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Shepherdstown Register

Location

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1917

Page

4

Dutch Coasted by Rising Waters and Subsidence

A Dutch expert warns large parts of the Netherlands lie below sea level and require massive dikes and embankments. Substantial land subsidence, coastal changes, and rising sea levels strain agricultural output and public finances.

Malengrut Patyteznais College of Delft Geological Mining Society Sier Wiese Sind Molengeau J.C. Ramer Holland British Isles

Cleveland Lady Credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound After Long Hospital Stay

Mrs W C Brown of Rend W 12th St Cleveland Ohio describes four weeks in hospital with lower abdominal pain and fainting spells. After starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the pain lessened and she reports better health, advising others to try it before returning home.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island Mary Ireland Supreme Court Cleveland Ohio Lydia Pinkham Lydia B. Pinkham W. C. Brown Rend W. 12Th St

Rain Not Dued to Gunfire on Water Vapor Control

An analysis challenges the belief that heavy cannonading causes rain. While volcano dust and high altitude particles influence condensation, gunfire at current scales cannot reliably produce rain. Yet advances in physics leave open the possibility of future control of water vapor and atmospheric phenomena.

Krakatoa

Rich are becoming poor and Cardiff prosperity noted

A sermon by William Lawrence laments rising costs and high charges pushing wealthy toward poverty amid a $5,000,000 fund drive for Episcopal clergy. Cardiff, Wales, is dubbed Britain's Pittsburgh due to coal very wealth, with shipowners and miners earning high pay and heavy investment in the war loan. A Pittsburgh Telegraph Chronicle item reports a sick man and a wife calling about his medicine. A France study shows a few women carpenters employed in army housing under a forewoman, earning about half of men. A drought and prohibition sentiment is discussed in Crimaon.

William Lawrence Trinity Charet Jesson Boston Philadelphia Minny Hagames Trom Lawrence Cardiff Wales Pittsburgh Eal British Isles France Hota Herwif Berm

Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Pain Relief

A vintage ad describes Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for sprains strains bruises and rheumatic pains neuralgia gout lumbago and feverish aches. It claims no skin staining or clogging unlike plasters and ointments, offering quick relief for grippe and fatigue. Available at all druggists.

Sloan

Berlin moves to end burial finery with paper shrouds

The imperial clothing office in Berlin seeks to abolish dressing the dead in fine cloth to conserve wartime materials. It urges paper shrouds and even funeral pillow casts, arguing patriotism requires sacrifice and that clothing the dead in shoes and stockings is unnecessary.

Imperial Clothing Office Berlin

Prestave Hotel Seeks Improved Service in All Departments

Harper's Ferry hotel announces planned enhancements across departments with updated rates for winter months. The property lists weekly and daily rates, including rooms at twelve dollars and other accommodations.

Prestave Hotel Howuns Walet

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