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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
3
A small, bent man in a quirky felt hat wanders the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He studies Venus de Milo and oddly sculpted legs, then exits saying he has given them the once over and will tell folks back home.
A Globe-Democrat reflection links the poem The Man With the Hoe to wartime need. The national secretary of agriculture praises farmers who increase yields, arguing five bushels where three grew before aid victory and future peace. The piece frames practical action as essential to civilization.
A Forty-second Street boarding house keeper protests stay-at-home advice while five young men go to training camp, lamenting the loss of the sunniest workers. She highlights the hardship of wartime labor and morale in the city as families cope with enlistments.
An electromechanical device to smoke cigars uses a small motor powered from a nearby electric-light socket to drive a multi vane blower creating a back draft. Tobacco experts note the resulting length and character of the ash as a measure of realism.
A drill sergeant urges recruits as No 9 complains about a left turn. The recruit reveals his left rubber heel is coming unscrewed, prompting the sergeant to press on with the drill.
A 1917 piece outlines the correct basic position for soldiers, focusing on standing at attention, alignment from feet to chin, and the disciplined use of muscles. It explains the 30 inch step, 120 steps per minute, and the importance of uniform motion for green troops.
An instructional piece stresses proper standing and walking for soldiers. It notes correct stepping saves muscle strain, supports group movement, and ensures endurance on the march, warning poor foot posture can lead to collapse from overtaxed muscles.
A quotation discusses how despite more women entering business they rarely become rich from their own efforts. It argues most wealthy women inherited fortunes, notes successful money earners are not typically the best as women, and says many women earn but few accumulate wealth. The piece contrasts male fortune seeking with female social aims.
A proposal to create an Anzac highway from Perth to Brisbane linking Melbourne Adelaide and Sydney is urged as a living memorial to fallen Australians. Parts exist, estimated new work under 300 miles and about £10000 per state, argued as more meaningful than monuments.
A new apparatus designed to ensure newborns take their first breath safely to reduce infant death from suffocation. The device resembles a resuscitation pulmotor but is more delicately regulated to prevent lung rupture.
A brief advertisement proclaims Cuticura heals sore hands quickly with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It instructs soaking, drying, rubbing in the ointment, and removing excess with tissue. Free sample by mail with a booklet via Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A couple misplaces a pantry key after a kitchen mix up. The wife claims burglars, but the husband reveals his bonfire of garments and ashes hides the key, exposing a mistaken identity as the cause of the missing wardrobe.
An advertisement lauds a corn and callus removal method marketed as painless. It promises easy lift with no foolishness and appeals to readers to try the product using just fingers. The pitch stresses a quick, simple result and urges immediate action.
A Cincinnati authority says freezone applied to corns or calluses can be lifted with the fingers and removed painlessly. A small bottle costs little at any drug store and dries on contact without irritating surrounding skin. If local druggists lack stock, request a bottle from wholesale houses.
A speaker questions reliability while holding four notes from a person as evidence of trustworthiness. The exchange implies uncertainty about the other party's credibility and hinges on the value of the notes as proof.
In a terse exchange a clerk fears dismissal if a woman defies decorum, remarking that she is too impudent to discharge her. The reply suggests concern she would leave rather than comply, illustrating social tensions of the era.
The Montreal Star reports mirages misled vessels in Australian waters. A schooner was driven toward Kangaroo Island’s shore and wrecked, while the schooner Marston narrowly avoided similar disaster after mistaking land for shore.
A New York jeweler makes diamond settings from molybdenum instead of platinum. Platinums high price and government demand lead to discouraged use of that metal. Molybdenum settings look good and cost far less than platinum.
A brief dialogue about Jonah and the whale prompts a playful remark on whether Tobet Jonah's wife swallowed the whale. The exchange playfully questions biblical imagery and marital fidelity in a light, humorous frame.
Readers from Ridgway Pennsylvania and Tennille Georgia profess relief from female health issues after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. One recounts seven months of back pain and exhaustion resolved, another eight years of illness cured enabling homemaking and gardening. The column also notes animal feeding trivia and a humorous kitchen bar joke.
A family scene features Betty and Bobby debating wishes for a newborn, with Betty proposing twin wishes and Bobby wishing for a triangle. The brief dialogue hints at gratitude shy behavior toward favors.
A scrambled text fragment mentions prudent love messages and a laundress, then muses on life as a bundle of small things. The readable parts suggest a casual, aphoristic style rather than a clear news item. Entities and concrete facts are minimal.
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