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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
6
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims health benefits including relief from headache dizziness and constipation, and warns against calomel’s dangers. The copy targets general readers and promises a money back guarantee.
A man arrested for burglary pleads guilty after stealing a painting of goldfish from a studio and receives a suspended sentence. He violates parole, is rearrested, and the judge lectures him in piscatorial terms while warning the scales of justice remain suspended.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure vegetable herb kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims non stimulant action and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample with mention of the newspaper. It notes availability in drug stores in two bottle sizes.
In a light exchange a character insists on keeping summer furs for winter use stating they will spend the season in Palm Beach. The dialogue humorously contrasts seasonal attire with travel plans.
Farmers with woodland and urban buyers can ease winter coal demand and railway pressure by burning wood. Cordwood methods include 4 foot lengths and stove length runs. seasoned wood stores 2–3 years, with proper air circulation. Firewood profits rise as thinnings improve woodland value and market prices permit broader removal.
Iowa farms meeting their Liberty wheat quota will be labeled Victory Farms. Posters reading Victory Farm will be distributed by school district cooperators later this fall to those who sown spring wheat next spring. The quota is one acre per eight with allowances for untillable land.
The article explains that applying finely ground rock phosphate in heavier amounts yields benefits over several years. Solubility rises as years pass, especially when soil has abundant organic matter and carbonic acid. Bacterial activity in organic soils aids phosphate rock solubility and availability.
British titles reward distinguished service with elevated peers. The article traces Clive’s rise from Irish baron to the earldom of Powis, noting India’s prominent role in conferring honors. It contrasts historic patents with later generations seeking greater remembrance.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet comments on traffic quirks and a joke about driving a mule not a horse. It blends miscellany with a medical ad for Roman Eye Balsam and a quip about an awkward dancer arriving with both feet.
Wisconsin and Minnesota dominate butter production due to supplying high quality butter in large volumes. Creameries cooperate to standardize cream grades, pay premiums for better cream, and ship butter in iced freight cars. Daily cream delivery rises in summer and biweekly in winter, boosting gains for dairymen and creameries.
The article notes a shift from acid phosphate to ground raw phosphate due to sulfuric acid shortages from munition production. Six large firms entered raw phosphate sales in 1916 17, with annual consumption over 91 000 tons and farmers spending at least 750 000 dollars. Ground rock, less soluble but effective with thorough soil distribution and proper tillage, may take years to show results.
A humorous remark notes a man’s tongue often outlasts his brain, highlighting a stubborn or quick reply over lasting intellect. The line plays on contrasts between speech and thought.
An old advertisement promises $100 for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to act through mucous membranes. It notes four decades on the market, a 7 cent price, and free testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. The final line adds an unrelated marital suggestion.
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