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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
7
A wartime appeal from the world’s largest rubber maker stresses that national duty and individual responsibility go together. The company pledges tires of unfailing reliability and extreme mileage, urging motorists to share in the demand for durable goods during the crisis.
Oakland City College will offer six emergency war courses starting June 10 to support national needs. Courses include Military Drill for College Cadets, shorthand and typewriting, gas engines and automobile work, surgical dressings for women, official cow testers with Purdue cooperation, and a high school teaching program with admin and methods courses. A bulletin with details has been issued.
The notice promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for whooping cough advising close coughing and easy expectoration. It claims the remedy aids relief and notes availability everywhere as an advertised product.
The real voice of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo proclaims liberty and duty in the present crisis. The Third Liberty Loan speech is pressed to phonographic form by Columbia Graphophone Co. for 40 cents to dealers and 60 cents at retail, enabling every talking machine owner to hear McAdoo at home.
The article explains candling as essential to egg grading, ensuring shipments meet regulations and quality standards. It describes lighted inspection to assess air space, white thickness, chalazae, yolk color, and germinal disk, and notes freshness indicators and how incubating or doubtful eggs should be rejected.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal remedy that cures catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims endorsement by leading physicians, lists ingredients as tonics and purifiers, and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Postmaster Rockport Indiana directs all German alien females in rural or small town districts to register at nearest post office between June 17 and 26 1918. Registration requires affidavits and photographs with fingerprints. noncompliance risks detention during the war. Robi E Springsteen is chief registrar. applies to Spencer County residents.
Spencer County Indiana commissioners will hold a public auction on August 5 1918 at 10 a m at Rockport courthouse to sell a high tension transmission line system including 60 poles 1030 pounds of solid copper wire and related hardware. The purchaser must supply current to the county infirmary and keep the line in repair while protecting the county from harm. bids may be rejected.
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