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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
8
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises natural dark hair by nightly application. The ad touts easy use with a sponge or brush and claims gray hair disappears after one or two applications. It notes not a cure but a cosmetic for youthful appearance.
The piece blends a long, unnamed poem about the Aloe plant and noble sacrifices with a report on a Petrograd court case involving Countess Panin. It describes the court sequence, defense of philanthropy, and the accusation of misusing public funds, noting funds were deposited in a state bank pending the Constituent Assembly.
Countess Panin, former minister of public instruction in the Kerensky cabinet, faced trial in Petrograd on charges of misappropriating public funds. She was found guilty by the Popular Revolutionary Tribunal and sentenced to imprisonment until the money is restored, plus public censure, in a courtroom crowded at the Grand Duke Nicholas palace.
About thirty five years ago a disaster swept across Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. Rochester nearly vanished, but Doctor Mayo and Sisters of Charity built an emergency hospital. Now the Mayo brothers give all their savings over 1.6 million dollars to the University of Minnesota to endow a hospital, aiming for two million, to help future generations and grow the medical center. They insist on living with their benefaction and encourage immediate action.
Frank B. Carey of the Food Administration grain corporation says there is a breadstuffs supply in storage and on the market to meet the country for five months even as flour exports to Allies rise 50 percent. He notes about one million bushels of Pacific coast wheat ordered for local flour mills.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes a futurist painting trend in theatre decor. The cartoonish critique suggests the style has extended beyond galleries into stage scenery, with a jab at audience understanding and the implied superiority of traditional forms.
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