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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1924
Page
5
The Statistisches Jahrbuch shows a surge in law students in Germany from 10,265 in 1918 to 22,863 in 1924, surpassing medicine. Theology declines, Evangelical and Catholic enrollments drop, political economy grows, electricity technique classes surge, while historical philology and mathematical sciences drop.
In Primitive New Guinea, Papuans, as cited by J O Holmes, hold murderers are doomed to an eternal swamp death. The condemned endlessly struggle to escape only to be sucked back, with their heads visible briefly, eyes bulging, and limbs growing long like mangrove roots.
A contractor explains that a coarse wood composition, treated and pressed into strips, resembles stone when finished. It adds decorative value to large public buildings but is deceptive to observers who see workers sawing the material into stone like strips or trim.
The Peruvian government via the Tax Collecting company reserves the right to import playing cards as a state monopoly. A February executive decree imposes fines ranging from 5 to 50 Peruvian pounds for illegal transport of playing cards.
Prominent Japanese women advocate abandoning the kimono after the 1923 earthquake and fire. They urge dressing children in modern European clothes to escape future disasters and adopt a national shift in attire.
The Century magazine notes a mysterious one inch and a half long creature in a driver ant colony in Africa. It is not an ant and may be the colony queen, though its sex is unknown and only a single individual is observed per colony.
An old home hair dye advert promotes Sage and Sulphur Compound as a natural looking way to hide gray hair. It claims easy home preparation versus buying Wyeth's version and promises glossy, youthful-looking results after one or two applications.
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm unclogs nostrils and relieves head colds by soothing inflamed mucous membranes. It promises instant relief with a fragrant antiseptic cream, easing hawking and snuffling and restoring clear breathing.
Advice promotes drinking plenty of water and Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys. Claims acids from rich foods irritate kidneys, causing backache and other troubles, and suggests routine physician checks twice yearly.
A brief line notes an exchange process through classified advertisements. It implies using ads to negotiate or trade items toward acquiring a home. No other clear details are present in the fragment.
An antique advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless remedy for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims instant relief from soreness stiffness and lameness after a gentle rub and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle from their druggist.
A vintage ad promotes Bowles Red Pepper Rub claiming it ends rheumatism pain by deep heating within three minutes. The ad touts concentrated penetrating heat and immediate tingling relief, urging readers to ask a druggist for the genuine Rowles branded jar.
A skin specialist touts Mentho Sulphur for eczema and similar irritations. The preparation destroys germs and soothes itching, with the first application cooling the skin and reducing rash and blotches. Bowles Mentho Sulphur is applied like cold cream and is harmless. available from druggists.
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