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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
9
An office of experiment stations report describes a man living months on bread fruit and cheese food combination. It emphasizes the diet as balanced and digestible while offering preparation tips for cheese preservation and several dessert and bread recipes. It also mentions a soda bath to suppress perspiration odor.
A fashion note describes tailored costumes with satin and organdie, vivid colors like yellow and wistaria, and fine trimmings such as foolard on velour suits. Spanish millinery influences appear, with embroidered string colored cloth frocks and a trend toward rocks and the short coat for spring.
A brief guide for busy families with many buttonholes. It suggests using the sewing machine to sew back and forth, tearing a small aperture in the center at the buttonhole location, and cutting the space carefully without cutting stitching. It also notes attaching the edge trimmer to finish tops and bottoms of sleeves and skirts to save work.
A historical cleaning tip describes mixing two tablespoons of salt with warm water, wringing a cloth, spreading it over the carpet, and heating with a heater. Repeatedly changing the cloth cleans dust effectively and is easier than lifting the carpet.
The article describes preparing Austrian baked cabbage by removing the heart, filling with a mixture of fried cabbage bits, bread crumbs, chopped bacon, and seasonings. It instructs layering in fresh cabbage leaves, tying, baking, and finishing with butter and hot water.
An old advertisement urges regular use of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to prevent and treat pains from kidneys to stomach. It claims early warnings of diseases like Bright's and appendicitis, and promises money back if ineffective. Substitutes are discouraged and the product is marketed as the pure imported option.
Federal actions in Indianapolis yielded several thousand copies of alleged treasonable pamphlets condemning the war. The operation was conducted quietly and became public only today. An apparent advertising insert urged readers to mail a form for Foley products, signed A. L. McIntyre Drug Co.
Eurene Cleveland a Kemmerer carpenter was fatally struck by a switch engine while crossing tracks near the town yard. He walked from a garage site to inquire about bricks for a new building when a line of idle coal cars cleared, and the engine ran him over. A signal maintainer alerted responders.
A reader column discusses teething myths and worm fears, noting doctors disagree with worm or teething explanations for infant illness. It explains teething can cause gum soreness but not fever or convulsions, and urges consulting physicians for sick children. Practical advice includes safe teething objects and cautions against unsafe remedies.
An advertisement describes a home remedy for corns. A drug called freezone is applied to a corn or callus on the foot, causing quick relief. The note promises removal of all hard or soft corns with minimal cost and without skin irritation. The product is pitched as gummy and fast-acting.
A German named Josef Endl bert Klein, 28, appeared at a Marine Corps recruitment station in Balt Lake seeking enlistment. Officers found German uniforms in his chair and two photos with German imperial marks, raising suspicions of espionage. He vanished after disrobing and being weighed. authorities plan to detain him for federal inquiry.
Fathers and mothers worry over a child with a chronic cough. Kowdi Lee Wannaske Mita writes that after years of sickness their daughter improved only after Foley's Honey and Tar. The note cites relief from coughs colds croup and whooping cough and promotes the product from Melatyré Drug Co.
In Trinidad Colorado on May 16 a verdict by a coroner's jury links an open safety lamp to the April 27 Hastings mine explosion of Vieton American Fuel Co. near town. The lamp was found beside the body of inspector David H. Reece, with mine inspector James Dalrymple and three other officials present. Seventy percent of the text mentions a separate labor wage raise by union longshoremen in Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Buffalo.
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