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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
3
An editor urges readers to sacrifice nonessentials and invest in Liberty loan bonds to support the war. The piece argues that regular saving makes use of government bonds safer and builds a “nest egg,” while lowering future taxes and speeding victory. It emphasizes personal duty, collective action, and patriotic saving.
London reports a German U-boat tactic where after a depth charge fails to sink the submarine the crew release oil to surface, fool destroyer captains into thinking the vessel is wrecked. Allied destroyers and submarine chasers have increased depth charging to counter the ruse.
In Liverpool England women moved from light shells to larger ordnance as a young mother tests the weight and declares it lighter than a baby. The plant, run largely by daughters of professionals and wives of sailors, operates as Cunard’s reply to the Lusitania sinking and is nonprofit.
A New York Red Cross worker in Paris volunteers to aid the wounded. She hears her son, a young American lieutenant, cry out for "Mother" and finds him injured by shrapnel. She accompanies him to a hospital then returns to the station to comfort other wounded. She has long served refugees in France.
Miami Ohio reports A H De Vaux forcibly removed a hat from a man who refused to remove headwear during the Star Spangled Banner. After three requests to comply, De Vaux delivered a right uppercut and the man fell to the ground. He then received a blue envelope.
Wartime notice urges joining a U S Food Club to root out disloyalty including German sympathizers. It explains spies and supporters in society, urges reporting noncompliance with food rules and antiwar talks to authorities, and promotes a Slacker Committee to monitor activity in Indiana.
Doan's Kidney Pills marketed for kidney ills with a Van Buren endorsement. Mrs. Dan Struble of Vine Street recounts relief after using Doan's, bought at Conwell's Drug Store, claiming full recovery from backache dizziness and nervous headaches. 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
William Whitelaw of Des Moines Iowa recounts a traveler in Ashland Kansas telling of Chambrlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy saving his dying daughter with dysentery after a physician had given up. He also used the remedy himself with gratifying results.
State of Indiana Grant County Circuit Court vacation term 1918 No 17812 William D Tibbits Jr vs Marion F Evans John E Clark Complaint for Attachment and Accounting. Defendant Marion F Evans not a resident of Indiana. he must appear and answer by October 15 1918 or default will be entered. Clerk W S Malott. Stricler and Messick attorneys.
The undersigned George W. Elliott has been appointed administrator of the estate of Milton H. Elliott, deceased, late of Vanssuren Township Grant County Indiana. The estate is believed to be solvent. August 16 22 29.
A health ad describes waking and drinking hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and organs before breakfast. It claims removal of poisons and toxins improves health, appearance, and digestion, with noted benefits for headaches, bad breath, and bilious symptoms.
An old recipe promises to restore natural hair color with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. Apply with a sponge or brush to a strand for a darker lustrous look by morning, with repeated use enhancing shade while denying disease claims.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a painless remedy for corns. A few drops dry to loosen the corn with root and all lifting out by fingers. A quarter ounce costs little at drug stores and should remove all hard or soft corns and calluses. Do not cut or pick corns, he warns.
Advertisement touts a cough medicine made at home using three ounces of Grando Pine and syrup to create one pint. Claimed to relieve coughs colds bronchial ailments and croup with spasmodic coughing in whooping cough. Produced by The Grand-Aid Co Bt Wayne Ind includes preparation directions.
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