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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
2
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for sick children. It highlights coated tongues as a sign of illness and promises easy relief within hours, claiming the syrup cleanses stomachs and bowels without griping, with safety due to its pleasant taste and clear bottle directions.
A mother asks if whipping will cure her lazy child Algern on. The doctor responds that the effect depends on where the punishment is applied, implying the outcome hinges on location of the whip. The exchange highlights a humorous dispute over discipline methods.
Overworked men can regain strength with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Three capsules daily improve health from uric acid issues to kidney and stomach ailments. Distributed for immediate relief, with money-back guarantee if not helpful. look for the Gold Medal on the box.
A clipped quotation from the Boston Transcript questions the merit of a so-called good family. It notes a strong counterpoint that despite lineage, opinion or conduct may dispute ancestral privilege. The remark reflects social tensions of class and reputation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment touted for cleansing and beautifying skin, hands, and hair with free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Adv. Fish Day. Look at the mackerel sky. Well, isn't it Friday. Boston Transcript.
An ad claims 78s Baby Bow Medicine will correct stomach and dowel troubles with calm directions on the bottle. Also promotes Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as a gentle vegetable tonic and purgative. Some lines mock kleptomaniacs for taking hints.
Albert N. Depew recounts his U S Navy service rising to chief petty officer first class gunner in a WWI era narrative. After honorable discharge he heads to France with resolve to enlist as global conflict begins.
The narrator describes his attempt to join the French Foreign Legion at St Nazaire, passing a stringent exam and earning a gunner commission dated January 1, 1915. He ships aboard the Cassard, serves with Murray, notes French naval life, a fourteen-day smallpox quarantine at Spezia, teaches hammocks and rope mats, and reflects on French hospitality, women, and culture before heading to the Flanders front via Dixmude.
The diarist Depew details his initial front line exposure at Dixmude and how the British Tommies persevere. He previews the next installment with reflections on endurance and frontline realities.
A young girl explains she earned a penny after Carter called her a bad girl and she chose not to fight him. She asked for a penny, and he gave one, illustrating a small act of earned reward and restraint.
Providence Rhode Island advertisement recounts Mrs Adelin B Lynch’s recovery from backache nervousness and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The text urges others with functional disturbances to seek this herbal remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medical Company in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
Two brothers argue over bed position in a country tale and imagine heaven as a big cozy feather bed with room for all. A European queen, Queen Wilhelmina, is noted for preferring limited travel. Maryland farmers breed goats to avert a looming milk shortage.
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