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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless cure for hard and soft corns and callouses. It claims immediate relief without soreness and hails the product as a Cincinnati invention.
A brief dialogue notes that men are stepping into new roles in the war and others acknowledge the shift with a skeptical tone about their reactions. The exchange captures attitudes of the era toward gender expectations in wartime.
A vintage ad promises $100 reward for catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces, strengthens health, and aids nature, with testimonials and free literature offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
A brief exchange reveals suspicion of German sympathies during wartime. One man denies knowing any pro-Germans and asserts he would stop knowing them if he did. The line hints at social scrutiny and loyalty tests in a tense home front atmosphere.
Itching and skin ailments from eczemas to dandruff are claimed to be helped by Cuticura Soap and Ointment with free samples offered at Cuticura Dept X Boston. Additional ad copy promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and digestion.
A Providence resident narrates relief from nervousness headaches backache and low energy after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women with similar symptoms to seek the remedy and notes the company offers guidance from its Massachusetts headquarters.
In France behind the British lines, six balloons carrying a dozen men were shot down by German aircraft. An officer told how he escaped by parachute as the balloon burned, with several other crews suffering fatal results in separate incidents.
London reports postal censorship becomes a rising field for educated women. Path from typist to Deputy Assistant Censor shows rapid advancement, with pay from 7.25 to 15 dollars weekly plus war bonus. Women run exams, oversee teams, and weigh facts to aid the war machine across offices including the War Office and Admiralty.
Christopher Jones of the Royal British Field Artillery recounts his war experiences in France to a psychopathic court. He was wounded three times and gassed five, carrying shrapnel in his skull from Ypres. Jones describes Albert fighting and bombs given to children, plus his escape from a 40 foot pit after being captured by the enemy.
War department order warns officers at Camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama to crack down on loan sharks operating among troops. Reports note money lenders taking Liberty bonds as collateral and charging high rates on short term loans.
A fragmentary poem attributed to Amelia Burr speaks of comrades stained by red wine and bread as a grim sacrament. The speaker pleads for sorrow to be strengthened to fight imperial war until the dragon or self is dead. References to Vigilantes and Southey echo a wartime or revolutionary mood.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture explains swine disease prevention to sustain pork production. It divides diseases into two groups, describes common nonlethal ailments and their home remedies, and stresses housing, feeding, sanitation, clean water, and eliminating mudholes to prevent illness.
The article describes early pig feeding starting at about three weeks with shelled corn in a self feeder to avoid competition. It outlines expanding the creep as pigs grow, using shorts or tankage after four weeks, and the benefits of skim milk over other feeds. It notes breeding stock may stay on feeders but warns against over fattening.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines key requirements for profitable livestock farming. It stresses permanent, thorough pastures, leguminous crops, a silage system, pure bred mules, and a pasture plan, noting labor and expense as part of the program.
With feed er cattle scarcity and rising farm land values, the baby-beef sector grows in importance and draws interest from farmers across livestock regions.
A kitchen cosmetic method claims lemon juice mixed with orchard white creates a quarter pint skin lotion. Strain to remove pulp and store for months, then massage daily on face neck arms and hands to relieve sallowness freckles tan and roughness.
The Boston Transcript notes a household dilemma as Bridget wakes late despite the alarm clock. The cartoon caption suggests sending the baby as a humorous solution, reflecting light domestic humor of the period.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates stomach and intestinal digestion, cleanses the alimentary canal, and stimulates bile production to purify the blood. The ad claims it treats aches and indigestion and is sold worldwide. It jokes that a fool waits for the bartender to cut him off.
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