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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
3
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a spring remedy to combat fatigue and biliousness. It promises vitality with blood root and other roots in tablets. Pleasant Pellets are promoted for liver stimulation and relief from colds inflammation and digestion issues at twenty five cents.
An exchange hints at fears of gas warfare while lampooning ongoing congressional and legislative activity during a tense session. The dialogue underscores public unease amid political theater and calls for preparedness.
Itching burning skins for eczemas rashes pimples dandruff and sore hands are claimed to be relieved by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept X Boston with Soap 25 cents and Ointment 25 and 60 cents.
Two youths discuss military paths with one aiming to start at the bottom as a recruit while the other aspires to rush over the top in combat, reflecting contrasting war-era views on service and danger.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a universal cure for disordered stomach and inactive liver. It claims relief for sick headache constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and fermenting food while cleansing the digestive tract and stimulating bile production. Sold worldwide with a call to give it a trial.
Washington researcher Frederick G. Cottrell, chief metallurgist at the Bureau of Mines, developed electrostatic precipitation to reclaim wealth from smoke and fumes. His devices, first tested at a San Francisco Bay smelter, reduce pollution and protect land by converting waste gases into usable byproducts, inspiring broader industrial adoption.
Doctor Cottrell's electrical precipitator tests show 80 to 90 percent dust recovery, later rising to the nineties, with copper, silver, and gold losses at Great Falls dramatically cut. Sulfuric acid and related by products enrich nearby industries, while cement dust gains potash value as the Riverside plant expands dust collection to reclaim essential nutrients. The inventor donates patents to the Smithonian Institute to fund scientific research.
Chicago woman Bessie McAvoy obtains a divorce from Frank McAvoy after a drunken incident where a cocktail spill caused damage to a lamp and furniture. A separate report notes a seventeen year old boy wedged in a Mississippi store chimney, attempting theft and escape.
A Gainesville bakery, in partnership with chemist B. J. Williamson, has introduced peanut bread using peanut flour from peanut cake after oil extraction. The product reportedly delivers almost double the nitrogenous value of dried beef with 44 percent versus 25 percent, and a mix of one fifth peanut flour to four fifths wheat flour yields a balanced ration.
M A Riley a draughtsman for Shelby Steel Tube knitted a sweater for the Red Cross while serving three days as a grand juror in New Castle Pennsylvania.
A directive recommends using fireproof varnish in the production of all pinnes to enhance safety and durability. The guidance emphasizes material standards and uniform application across the fabrication process.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure selling for $100 reward for cure failure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promising to destroy disease foundation and strengthen the body with free testimonials. Officials listed as F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes an egg marked Isabel la suggesting a date clue. The readable fragment hints at inference about 14929, but lacks full context or confirmation, leaving interpretation uncertain.
The note contrasts vanity and obscurity, urging readers that fame is imagined. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy to regulate liver and bowels. It ends with a promoting line about Liberty bonds as a form of national life insurance.
Providence, R I resident Mrs. Adeline B. Lynch credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her backache, headaches, and nervousness after months of ailment and ineffective medicines. The notice urges other women with similar symptoms to try the remedy and seeks advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Med Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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