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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe laxative alternative to calomel, urging readers to avoid "musty dangerous calomel" and promising gentle cleansing. A brief, unrelated vignette shows a boy spanking his baby sister over a mistaken claim of political polling, highlighting a domestic moment.
An old advertisement proclaims Boschee’s German Syrup and Dodson’s Liver Tone as cures for liver ailments with a moralizing tone about health products and poison pills. The snippet shifts to a humorous misaddressed speech fragment and wartime social commentary reflecting era attitudes.
An old advertisement touts lemon juice blended with orchard white to create a facial lotion claimed to whiten skin, reduce freckles and tan, and improve texture. It promotes Catieura soaps and ointments and offers free samples by mail from Boston.
A brisk weekly digest reports on Allied resilience at Verdun front lines, American and British troop arrivals in France, and German pushes near Armentieres Givenchy and Amiens. It notes British Irish conscription debate, Wilson and Creel fallout, Senate anti-sedition moves, labor issues, and Allied naval convoy gains amid heavy global war strains.
Testimony before the Judiciary committee exposed methods used by the American alliance to influence elections. Chief witness 8. 1. Babbitt read a speech by Hans Schmidt, vice president of the Alabama State alliance, claiming the group has over two million members nationwide and seeks to cultivate German things and manners while asserting political power.
Dr Earl F Sperry of Syracuse University testified that early in the war the alliance urged 500000 German reservists in this county to invade Canada and that Germany sought to foment strife between America and Japan. He also cited Prof Dulus Goel of the University of Minnesota claiming the German influence is sufficient to prevent the American attention of the citizens.
A brief Louisville Courier Journal snippet shows an older man urging a younger man to stand behind Unple for Wack, expressing encouragement as an offhand wartime sentiment. The fragment highlights mentorlike support amid enlistment pressures.
Don't delay. a home remedy promises relief from piles fissures and fistula. Eagle Pile Remedy claims internal treatment cures many cases, costs $1 for four boxes, with a free descriptive booklet from Teed Distributing Company Paterson New Jersey.
An old advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that treats catarrh by acting through the blood to strengthen the patient and support nature. It promises cure and invites Druggists to obtain testimonials and samples from Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio. It ends with a reflective note on civic virtue.
A short reflective note contends that reading nourishes the mind much as exercise strengthens the body, linking literacy to personal vigor and growth.
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