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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
2
The article explains replacing two-man tasks with single worker efficiency by using electric motors on old machines like tanning mills and grain grinders. It describes portable and mounted motor setups, pulleys and belts, and how each powered update cuts labor per hour, turning a "man hour" into saved effort.
An early 20th century advertisement fragment promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney ills and Doan's Ointment for skin itching. It mentions Washington, Alexander & Cooke in Town, W. Va, and the physician Dr. Fahrney. The copy touts Doan's as a trusted brand carried by local drug stores.
A Vienna biologist Prof Eugen Steinach announces a substitute fountain of youth based on reactivating public glands. He reports successful animal tests and nine years of human trials with striking results, boosting vitality and youthfulness in older men and women, with a new book detailing the discovery amid Austria’s wartime poverty.
A physician discusses high fees for calls and consultations while a question from a student asks the street passing value. Uncle Joe Marsh in Vermont appears as a witness tale about a man who lived off his wife and his peculiar occupation.
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