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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
8
A proclamation on idleness condemns laziness as a social burden and a path to ruin. It extols effort and activity as the route to happiness. In a trench anecdote soldiers reflect on rationed food with humor, noting that thoughts of a feast replace the appetite.
Advertises a tonic to renew energy and vitality during low times. Claims to improve blood quality and fight tiredness with a herbal formula from roots and bark. Promotes tablets sold in drug stores and asserts no alcohol or narcotics.
An early 20th century health ad urges immediate use of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for kidney bladder and urinary troubles. It claims rapid relief, two capsules daily, and guarantees genuine Gold Medal brand. It warns of Bright's disease and fatal outcomes if untreated.
A Grade school arithmetic class receives a student’s original problem about a baby sister’s growth and the rising price of a needed graduation outfit. The child asks how much the outfit will cost in ten years as the sister grows from twenty pounds at one year old while weight increases daily, reflecting a humorous and curious example from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
A fragmented note references a “Dead shot” event and a sequence of vague actions. The garbled text mentions pregnancy and digestion, with scattered terms like seas, sthelent, and adv. No clear individuals or organizations are identifiable from the readable portions.
A man expresses a desire to live well with the aim of being regarded as somebody’s best friend. The quote frames friendship as a personal ambition and social acknowledgment.
A national conference of the YWCA appointed a committee of business women to collaborate with the YWCA and mobilize women to fill men’s war roles. Miss Miller was named president and Miss Hopper secretary treasurer. Florence King urged closer male female cooperation and predicted U.S. women will fill positions as effectively as England and France.
London reports that German soldiers on the Dutch frontier confirm pressure on Holland to yield to German demands. The plan allegedly favored an immediate move into Dutch Flanders to control the Scheldt River bank with thousands ready on the frontier and eighty thousand men concentrated at Ghent. Armed vessels at Ghent were prepared to enter the canal toward Verneusen (Terneuzen).
Washington reports the Food Administration Grain Corporation will handle Cuba's wheat flour needs due to private traders' inability to meet Cuban demand. No new private licenses will be issued for exporting flour to Cuba. existing licenses may be used, but shipments must depart before license expiration and avoid sealed seaboard stock.
Special correspondent reports the former Czar Nicholas II and his immediate family impoverished in captivity at Dinbler Castle in Crimea. Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich notes a Bolshevik garrison of 36 men drawn from Sebastopol Soviets sworn to prevent any escape.
Mme Leo Batchkareva former Senior Captain of Russia’s Battalion of Death escapes Boldhevik pursuers with a price on her head and arrives at a Pacific port en route to France. She vows readiness to die on the field of honor while offering services to the Allies.
A humorous exchange about a college graduate serving as a houseworker with no cook. The man asks about cost and accepts details. He reveals the graduate is his wife who works for her board and clothes, minimizing expenses.
An old advertisement promotes Othine double strength freckles remover with money back guarantee after nightly and morning use. A brief wartime rookie anecdote about lateness follows, then an ad for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets liver aid, ending with a Christmas cigar joke cartoon quip.
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