Contorted ad fragment on beauty aids and hair restoration
An unreadable ad fragment touts hair restoration and beauty products with garbled copy. Mentions names and phrases suggesting cosmetic offerings and prices, but details are unclear.
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
8
An unreadable ad fragment touts hair restoration and beauty products with garbled copy. Mentions names and phrases suggesting cosmetic offerings and prices, but details are unclear.
A year earlier in the European war Russian forces crossed the Vintula near Ivangorod and fought near Souches and La Pietre forest. Britain and Germany clashed as German submarines sank ships including the Rus sian steamer Ruthenia and the American steamer Leelanan. Allied and central powers renewed skirmishes around Warsaw Vilna and the Isonzo with bombardments and trench gains and losses reported.
A mosaic of garbled facts mentions a sinking of the steamer Newport, Canadian farm labor plans, butter fat content rules, a 91 year old Mrs. Hannah Merry enjoying a flat auto ride in Strafford, and notes on New York banking history. The text hops between nations and inventions with many unclear or misrendered details.
A garbled address fragment references debates on infant feeding, child welfare, and mortality, with mentions of a doctor and public figures. It mingles critique of journalism humor and the role of columns, noting concerns about sensationalism and the impact of alcohol in society.
The Spokane Chronicle reports on prohibition effects as large cities push the dry movement while many states show mixed outcomes. It notes municipal leaders driving dry laws, the whisky industry hiring workers, and wages tied to bootlegging amid changing enforcement and national trends.
The department report denies the claim that saloons reduce taxes, showing per capita property tax of 10.1 in prohibition states, 11 in pear prohibition states, and 16.98 in wholly license states. Aviator Walter E. Johns, returning from Reesia after submarine watches in the Black Sea, says he can detect marines 10 feet under water but has not seen a drunken man in Russia. The era’s dry trend may make the water wagon as common as the automobile.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a cremation in a woreda area and an inquiry or interrogation involving individuals named Dayne and Thomas. The text is garbled, with unclear dates, locations, and actions, leaving the central event and authorities unspecified. No clear outcomes or formal actions can be determined from the readables.
A fragmented ad style passage discusses skin trouble relief using Cuticura soap and water with ointment. It mentions applying the product to affected areas and claims rapid improvement. The text also weaves in unrelated promotional snippets and odd capitalizations.
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The readable bits show a yard scene with open pil and notes scattered around. Names and places are unavailable due to missing lines, leaving an incomplete report with several unreadable sections and stray characters.
A garbled OCR fragment references various terms and names without coherent context. The text includes odd spellings and stray phrases, making it impossible to determine a distinct event, person, or location from the readable portions.
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