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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
5
Canton Ohio report urges women to consider Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to sidestep surgery for female trouble. The piece claims doctors once recommended an operation but herbs and root remedies offered a cure, touting years of experience behind the product and urging readers to seek advice before surgery.
The Buffalo Times notes that Tartars, once a dominant fighting people who overran vast parts of Europe and Asia, now threaten Sebastopol as an ominous reminder of their former strength and historical impact in warfare.
An advertisement asserts local applications cannot cure catarrh and promotes Ball's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy. It claims the product reaches the seat of catarrh and offers opportunity for relief, urging readers to try the medicine despite skepticism.
A dated ad describes a home remedy to color gray hair using water rum barbo glycerin and a small amount of dye with cheap, easy mixing. It promises a nonsticky finish that does not rub off and notes directions for achieving a soft gray appearance. The piece also includes a humorous exchange about bills laid on the table and a man’s morning quarrel with his wife at breakfast.
Washington reports Lenine pushes for peace treaty ratification as Bolshevik support wanes. Trotzky and Krylenko resign amid muttered splits. Social Revolutionary movement seeks ousting of Bolsheviks and a coalition government. Don district mobilizes with Cossack aid. Petrograd signs peace with Romania, ejecting Romania from Bessarabia while leaving a Romanian garrison for defense.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker landed at a French port aboard an American armored cruiser. A French general greeted the contingent of seven. Baker plans a brief stay to inspect concrete wartime achievements and assess the army sought for the campaign. He noted he did not expect a long absence.
A tornado crossed northwestern Ohio Saturday evening killing several and injuring many. Lima and Union areas report five people missing or dead with extensive damage. Hundreds of barns and outbuildings razed, thousands left homeless. Property losses estimated between one and five million dollars.
Federal grand jury charges Victor L. Berger former congressman Adolph Germer Rev Irwin St John Tucker J Louis Engdahl and William P Kruse with obstructing recruiting disloyalty and interfering with war prosecutions. Also report of a shipboard incident from an Atlantic port says the wife of Major Thompson, killed in action, is believed to have jumped overboard during a voyage from Bermuda.
Chinese government troops suffer a heavy reverse as Chengtu the capital of Jee Chuen province falls to forces from Tunnan and Rwelchow provinces near Beetthuen. The move signals a major setback for Pekin described in dramatic terms.
The Senate approved the house amendments to the bill providing for furloughs of soldiers for farm work. The measure now heads to the White House for the President's signature.
Washington reports high authority says American forces and supplies are moving to France on schedule for Pershing. Secretary Baker hints at at least a million U.S. troops in France during 1918, with the 2 million goal before year’s end. Ground conditions and spring weather will shape major operations in the Western Front.
Former Premier Herbert H. Asquith told Capef constituents that two keys shape World War balance. control of the seas and the western front remain in Entente hands. He noted Russia’s turmoil and German diplomacy as warning signs, saying Russia’s military factor has been wiped away and German aims reveal themselves.
Washington reports Germany has warned it may close the North Sea to northern neutrals Norway Sweden and Holland in response to their rationing agreements with the United States and the Allies. The dispatch signals Germany's first menacing move against former friends as it eyes the submarine weapon to be used if needed.
Hungarian papers report a conference of central powers sovereigns and allies Turkey and Bulgaria to be held after Master acccord, possibly at Sofa or Constantinople. Cossacks assassinate Lenine mission during upheaval. San Francisco reports a Solahoyilki mine car carrying 5 million rubles seized on the Trans Siberian route. robbers killed the leader.
Berlin dispatches report Romanians are evacuating Bukowina under the peace treaty terms. Austrian troops have vacated the town of Sereth as part of the withdrawal sequence.
A boxing match held on Wednesday night resulted in the death of Seidier, with Charten Swann and Braen Hundedmark named among participants. The incident occurred as part of wartime activities involving the 1Mth brigade. The chaotic event also touched on other military and local notices, including a divorce filing against Braen Hundedmark.
A wartime notice says Red Cross nurses in Europe provide toasted cigarettes, notably Lucky Strike, to American soldiers in France. It notes toasted tobacco preserves flavor and improves taste, and highlights growing funds by newspapers to supply these cigarettes through Red Cross channels.
Puck chides Jerome for imagined pacifist stance after a string of domestic and athletic exploits. The spoof describes a chaotic day including a quarrel, long run, breakfast, trout fishing, a rumor adjustment, and a golf confrontation.
A quirked profile of Jake Mettler famed for drinking crude oil and claiming the ability to identify its state of origin by taste. The piece notes no companion joins his so called Mettler cocktail, as he drinks alone.
Green's August Flower touted as a long standing universal remedy for constipation indigestion nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble. The ad claims a few doses relieve symptoms and presents it as a gentle laxative available through druggists in civilized countries. A separate note mentions a Red Cross donor asking about gauze cauterization while viewing surgical dressings.
The ad urges examination of Castoria bottles to ensure the signature reads Fletcher’s Castoria. A father explains red tape as government string to efficiency’s pocket book, reflecting a playful heritage message about regulation and trust in familiar remedies.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for rashes and itch relief followed by Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Boston. Prices Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 60 cents. Also notes a quip about an optimist and cautions against enemy advice.
Rich Japanese Was a Citizen reports that Keneko a Japanese immigrant who built a cotton fortune in Imperial Valley California died recently and was believed to be one of only two foreign born Japanese naturalized in the United States. It notes his 1892 naturalization in San Bernardino before a 1918 federal review found it legal. the other naturalized Japanese is said to live in Chicago.
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