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Newspaper
Nappanee Advance
Location
Nappanee, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
7
A letter protesting hospital noise spurs a curious incident. A former patient, Pete, returns in a machine for dressings, shocking a nurse and reminding staff of Johnny a former mate. The scene unfolds with quiet social agency involvement and care ethics.
A vintage advertisement touts mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a quarter pint of skin whitening lotion. It promises to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tans with daily massage and claims the formula is harmless. The grocer or drug store sells the ingredients for a few cents.
A child asks what a back number is and a father explains it as the tag on cars and athletes while asserting honesty and truth in their exchange. The scene shows a gentle parental correction when truth is at stake.
A character recalls a painful moment as another asks gently if the hurt was severe. The exchange hints at past injury or trauma shaping their relationship and tone.
A widow recalls a funeral for Enery described as grand yet frugal. To avoid seeming mean she uses the insured funds to feed sixty mourners after the cemetery visit by taking them to the Hippodrome. The anecdote, from London Tit-Bits, highlights quirky social customs.
Agricultural Department urges cooperation between neighbors over garden crops and chickens. Laws vary by state and locality, with fences often required to prevent damage. The piece cites a Liberty gardener and a Victory poultryman as a cautionary tale and stresses practical solutions to boost wartime food production.
The passage explains that infertile eggs from after removing the male are more durable and better for preservation and sale. It notes their lack of chick development makes them superior for storage and market purposes.
Weak from overwork and bad living, the ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a health remedy. Three capsules daily purportedly restore strength by addressing uric acid, kidney, bladder and stomach issues, claiming two centuries of testing and a money back guarantee if not helpful.
William Dean Howells praised fairy tales at a Kittery Point luncheon. He recalled Ilaas Andersen tales making a boy cry after his nurse asked what ailed him. A theater crowd unable to leave between acts must endure. Kleptomaniacs will take anything but jokes.
Objections to urban poultry stem from odor and crowing but a clean yard and daily dropping-board cleaning prevent nuisances. Keep roosters out unless hatching. selling or eating surplus males after season. Use range yarding or colony houses to cut feed costs. fences kept minimal where possible.
A yard surrounded by a five foot fence can keep chickens at home. If hens tend to fly over, clip flight feathers on one wing. Woven wire fences are better than boards, which tempt perching and flying. Larger yards improve contentment, exercise, and may allow sod maintenance.
Women rural clubs have advanced county employment of home demonstration agents county nurses and social workers. Mississippi's state leader credits clubs with steady support for home economics, financial aid, securing appropriations and promoting canning programs. The piece also notes an efficiency point about fifty hens in a space setter.
Grass clippings serve as green feed for chickens and the day of the rooster ends once enough eggs are obtained for hatching. Six to eight hens can yield eggs for a family of four or five, except during fall and early winter. Eggs from a back-yard flock cost little as fowls feed on waste materials, making chickens a profitable source of eggs and market fowls for farmers without geese ducks or turkeys.
A Louisville Courier Journal item recalls a timid man’s idea to woo a schoolmarm by writing I love you a hundred times. The humorous note highlights youthful romance and straightforward courtship in a small town setting.
In a witty exchange a man asks why a woman seems to attract the ambitious crowd. The reply concedes it is because she is a grass widow, a phrase used to describe a woman with past marriage ties.
Witty scraps from a column note a wayward husband’s excuses after a Louisville trip. A wife discovers a paper reading Matilda K. manicurist, learned to be horse names from racing tips. A quip about bare apologies follows with a joke about dressing a salad.
A Y M C A worker in France writes of an autotruck driver linked to the Red Triangle who hid tools in a box labeled tools. An inspector discovers tins, knives, forks, a skillet and a coffee pot. the man calls them cooking tools and shifts to high gear. A closing quip hints at Germany-made goods we can do without.
Farmer Corn tessell claims Josh has fought in every major battle. Josh himself is not quoted, but the speaker asserts he is never near a fight without being involved. Theexchange hints at a tough, combative character.
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