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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
7
Mrs Augustus Baughman of Enchant Pennsylvania describes relief from crying spells nervousness and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She stopped doctors medicines and regained strength doing all her work and endorses the product seeking free confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
The second series of eight officers training camps will run from August 7 to November 26 with about 15,000 men to be tried. The Navy reports an armed American steamer repelled a German U-boat attack, possibly sinking the submarine. Local draft exemptions will be determined by boards for 30 000 population areas. Ninety eight navy aviators arrived in France, the first of America’s expeditionary force. Brazil’s seizure of forty ships may shift ships to the Americas. talks with Brazil continue. Hoover denies sugar shortage claims and expects ample supply and stable prices next year. A gag order tightens on naval personnel after intelligence leaks to Germany. Pershing and 198 officers reached a British port on the way to France. An earthquake devastates San Salvador and surrounding towns. dozens of tornadoes in Oklahoma cause $150 000 in damage, with no fatalities. Waterloo Times Tribune employees arrested for Sunday work under blue laws. baby Lloyd Keet’s body found in an Ozark well. several arrests follow. Colorado Supreme Court overturns a murder conviction tied to the 1914 coal strike. no new trial planned.
San Diego California has acquired an aerial fire fighting machine hailed as the first of its kind. Edward W. Dickerson of Grand Rapids Michigan is named president of the Western league succeeding Frank C. Zehrung. Treasury Secretary McAdoo says ten billion dollars spent on American products will bring greatest prosperity. Kern county land restored to government after Taft withdrawal order. Tornadoes strike Kansas and Missouri for the second time in two weeks, killing 31 and inflicting heavy damages.
The federal Shipping Board and the Department of Commerce announced a campaign to recruit and train 10,000 men to officer ships of the new American merchant marine. President Wilson appeals to Nebraska Iowa North Dakota Montana Wyoming and other western states to support the Red Cross drive for 100000000. The Agriculture Department warns of tight wheat supply and urges economy while lambs should be conserved for breeding and only worthless stock slaughtered.
European conflict reports say the House passed a senate bill authorizing issue of rifles and gear for home guard organization. London announces the sinking of the British Southland by a submarine with 33 feared dead and 28 missing. Front reports claim German losses of 30,000 killed and 7,000 prisoners after British bombardment, while Haig’s forces seize 5,000 prisoners and heavy guns over nine miles from Ypres to Armentieres. Fifteen vessels of over 1,600 tons were sunk in the week to June 2, with American navy praise for aiding submarine defense.
For decades egg value fluctuates with seasons. The ad promotes stocking fresh eggs in a cellar using Egg-o-Latum and offers a 50 cent jar that treats 50 dozen eggs. It suggests keeping hens year round and highlights Lee Poultry Library and Geo. H. Lee Co. Omaha Nebraska as suppliers of poultry products and remedies.
Thomas questions if fighting nations will cede land while Pete notes vast expansion with millions of acres being planted, signaling a shift in priorities and potential consequences for borders and strategy.
A mother pursues her son who has angered her, shouting she will pay sixpence to anyone who catches him. The boy stops, turns, and retorts that he will return if he receives the sixpence.
A remark notes the British will not wear belied shirts to conserve starch. The commenter jokes that lack of starch might affect their defense stiffness. The exchange mirrors playful wartime chatter about uniforms and material shortages.
A health conservation board modeled on the general munitions board is urged to supervise health conditions in government plants and coordinate with state boards for private government contracts. Dr. Frederick Martin of the council of national defense is cited as qualified to lead this body, with minimum standards of hours wages and shop conditions proposed for munition contracts. A wartime scene at Ft Harrison shows a cook joking with a soldier in an Indiana company barracks, reflecting social tensions amid military recruitment.
Mrs Scatterbrain laments her lot as her forgetful husband cannot recall her instructions though she uses strings and knots. A friend jokes that she sent a note dated a week ahead, and Mrs Scatterbrain realizes her husband may have posted it the same day.
A dialogue between Mrs Youngbride and a grocer about eggs sent yesterday. The grocer apologizes that the eggs were old due to holiday slaughter leaving only old hens to lay. Mrs Youngbride accepts the explanation with a light, amused reaction.
An antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle in foot baths. It relieves painful swollen smarting feet and takes the sting out of bunions and corns. Used by British and French troops at the front. Sold everywhere.
A campaign note reveals a slogan change from Buy a Bale to Buy a Bond signaling ongoing fundraising efforts and renewed push to mobilize supporters. The call to action urges donors to participate and back bond sales.
Two speakers remark on a morning scene about Mabel and a husband who acts like the boss only when away from home. The exchange comments on married life and perceived wisdom in a light, humorous tone.
In a lighthearted exchange, a speaker notes the idea that a war garden should yield abundant sweet peas, joking that one should describe their livelihood in refined terms rather than crude pig farming. The remark contrasts practical farming with genteel rhetoric amid wartime sentiment.
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