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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
3
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a quick hair cleaner and conditioner. It claims the product removes dust oil and dandruff, soothes the scalp and promises new hair growth after weeks of use. The copy urges women to buy a 25 cent bottle from any store and sample its effects.
An advertising notice promoting Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads. Apply ointment, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water after five minutes, repeat twice daily. Claims no better toilet preparation and offers free samples by mail from Boston.
A Cincinnati authority says corns hard or soft can be lifted with the fingers after applying a few drops of freezone. The inexpensive preparation dries instantly, does not inflame surrounding skin, and promises removal without pain or infection risk. If a druggist lacks freezone, it can be sourced from a wholesale house.
An Interborough elevated official explains how New York transit collects daily fares to keep nickels circulating. A rolling bank on wheels gathers coins and cash from subway and elevated stations, pooling over 100000 in small change and bills each night for bank processing. Mondays show peak receipts due to Sunday shopping.
City manager Henry Waite implements commission plan to boost health and social services in Dayton. Since 1914 a combined effort by 12 nurses and district doctors has lowered the death rate from 15.7 to about 13 per thousand, saving hundreds of lives yearly and offering free infant care and guidance to every mother.
In New York City a band of con men target the unsophisticated with jewelry schemes. They display polished watches and chains as "genuine" items, then stall while a lookout distracts the buyer. The final "deal" yields an inferior imitation, while the fakers pocket the goods.
Milwaukee pastors describe ministerial duties as demanding and varied. They act as clergyman, legal adviser, employment agent, chauffeur, expressman and public speaker, often driving congregants to trains or moving furniture across the city. They also visit hospitals jails and homes, and are asked to address bankers clubs and other groups, despite a Monday workload.
In a frontier town, Ralph Denniston defends his lifelong teaching post against temptations of bigger pay and fame. He trusts a divine calling over worldly advancement, insisting the town and its pupils are his true mission and he would confront God with a clear conscience if ever he left.
The New York Morning Telegraph reports on French reuse practices during hardship. Convicts in prisons dismantle old tins and boots to create food fertilisers, children's shoes, or pressed leather. Saws’ steel is repurposed for surgical instruments and engineer tools, proving old materials can yield valuable products.
A New York Globe excerpt recalls a hotel elevator operator who finds danger and excitement in daily shifts. He notes accidents and mishaps from tracked skulls to a sixth floor descent, while the engineer is away ill and new duties fall on him. The piece captures peril and persistence in a working life.
A reflective observation on how troubles shape character. It argues that adversity cannot be avoided but can be chosen as a source of strength or weakness, yielding fortitude, patience, and growth or bitterness and despair. The excerpt emphasizes personal agency in life challenges.
Andrew Lang, the Scotch poet, critic and satirist, reserved his harshest jabs for founders of new religions and new moral codes. He argued that apparent novel truths in new religions and moralities proved false upon close examination, revealing society’s own flaws.
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