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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
5
Twenty village girls form the Larks Club and donate 5.90 for cigarettes for the boys in France. The list of club members includes Anna Sawasky Angeline Zazask Esther Niemi Fisie Ringsmuth Emily Niemi and others. An ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for digestion and energy.
David Haran remarks on human nature showing inconsistency in safety practices. He contrasts a person who seeks fireproof hotels for safety yet leaves a home fire burning with a cracked flue while sleeping, implying misplaced confidence.
A wartime appeal argues cigarettes are vital for morale and stamina in trench life. Soldiers light a cigarette in lull moments, thinking of home, and the piece urges readers to fund the Tobasco Fund with twenty five cents to send tobacco quarters to the front, claiming a cigarette is the ideal smoke in action.
A fragmented local page notes the Larks club with member sketches and jokes, naming Gladys Hazel Olson Angeline Bernice Blanche Edna Alice Emily Esther Margarette Starley Modena and others. It also mentions health tips from sundown products, a mining dividend report, and wartime calls to donate aviation gear.
An old advertisement touts drinking a fizzy lithia-water remedy and grape juice blends as a cure for kidney pain and bladder irritation. It urges high water intake and claims the remedy cleanses kidneys, neutralizes urine acidity, and treats backaches. Strong claims lack medical backing.
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