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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
6
A compact ad touts Pape's Diapepsin for rapid relief of gas, dyspepsia, and indigestion, claiming speed and harmless action with many cures worldwide. It encourages keeping a fifty-cent case handy and notes symptoms like sour stomach, head ache, and nausea vanish on contact. Also includes a series of light opinions and gags on current events and everyday life.
A famed health authority warns the nation about kidney strain from heavy meat eating. Symptoms include back pain, cloudy or sediment-filled urine, and nocturnal urination. a four ounce dose of Rad Salts nightly is advised to flush kidneys and neutralize urinary acids. Jad Salts, a grape and lemon lithia blend, is praised as a safe, inexpensive tonic to keep kidneys active. The note ends with a brief education statistic and Navy training mention.
The article traces the National Clean Up and Paint Up campaign founded by Allen W. Clark in 1912 and its growth to about 5,000 local efforts by 1915. It emphasizes year round civic pride, healthier communities, and farm clean up days, urging homeowners to paint, plant, and improve properties to raise values and livability.
Reports note Western boards of education equip high schools and colleges with electrical cooking devices. Hospitals and state institutions increasingly use electricity for meal preparation, signaling a shift from gas or coal to electric kitchens. A distant claim about $1,000,000 annual electric oranges spending appears.
German scientists report glycerin as a powerful sterilizing agent. When heated to 24 percent Fahrenheit, various deadly germs are killed in one minute. The method sterilizes surgical instruments without corroding metal or altering temper, and can restore elasticity in brittle rubber tubes.
A fragment from a humor piece recalls the tale of Smithers who, after a consuming drink, collided with a line of policemen in the copper corner turning street, prompting laughter and a cautionary note about overindulgence.
A fragment quotes a lawyerly exchange about consistency with an unwritten law. The line asks what should accompany the unwritten rule and answers with a punchy jab about painess lawyers, reflecting a terse, satirical aside.
A lively ad contrasts Dodson's Liver Tone with dangerous calomel, touting a safe vegetable formula that cleans sluggish livers without causing sickness or salivation. It notes druggists report calomel sales shrinking and urges use for adults and children.
Women showed farm plowing skill at Aspull Preston England as a farmer's wife and her 21-year-old servant beat all but one man. They practiced only four weeks, borrowed rusty shares after rival plans were sabotaged, and prevailed in the match.
Professor R W Lee of McGill Law spoke to the Ontario Bar Association with Osgoode Hall students present. His discussion on ancient and modern law drew bursts of noise from the students before he noted that an Osgoode student would respond I dont know ending the moment with silence.
An Illinois woman reports improved kidney and bowel action, steadier nerves, and renewed energy after switching from coffee to Postum. She describes relief from coffee heart, less despondency, and resumption of hard mental labor with less fatigue. Postum offers Cereal and Instant forms, sold by grocers, both costing about the same per cup.
A Detroit Free Press quip questions marital transparency with the line Do you tell your wife everything It isn t necessary My wife knows everything The remark is paired with a wry observation that a miss may be better than a male, reflecting social humor of the era.
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