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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
6
An ad touts lemon juice mixed with orchard white to make a lemon skin beautifier. It advises straining pulp, storing for months, and applying daily to face neck arms and hands. Also mentions three ounces orchard white and two lemons for quarter pint mixture.
Kidney sufferers are urged to trust Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root a vegetable herbal compound claimed to aid kidney liver and bladder problems. The ad promises purity sworn statements with each bottle and offers a sample by mail from Binghamton New York with two bottle sizes available at dry goods stores.
Fragment describes a novel substitute for mine props named Aesubstitute, credited to Edward Seward as architect. It lists properties such as strength, indestructibility, water resistance, and deterioration prevention, plus a vision of finished timber-like composite.
The account describes how Tommies in the front line and billets obtain rations. It covers mess duties, discipline over scarce bread and jam distribution, deserting trench pudding, and the lonely soldier column prompting food parcels from England. It notes pay of about one shilling a day and the constant risk of shell fire during supply runs.
In a wartime scene, a Lance Corporal orders privates to assist with drawing the next day’s rations. A lance corporal and private must report to the quartermaster sergeant to collect supplies, aided by a quilter? master’s batman. The process leads to frequent disputes, settled by the quartermaster.
Empey describes realizing death in the trenches for the first time as a comrade falls nearby. He hints at further details to come in the next installment.
The article argues for an immediate, systematic plan to build new roads and rebuild and maintain existing ones to handle heavy motor truck traffic. It emphasizes better drainage, materials, and stronger foundations, noting widespread road wear due to increased use and wartime maintenance constraints. England’s experience is cited as a warning.
The United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering releases standard forms for specifications testing reporting and sampling as part of federal aid cooperative work with states. Bulletin No. 555 outlines uniform methods to facilitate highway work nationwide.
The article urges building good roads quickly and comprehensively to support regular truck service with stations and terminals. It argues railroad transportation is inadequate for current commerce and that untransported production becomes an economic loss if not delivered safely and profitably.
Widespread interest in improving county and state roads grows as main highways widen and hard surface roads increase. The automobile spurs farmer enthusiasm, accelerating gravel and stone road projects and permanent improvements statewide.
Land values rise for acreage near favorable rounds. mud-bound plots remain unprofitable except for unsociable individuals and predatory wildlife, highlighting uneven asset potential across terrain.
Fattening steers on pasture and cottonseed cake generally yields more profit than grazing alone. A small amount of corn alongside cottonseed cake hay proved profitable, according to the report.
In a Miss Courtney testimonial from Oskaloosa Iowa a long suffering woman describes relief from weakness and pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation or the change of life to try the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn MA for advice.
An advertising pitch urges stopping constant laxative use and offers Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a safer alternative. It claims NR strengthens digestion, liver, kidneys, and bowels, reduces daily dosing, and costs 26 cents per box. The product is sold by druggists with a guarantee.
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