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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
5
Readable lines describe a vaudeville style show with chorus girls and a host named Josher discussing why a snappy program fails to excite audiences. The exchange highlights the contrast between marketing and performance quality.
The ad urges parents to use Boschee's German Syrup to prevent severe illnesses from fluctuating weather. It claims fifty years of success for coughs colds throat or lung troubles and notes bottles priced 25 and 75 cents sold by druggists worldwide. It also mentions a reflector for a new electric cook stove.
A reflection notes that people magnify small woes when they have not faced larger fears. It suggests perspective comes from experience with hardship and endurance.
An article urges maintaining the body like a well oiled machine and advocates weekly cleansing with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. It promotes a laxative made from May-apple juice aloes root julp and notes availability at drug stores for 25 cents with the Dr. Pierce stamp as proof of authenticity.
A Washington Star contributor reports a Chinese regiment at a war review performing a prehistoric style assault. Soldiers use long bamboo poles to trip foes, splash water, and, amid confusion, behead opponents. The general says the practice is an ancient method still taught in their drills.
The antiseptic powder is shaken into shoes or used in foot baths. Young men in communities use Allen's Foot-Ease in drills for military preparedness. Used by Allied French and English troops to rest feet, reduce shoe friction, and ease walking.
A compact reflection on believing hearsay and the value of repeating rumors with skepticism. The quote contrasts belief and repetition, noting that not everything heard should be trusted though some phrases are repeated.
The text questions how to determine if all ocean voyages harms a healer and asserts that the best answer is to go to sea. It presents a playful or ironic directive about the value of sea travel for learning or testing a healer's craft.
A clipping promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Anurie tablets with testimonials from Mrs Ollie Wright of Pryor and Mrs A B Prouty praising relief from digestive and kidney ailments. The notice urges readers to ask their druggist for the products and notes the signature appears on each package.
The nationwide Baby Week, started by the federal Children's Bureau and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, boosts infant care awareness and local action. It inspires birth registration efforts, visiting nurse services, school programs, and child hygiene work across rural and urban communities.
An anonymous 1916 Baby Week message extols infancy as both oldest and youngest, urging pure milk, fresh air, play, and education. It links future progress to child welfare, maternal care, birth registration, and accessible parental guidance, inviting readers to request free Children’s Bureau publications.
The Children's Bureau offers bulletins aimed at mothers and every citizen concerned with child welfare. It notes resources like Baby Week Campaigns that provide guidance and support for family health and welfare initiatives.
Des Moines Iowa and Richmond Indiana women credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from serious female ailments avoiding surgery. Letters describe regained strength and ability to work, plus a note offering confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
For skin troubles the Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals. They give relief from itching burning eczema pimples dandruff and most baby skin troubles. Daily use helps prevent worse skin problems. Free sample by mail with Book, Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A cryptic exchange features the Sage declaring no limit to effort and a playful chorus from the Pool asking if anyone has faced a set of fouls beaten. The dialogue hints at challenge and resilience with a surreal, poetic tone.
An era of laundry devotion surfaces as a shopper insists on Red Cross Ball Blue for white dresses linens and lace curtains claiming decades of use and snowy results. A terse exchange shows a vendor promising to supply the product.
Kansas mothers report Vap-O-Rub gives relief for colds and croup in children. Testimonials from Atchison Kansas City and Lawrence praise its quick effect, with Vick Vap-O-Rub sold in salve form in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes and a free trial.
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