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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
7
Letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for neuralgia relief during pregnancy and maternity. A Mitchell Indiana mother reports strong health gains, baby weight at seven months, and renewed energy after three bottles. Also promote livestock lice prevention via Diolice and Poultry Louse Powder by the same company.
A quirky ad style note promotes honesty as the best policy in wartime publishing. It also touts Pierce’s Pellets for liver bowel and stomach, recommending one pellet as a laxative and three as a remedy.
The U S Department of Agriculture issued a supplementary food production program urging increased spring wheat acreage and higher output of hogs and other staples to meet 1918 needs for meat dairy cereals sugar and perishables for the nation allies and soldiers. It stresses sowing more spring wheat, expanding oats barley and sorghum, boosting beef and dairy output, and expanding perishables near markets to ease transport pressures.
A national appeal calls 250000 workers to enroll in the United States Shipyard Volunteers, a Public Reserve unit under Hurley to speed war ship production. Volunteers will be paid prevailing shipyard wages, receive housing plans, and hold certificates pledging readiness to report when called. States receive quotas. trades needed include welders, blacksmiths, carpenters, riveters, machinists, electricians, and many shipyard skilled roles.
A fragment notes two classes of women in the country based on trust in husbands and highlights a remedy for digestive and nervous complaints. The August Flyer is cited as providing relief, described as gentle and sensible, with a plea to consult a druggist.
An old note describes a hair treatment using water glycerine and Barker Campos powder to darken hair. Directions claim gradual, even color without stickiness or running, with warnings about light exposure and an editor’s aside on kerosene lamp safety in a joke about hair care.
Fragmentary ad copy urges theft as a vice and promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for face care. Mentions free samples from Cuthurs Dept X Huston and notes samples sold by druggists. Poetic aside questions charity and heaven’s munches, with garbled OCR language throughout.
A vintage ad extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, urging support for American women and noting work by French and American women alike. It claims the tonic strengthens, relieves fatigue, eases menstrual pains, and restores vigor, inviting readers to consult Dr. Pierce’s hospital for free medical advice and a women’s diseases booklet.
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