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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
14
A New York fashion piece argues colors and fabrics lift morale during wartime. It discusses long skirts, shorter sleeves, and decolletage, noting women split on trends while war influence shapes color choices, materials, and peltry use amid looming shortages.
A drunken passenger on an Illinois line slept through a ticket check as the conductor demanded fare. After two stations pass and rough handling, the man denied having a ticket, but chose to exit at the next stop and continue on foot.
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Clement describes a Verdun fort with artificial ventilation built of reinforced concrete extending underground. After bombs shattered the surface structure, the French erected a new subterranean fort of rock and granite that resisted German attacks. He notes the hospital air was pure and sunless yet favorable compared with surface institutions, illustrating French efficiency in Verdun.
Description of armed protection on motor driven army supply wagons with two holsters and repeating carbines beside the driver, contrasting with the earlier express messenger and his sawed off shotgun.
United States Shipping Board officials report Hog Island now free of mosquitoes after draining a marsh 25 miles long at a cost of 250000. New Jersey plans 150000 for Newark meadows drainage near Submarine Boat Corporation and work at Cowden yards near Log Island.
A wounded American soldier in France jokes with a corpsman as he’s lifted into an ambulance. He notes only a few shrapnel holes and that his fear is heading back to base hospital rather than the Germans he’s actually seen, just three prisoners.
A wartime style note urges quick snail control by scattering bran bait in early morning, wet with dew, to lure snails and destroy them. It suggests examining gardens at dawn and applying the remedy persistently for best effect.
The Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsule ad touts a 200 year old Holland remedy for kidney bladder disorders and back pain. It claims quick relief for pain, fatigue, indigestion, and related symptoms with a money back guarantee if not effective.
A British officer, unimpressed with a chaplain, bluntly tells him the troops won’t follow him to heaven. He tempers the dig by suggesting the chaplain could be a good company officer who would lead men to hell. The exchange plays on military roles and humor.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. only a constitutional remedy works. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation of the Eustachian tube and restore hearing. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured and notes price and distributor details.
Novelist Robert W. Chambers spoke at a New York Country Club expressing that the war has altered all things. He said older writers feel disoriented and struggle to describe modern scenes, even a girl's ear, as shell-like.
An old drugstore ad promotes Cuticura soap and ointment to cleanse and soothe pimples and rashes with free samples via Cuticura Dept X Boston. It lists Soap 25 and Ointment 25 or 50 cents, and notes mail order availability. A closing quip remarks on a husband whose wife silences him.
Granulated eyelids inflamed eyes and eye sites improved overnight with Roman Eye Balsam. One trial proves its merit. Ad asserts easier to find fault than to lose it.
A young private at Camp Custer, with a discolored eye and bleeding nose, looked up at a friend and fervently hoped those pushing boxing would not elevate its general status.
A Chicago Examiner item recounts a boy named John and his father in a humorous exchange about papers in a waste basket. The landlord asks Lincoln to take his papers as well, prompting John to apologize but respond with a witty remark about mischief and personal choice.
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