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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
3
Alexander Graham Bell predicts increasing world reliance on alcohol as time passes. He notes a growing field of usefulness for engineers to modify machinery to use alcohol as a power source.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for sore hands. It instructs soaking in Cuticura Soap, drying, applying Cuticura Ointment, and removing excess with tissue. Free samples offered from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
Iceland will increase potato cultivation to reduce dependence on foreign foods. Government representatives promote widespread planting as Arctic summers limit grain farming. Plans include installing potato milling machinery to ease shipping shortages and strengthen domestic sustenance. Sweden opens its first textile factory from paper pulp.
The speaker hopes to develop rich black soil someday for a garden. They express a long term goal of improving soil quality and soil health to support thriving plants.
A proverb notes that recognizing a dollar by appearance does not guarantee understanding its true value. It warns against superficial judgments and highlights the difference between recognition and appraisal.
A vintage advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for backache kidney and bladder troubles. It claims quick cleansing of kidneys and blood, relief from rheumatic pain and gall stones, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after several days.
A reading notes London as centuries build the city with the Tower abbey and Norman church older than many new structures. It lists Whitehall, Parliament, embankments, galleries, and banks as largely modern in origin while streets like Trafalgar Square and Regent Street arose recently.
A letter from a Boston rent collector is shared to illustrate inexorable diligence with a humorous vein. The note, written in January, describes the old homestead cellar’s frozen pipes and Lemuel and Bill trading jests while the rent remains due.
Holograph Napoleon letters from the Morrison collection sold by Sothebys London. A first consul letter to the future Louis XVIII warned him of exile with a forecast of marching over 100000 corpses. F Sabin paid 435 pounds for the piece and another lot will go to New York. A descendant of Joseph Bonaparte attended bidding. Another Napoleon letter to Josephine drew £150.
Nora Bayes argues in the American Magazine that audiences seek emotional impact over mere amusement. She contends crying, not laughing, deeply engages viewers by making them forget themselves and focus on the blues, a universal effect across nations.
An advertisement promises freckles can be removed by applying Othine double strength nightly and morning. It claims most cases require under an ounce and offers a money back guarantee if no results are seen.
The report notes searchlights play a crucial role in current warfare. Germans on Italian front heights were blinded by beams as Italian engineers worked below building bridges in darkness.
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