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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
10
A Cincinnati inventor introduces Freezone as a painless corn remedy. Apply a touch then lift the corn with fingers, claims to stop pain instantly and remove hard or soft corns between toes with no irritation. A tiny bottle costs a few cents at drug stores.
A wife laments her husband left for war two weeks after their marriage. She reads every war line in hopes of news from France, yet the papers have not mentioned the gallant deeds she believes he is performing.
A historic ad text touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims wide acclaim from druggists and customers, offers a sample by mail for ten cents, and notes three bottle sizes sold in stores.
Elizabeth, buying Thrift stamps for a third Savings book, contemplates delaying a new book until the drive resumes. Her mother warns against starting another book, but Elizabeth argues soldiers in France would not begrudge a third battle, challenging the constraint of ongoing campaigns.
Vintage analgesic text promotes H. S. Catarrh Medicine by J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio aiming to treat recurrent colds and acute nasal catarrh with claims of relief.
A mother frets over her son Algernon s laziness and asks if whipping would help. The doctor replies that effectiveness depends on where the punishment lands, implying a pragmatic view on behavior modification.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for cleansing and beautifying the skin hands and hair. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 60 cents. Adyv.
Actor-Yea, T'oi to a crook play.
The guide from the United States Department of Agriculture describes humane sticking, with a long flat knife aimed at the breastbone to bleed efficiently. It covers scalding in a barrel or kettle at 185 to 195 degrees F, removing hair with a bell scraper, and removing entrails through a midline cut. It also notes hoisting for handling, cooling, and air circulation methods, including splitting the carcass for faster cooling.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the notice stresses plowing furrowed fire guards around fields of shocked or stacked grain to stop sparks from locomotives tractors or thrashing engines and from matches pipes or cigarettes. It calls for readily available fire extinguishers or water barrels and buckets and warns against hot boxes and misadjusted machinery as ignition sources.
Farmers should collect and feed fallen apples to hogs or use them in other ways. Removing the fruit reduces worm larvae from the codling moth, aiding future harvests. The core message: stay on the job year round to improve fruit quality.
A short note states straw and straw manure are beneficial for soil on farms. It highlights straw as a soil conditioner and mentions its value in improving land fertility and structure. The excerpt emphasizes practical agricultural use and land restoration.
A Fulton County Georgia honor camp near Atlanta operated for ten months with no armed guards or shackles. Convicts were kept disciplined by positive incentives, comfortable quarters, decent meals, and privileges rather than punishment. Morale remained high as workers followed foremen and accepted demerits for minor infractions.
The ad claims the Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules restore strength from overwork and poor habits. It asserts relief for uric acid poisoning kidney stones bladder issues and stomach derangements, noting two centuries of use and a druggist money back guarantee with three sizes and the imported Haarlem Oil capsules.
A six year old tells his parents a classmate used a bad word. The mother condemns the term and the teacher warns of punishment. The boy refuses to spell the word but finally reveals it would spell g l t. The exchange reflects a child’s humorous avoidance of a taboo term.
A captured Prussian officer loudly claimed rank aboard a transport with several privates. An American retorted and, with a quick knife, cut the insignia from the officer’s shoulder declaring him busted and sent to the ranks with the other soldiers.
The note reflects that excessive ego harms performance as actors in Paris face barriers to be fully in character and engaged with the production.
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