10 May 1918
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1918
Page
1
A fragmentary advertisement style clipping contrasts quoted dialects with stray phrases about mispronunciations and a streetcar stop in Dayton Ohio. It blends bits about humorous language, naive optimism, and a garden variety sales pitch for a daisy fly killer, with scattered names and partial phrases from different items.
An old time advertising feature touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to boost vigor and stamina for soldiers and workers. It links nerve strength and bodily health to spring vitality, promoting the product and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for bowel cleansing and overall wellness.
Antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle in the foot bath relieves painful swollen and smarting feet and eases corns and bunions. Used by American British and French troops. Marketed as the greatest comforter for foot troubles at 25 cents. Also notes a marriage prize offer of $50,000 though unclear context.
A century old advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood on the mucous surfaces. It claims to destroy the disease’s foundation, boost strength, and aid natural healing with a $100 reward for any case not cured. Testimonials from J Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio are cited.
The Chicago Post notes the vast disruption caused by wartime military service. It contrasts the varied, profound experiences of thousands of young men as they leave home, face new inner and outer lives, and are thrust into tasks beyond prior imagination. Even those who adapt still feel bewilderment and upheaval.
In a dim room a tense young man asks Edjth if his name will appear in the paper as a death notice or as a memorial mention. The dialogue hints at a forthcoming public listing and the concern over how names are recorded.
In a compact social vignette, readers reflect on thrift and prudence. The piece contrasts savers who are economical with others viewed as frugal or frumpy, while hinting at the social reach of spinster circles and the potential husbands they might have encountered.
Wartime dispatches report the U S eyeing at least 2,000,000 men abroad by year’s end amid rising draft calls. News notes battles, aerial duels near Toul and Goginian lines, German plans in the Americas, and military investigations from McAdoo and War Department figures.
Secretary of War Baker outlined a vast program to Congress including 13 billion dollars in army expenditures next fiscal year, mass production of artillery, and drafting at least 1 million registrants to field an army potentially reaching 3 million. Liberty bond totals were revised and other wartime updates followed from Europe and Moscow.
Iowa reports county committees mobilizing volunteers for subscriptions, Harold A Walburn elected cashier of Northwest Savings Bank, sugar limits set by state food administration, Maj R P Howell to judge advocate duties, 1 000 plus police and engineers called to service, Denison German texts controversy, Storm Lake phonolite factory planned, new rifle instructors named at Camp Peterson, large class 1 draft counts by county, Drake law students excel, nurses join Red Cross drive, hobbyist prize funds announced for horticulture expo.
A vintage instruction list covers kitchen tips for potatoes including papned potatoes and potato pancakes fried crisp. It suggests mashed potato cakes with cod, scalloped potatoes baked with cheese and eggs, and a hearty potato salad with onion cucumber celery or pepper. It notes that nations waste excess protein and fat relative to health needs.
A dietary piece extols beans for protein and versatility and lists varieties such as black soy, Lima, and kidney beans. It provides multiple old fashioned recipes including Black Soy Bean Soup, Lima Beans en Casserole, Bean Roast, and Peanut Butter Shop, with instructions on soaking, cooking water, and serving ideas.
English writer Prof. L. T. Holthouse argues the mind of a nation acts as a real agency and compares it to the human body. He suggests the body is more than its individual cells, arising from vital processes in countless independent cells.
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