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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
7
An old time remedy, Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound, claims to darken faded or gray hair naturally. A downtown druggist notes its popularity, saying it leaves hair looking glossy and natural after combing through strands nightly.
A humorous exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal contrasts grocery bills with a $1,000 fur coat. A wife frets over a $40 bill while the husband dismisses concerns as piker behavior and offers a witticism about credit and luxury.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Vineated as purifying blood and boosting energy with claimed tonic effects. The copy repeats pricing and benefits in garbled text, noting dogmatic language about wellness.
Weekly Health Talks warns that uric acid buildup from kidney problems causes many pains and diseases. It promotes Anuric Tablets from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo as a remedy to dissolve uric acid, with advice on diet and living, offered free of charge upon request.
Gunner Depew recalls hunger and brutal treatment in Brandenburg camp. He describes grave digging, cross markers, a failed injection, and a dramatic release via Spanish ambassador and Swerts. He recounts the anxious voyage to Lindau and the first bread in Switzerland as freedom arrives.
The narrator recounts arrival in Switzerland and travel through Zurich Berne and Brest to St Nazaire and finally New York in July 1917. He describes receptions by Americans including Francis B. Keene and Harold McCormick, Swiss hospitality, and lingering injuries from gas. He hints at returning to sea despite wounds and doubt about rejoining service.
Mrs Ellen Walker of Philadelphia keeps a land turtle as her mascot for twenty five years. The reptile travels with her in a basket made for the purpose and spends summers in the garden and winters in the basement.
A barber explains his switch from hedging to haircutting for better pay. The customer learns that trimming hedges was his last job before choosing a steady wage in grooming.
A new thermostat uses pneumatic regulation to control home temperature by switching electricity to a motor that opens or closes drafts in the heating system. This device aims to reduce coal usage by adjusting furnace airflow automatically.
Mitchell Indiana resident Mrs Pearl Monyhan credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with relief during pregnancy and urges other expectant mothers to try it. She reports improved strength, ability to perform housework, and better health in maternity.
An old, angular farm man in a blue jumper and jeans asks for a ride from a driver on a boulevard lined with shiny cars and well-dressed pedestrians. Cars pass without stopping, prompting him to remark that their neighborhood is not so proud as to refuse assistance to anyone.
The doorkeeper taunts Senator Quash of Squeegee about a misplaced motion to adjourn. Quash asks if it was found, revealing a moment of political theater and a worried office scene.
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