convenient access for nearby residents and businesses in the neighborhood.
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