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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the ultimate comfort for sore swollen feet. It promises relief from foot aches including bunions and stings and claims rapid soothing effects in a home foot bath. The ad notes a free pack and lists Aleu 8 in Olmsted Le Roy New York with an address.
The article recalls how renowned figures such as Napoleon, Soult, Ney, Columbus, Dickens, and Dumas faced poverty and money troubles in youth or early career, despite later fame and power. It notes their financial hardships as part of their formative experiences.
A fragmentary Town Topics style note discusses Willisx-Rump's plans at Daltech of uoney with references to tearing down an eighteen story building he owns and questions about erecting a bigger one. The piece mentions onions and pollution in a cryptic outline.
Homer Stack and Fanny Taylor marry after a year of delay caused by finances and family duties. Jenny Taylor helps her in law adapt, hosting a small celebration that turns into a warm reaffirmation of love and family cooperation.
The National League for Woman's Service says it will train thousands of girls in scientific gardening tractor operation and farming tasks. Gardens will be planted on vacant city lots and trained students will be sent to farms to work eight hours daily in practical uniforms.
Advertises Green's August Flower as a long standing family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles. Claims include sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and general low mood. Presented as a popular American cure product with old proven use.
A man at a formal party wrecks a new silk hat by sitting on it after a stumble. He curses in frustration then, amused, returns the ruined hat and wears his own. The item notes Roman Eye Balsam as an antiseptic ointment for external use.
A fragment from a 19th century item notes a women's rifle club in Likewood. The piece questions why husbands are targeted and asserts the club exists to improve women's health and success in life.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and tron, claiming it aids the liver, malaria defense, blood enrichment, and overall strength for 50 cents. A pasted cartoonish aside quotes a congressman debating return home, reflecting political chatter.
An old advertisement synopsis highlights Cuticura Soap and Ointment for facial care with a free sample offer from Boston. A comic exchange about gardening amid neighbors and a nod to Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills claim spring digestion aid with tonic laxative effects. The text also references a train collision joke and a line about courage beginning in the stomach.
The Christian Herald notes plague sweeping India amid wartime tax burdens. Pastor Ramiah buried 13 in one night while Pastor Simon seeks lymph and medicine for his flock. Survivors flee huts, camp in jungle under monsoon ash, quarantined without relief or wages, mortality rising.
Rabbi M M reuerlient, active in preaching and charitable work, attended a recent meeting where the topic of sleeping issues came up. He quipped that his main duty is to talk while others sleep, noting his own possible talking in sleep.
Lowell Massachusetts and North Haven Connecticut women describe relief from the Change of Life headaches nervous distress and bearing down pains after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and using Sanative Wash. They urge others to try the remedies and write for free advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A fragment discusses Genesis figures and the idea of first humans. It mentions Edon and a divorce repeated so often the speakers cannot recall Wiel as the first. The tone reflects a reflective, colloquial musing on origins.
Druggist customers praise Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming strong kidney liver and bladder benefits after eight years of use. Testimony from V Werbert Maxwell Plymouth Mass dated June 5 1916. Advertisement offers sample bottle and booklet for ten cents with sales of regular sizes at drug stores.
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