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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
6
An advertisement urges testing for life risk and kidney health. It links sluggish kidneys to back pain headaches and urinary issues and promotes Dr Pierce's Anuric tablets as a cure all by flushing uric acid. It claims to prolong life by avoiding meat salt alcohol and tea and drinking pure water. It cites the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo origin.
An antique home remedy advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a safe laxative and blood purifier. It claims the product cleanses the system, improves skin conditions, scrofula, liver issues, and general vitality, urging readers to start treatment to prevent illness. Available from druggists at 25 cents a vial.
The text urges young women to plan for the future and manage earnings. It promotes self reliance and joining benevolent societies to ensure medical care and benefits in illness or accident, emphasizing personal responsibility and organized aid.
An old advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves pinching, swelling, and tender feet with instant relief. It claims widespread troop use and cites over 100000 packs sold as a superior foot product.
Judge Harmon cites Youth's Companion on frugality, urging Americans to admit financial limits, save more, and resist the pride of apparent poverty. He notes high wages yet poor savings rates, and warns that unchecked desires threaten happiness and security.
A quip filled note praises happiness and moral caution in commerce. It contrasts Red Cross Rag Blue with liquid blue Delights and implies laundress use. The piece hints at street wisdom about avoiding clever rivals.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for bilious headaches and indigestion. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, removes sour food and foul gases, lowers liver bile, and expels wastes by morning. Also mentions a memorandum pad with built in light for note taking.
The notice promotes Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalps with a routine of rubbing the spots, washing with Cuticura Soap, and daily use. Free samples by mail are offered with a postcard request to Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. The second portion discusses coinage, explaining bullion value versus face value and copper alloy in U S gold and silver coins to cover coinage costs.
Remember old child laxatives and how children resisted them. California Syrup of Figs is promoted as a gentle fruity laxative that cleanses the liver and bowels, with full directions on the bottle. Mothers are urged to buy a 50 cent bottle for babies and adults.
A lawyer’s quip on fees in a Boston Transcript snip describes a client asking the value of an opinion and the attorney replying with a blunt, self-deprecating charge. The line annotates courtroom wit and the price of advocacy.
Fulton New York resident Mrs Nellie Phelps reports years of female weakness and inability to stand or work ends after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits doctors saying only operation could help but now is well and able to do any work. The letter urges other women with nervousness backache or blues to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
American engineers of the Slems Carey Railway and Canal company and the American International corporation begin surveys on two Chinese lines. One route runs about 800 miles from Chuchow through Hengchowfu Yungchowfu Kweilin Livehowfn Nimning to Yamechow in Tongking Gulf. The second line runs east west from Chowkiakow through Nanyangfu to Hsiangyanfu on the Han river, a fertile commercial corridor. Construction may start soon and the line is expected to prove profitable quickly.
A mother collects newspapers with large black letters and sorts cutouts by letter into labeled envelopes. Children paste the letters onto cardboard squares creating an alphabet work game. They experiment with paraffin molds, start with marbles and blocks, then attempt more ambitious modeling for self directed play.
The Ohio State Journal notes tatting’s revival among elites and jokes that a thoughtful husband cannot easily keep his wife’s undivided attention while debating tariffs and their ramifications, comparing it to the crochet era. It concludes that a man must forge his own path or yield.
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming relief within five minutes and improved stomach function after use. Encourages purchasing a fifty cent bottle from any store. Also includes a short note on The hoarded treasure of India with Financial Review figures and circulation remarks.
Few mothers realize the many dishes possible with Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti. The Skinner Mfg Co offers a free Cook Book with recipes. Write Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Nebraska for your copy. All good grocers sell Skinners Macaroni and Spaghetti.
Clara recounts a brother who wrote poetry for three months after meeting her. He then stopped poetry but sent some presents, now ceased as well. Dora quips the clipping of household pages hints at a new fixation on cooking recipes, suggesting he is serious.
Physicians stress kidney care noting kidneys filter poisons and support other organs. The ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a proven kidney and bladder remedy and offers a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. at Binghamton NY.
The article explains a method where suspected diamonds are pressed between two coins to test hardness. Real diamonds resist impressions, while paste imitations may show crushed edges. A lens examination confirms the authenticity by revealing edge damage or lack thereof.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a simple method to lift sore hard and soft corns with a few drops applied to the corn. A small bottle can be bought at a drug store, costing little, and it dries instantly without inflaming surrounding skin or causing infection.
He boasted to her that he had kissed her and that he could smell powder on his breath after the encounter, a brag that reveals his bold claim.
An odd archival line promotes a nickel price for smiles tied to a Red Cross Bag Blue clothing ad. It also notes girls learning to skate prefer heavier instructors due to softness for falls, reflecting dated promotional language.
The Canadian Government announced on Wednesday a plan to bonus all farm hands headed to Canada by granting 160 acre homesteads free of charge and counting their residence time toward title. With a 1917 crop shortfall of about thirty thousand workers, officials say the measure cuts two years from the usual three year duty and requires proof of work for a farmer and residence on the land.
A mother learns to drive a new automobile while her son lends support. He jokes about using the self starter, offering reassurance as she backs out of the mirage. The playful exchange highlights family humor and adoption of modern car features.
An old advertisement promotes Knowlton's Dandeline to cure dandruff and stop hair loss. It claims a neglected scalp causes itching and hair roots to die, and promises new hair growth, gloss, and abundance after several weeks of use.
The highest mountain in the Empire state was named Sky Splitter in honor of Governor William L. Marcy. Its Indigenous name Tahawas means he splits the sky.
A historical ad touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from forty years ago. A satirical line claims renewing a good resolution beats a 90 day note and jokes that matrimony cannot make a woman wise.
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