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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
3
Mrs. W. C. Brown of Cleveland Ohio recounts four weeks in hospital for severe lower body pain and fainting. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped more than the hospital and urges others to obtain a bottle at the first drug store.
Advertisement for men to join Rey-Zol Co in Toledo Ohio to re color faded carpets and clean without removing from floors offering substantial earnings and free particulars.
Srinagar in Kashmir features wooden bridges with dilapidated shops and balconies over the Jhelum river. The Kapellbrueck at Lucerne crosses the Reuss diagonally with 112 triangular paintings and an ancient octagonal tower. Croyland Bridge in Lincolnshire dates to the ninth century with three arches and a stone Saxon king statue.
Advert says Cuticura super creamy emollients ease itching burning crust scaling and disfigurement for all ages. Claims daily use prevents small skin troubles from becoming serious and offers free sample by mail with Book and address postcard to Cuticura Dept. I Boston. Sold everywhere.
A messenger boy rushes in and orders a white U-boat. The clerk slides a vanilla chair aside as the treat is served, and the U-boat is soon sunk in three quick bites.
Red Cross Ball Blue promises unequaled service to housewives with a large five cent package that makes clothes whiter than snow. The ad urges shoppers to buy at all good grocers.
A brisk exchange notes the first gardener onions showing promise and the second batch also progressing well. The ad urges buyers to consider value by patronizing a real estate dealer for affordable options.
A note from a candid correspondent recounts an exaggerated escapade at Hon. Mrs. Susan J. Fogg’s Turnverein home. The narrator feigns fire detection, dons salt on a chimbley, evacuates occupants, and saves valuables amid comic household chaos ending with a dawn train departure.
Maynard Owen Williams argues in Christian Herald that Japan is self sufficient and free from foreign domination while other nations such as Turkey and China face nationalism and leadership limits. He contends Western aid should teach democracy and not autocracy, as Asia resists European control.
In Dundee's High Street the ancient City Hall, 220 years old and costing £4000, houses a condemned cell in the basement seven feet six inches high and eight by seven feet with no light or sanitation. The upper floors hold 22 cells for prisoners and a sloping-roof cell shows shackled punishment, accessed by a heavy eight inch key with two wards.
The London Globe notes Justice Darling favored postponing hard labor for a violinist convict to preserve hands for a lawful craft. He argued keeping hands unhardened by punishment helps prevent future misdeeds, a view seen as a novel use of the violin to deter crime.
Edwin Fawcett son of a former paper manufacturer surprised Cornwall on Hudson New York by appearing there and paying former employees at Moodna Bay mill owed wages 40 years ago. The mill closed in 1877 after the panic of 73 leaving back wages. payments included Charles D Smith who was a boy then and his sister for their mother.
A call to steady summer effort in garden work to ease general supply. Even small yields reduce pressure on the wider food system and support both the country and the individual. Acknowledges big and small efforts as essential to feeding the world.
Cincinnati authority touts freezone, a drug applied to corns or calluses, to lift them with instant relief and minimal skin irritation. The ad claims the corn will detach, roots and all, and that a small bottle is inexpensive and readily available at drug stores.
A ten year old schoolboy in Muncie pinned a small American flag on his trousers to deter a schoolyard punishment after an incident of shooting paper wads. He explained to his father that the flag would deter the principal from striking the country’s emblem. The anecdote is attributed to the Indianapolis News.
An old advertisement promises to remove freckles using ethine double strength. Apply nightly and morning with one ounce often enough to clear skin and diminish spots, backed by a guarantee offering a refund if no results.
In a Boston mill a judge and minder settle a riddle about who is the quietest man. After hearing hundreds of names, the minder reveals Bill Kite as the quietest, only to trigger the shock that Kite has been dead for years and never spoke to anyone for nearly two decades.
A Bible Society power boat named Goodwill sent to Panama for Bible work was converted into a gun mounting government patrol vessel. The change reflects wartime shifts as the ship joins naval security duties near the canal.
A father and son debate bread and butter prices with the son pledging respect for the costs. The exchange underscores frugality and prudence in household budgeting during tough times.
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