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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
8
Government report notes increased meat and fats stocks in 1917 18 versus the prior year. It highlights higher production and spending in wartime measures and credits women for contributing to savings and efficiency in household and industrial food programs.
Food Administrator Hoover reports that in the year ending June 30, Americans shipped 141 million bushels of wheat and 844 million pounds of meat to Allies and troops, with total food shipments valued around 1.4 billion dollars. Voluntary conservation aided by a patriotism of the people saved wheat and boosted cereals, while women, urban and rural alike, shared in the sacrifice during a year of shortages.
In Spain and Portugal sugar prices soar due to a short European beet crop and limited ocean tonnage. Barcelona sells granulated sugar at 19 cents per pound while Lisbon fixes brown sugar at 1.04 to 1.12 dollars per pound. Beet sugar in Sweden is 14 cents per pound.
The article discusses the period from age forty to fifty as a time of potential breakdown from cardiovascular degeneration. It stresses that heart and artery wear, high blood pressure, and related conditions are common. It argues disease is disturbance of function, urges thorough medical examination to detect incipient signs.
The excerpt warns that victims often ignore early signs of illness or misattribute symptoms to functional causes. It lists breathlessness after exertion, sleeplessness, headaches, weight gain, dyspepsia, nervousness, anemia, and fatigue as indicators needing expert medical review rather than reliance on old remedies. It urges consultation with a physician to diagnose organic issues.
The notice appeals to readers to support the newspaper through advertising, stating that success depends on ads. It emphasizes that patronage from advertisers enables the paper to exist and serve the community.
A vintage ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a inexpensive, easy remedy to darken faded or gray hair. It claims the product vanishes gray strands by morning with repeated use, leaving hair thick, glossy, and younger looking, while noting it is a toilet item not a medicine.
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