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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
4
A lab tour reveals the making of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised for treating women's illnesses. Over 360,000 pounds of herbs yearly are harvested at peak potency, solvents extract active properties, and utensils are sterilized. The product is pasteurized and bottled in sterile conditions, with letters from women attesting to health restoration.
Citizens say authorities require owners to add lire-es- CAPes, enabling residents to place flower boxes and milk bottles, reflecting municipal safety or aesthetic measures.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any cataract case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces, notes forty years of sales, and lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as sellers with testimonials available.
A terse exchange notes a short work on Elizabethan poets and a traveler claiming a home in Elizabeth New Jersey. The dialogue implies a living poet from Elizabeth, NJ.
An advertisement for Cuticura products recommends bathing with Cuticura Soap using hot water then drying and applying Cuticura Ointment for relief from itching. It promises speedy relief and denalment. Free samples offered by mail and at druggists. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
An author recalls two actresses in an early work. The leading actress, self styled star, quarreled with the other at rehearsal. The retort, spoken with a smile, notes her slim figure and cheekily suggests she would look better as a meteor.
Life presents numerous chances for affection for both men and women, with countless opportunities unfolding daily.
A wartime appeal promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for weak women, claiming relief from backache nervousness and fatigue. The ad asserts it strengthens health and vitality and urges trials with a testimonial from Mrs. Walter Guard of Aurora Neb. and a note to send for a trial pack.
Hiram Jenner, gloomed by his daughter's elopement with inventor George Lane, experiences envy and regret during Christmas. A belated drive brings him to Eve Lane’s home with a Christmas hamper. He discovers Eve content with George, forgives, and meets Eve’s baby, a final gift of reconciliation and renewal.
In French villages where U.S. troops are quartered, strict steps are taken to prevent unsafe drinking water. Wells are tested and boiled if suspicion arises, while older peasants resist hygienic changes, deeming modern safeguards as nonsense or exasperating.
Scouting for Black Walnut prompts a census drive by boy scouts to map the timber. The effort has already supplied the forest service with definite information on the location and quality of about 15,000,000 feet of black walnut timber, aiding government planning.
A fragment notes that the entity does not buy timber but passes information to manufacturers engaged in government contracts for gun stocks and airplane propellers, highlighting supply chain role and defense connections mentioned by Youth's Companion.
Ned notes the king and queen of England hosting American editors while Nita envies the attention. The scene hints at royal favor and press access as the queen ensures coverage, signaling status and social dynamics in a period portrait.
London reports the surrender of about 2000 German aircraft under the armistice terms is progressing this week. The vast fleet requires time to transfer examine and park. British front line losses show 3060 enemy planes destroyed in battles and 1174 driven down out of control from January 1918 to armistice date.
New York reports that during his Europe trip President Wilson may host leaders including Poincare of France George V of England Albert I of Belgium and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy as diplomat Stephane Lausanne notes this is a long standing custom of courtesy among heads of state. Also an advertisement touts Danderine a scalp and hair treatment promising dandruff relief and hair growth within weeks.
Chicago December 10 One in five U S soldiers had influenza with one in six developing pneumonia and two fifths of pneumonia patients dying Dr George A Soper of the U S surgeon general s staff predicted another epidemic of the disease He noted three visitations each more severe and fatal than the last
London December 10 The British government has agreed to an eight hour day for all railway wages staff in the United Kingdom fulfilling a pledge made to railway men by the president of the board of trade. The eight hour day will start next February. Railway leaders in Britain express satisfaction with the action.
President Wilson urges every American to join the American Red Cross during Christmas roll call week from December 16 to 28 in a nationwide proclamation. The call to service was publicized last Sunday before the president left for Europe, framing the effort as a global Christmas greeting and aid initiative.
Omaha Neb Dec 9 Striking street car men in Omaha and Council Bluffs by an almost unanimous vote refused to submit the differences between their union and the traction company to the war labor board for settlement. Street car service in the two cities has been at a standstill since last Wednesday.
Berlin authorities report that a clash between government troops and Spartacist rebels left more than 180 people killed or wounded. The uprising and its suppression moved through central Berlin, with gunfire and street battles reported across several districts. Hospitals warned of strained resources as casualties arrived.
Chicago December 10 speakers at the annual American Association of Fairs and Expositions convention announced new county fair attractions for next summer replacing the snake charmer and Fat Lady. Officers named include H A Brown of Birmingham president C Walborn Columbus vice president SK R Danielson Lincoln secretary and Frank D Fuller Memphis treasurer.
President Wilson avoids reading sermons, preferring extempore speeches. An old Scotswoman at Princeton jokes that a new minister is “gettin' on” like a crow in a taters field, with two dabs and a look-up, reflecting shared disdain for written sermons.
Purity and safety claims accompany Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is described as non stimulant and vegetable based with a sworn purity statement and sample offer by mail. Available in two bottle sizes at drug stores.
The snippet from Gveratiow in Flatbush and Bensonhurst frames a lighthearted citywide quip about letter writing. A wife’s letters are humorously said to require both sides of the page, with a punchline about fitting many P. S. notes.
A terse exchange features a preface about unknown harm and a retort that immunity from injury is claimed. The dialogue implies cautionary skepticism about risk and resilience, framed as a sharp, quotable confrontation.
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