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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
8
A mixed collage of aphorisms and jokes precedes a health ad for Jad Salts urging kidney cleansing with four ounces of rad Salts daily. It touts the product as a safe, inexpensive remedy from grapes and lemon juice with lithia, promising relief from dull kidney pain, backache, and urinary issues, and claims wide popularity for generations.
An early morning health tip promotes a hot water and limestone phosphate drink to cleanse the stomach and intestines. It claims improved digestion, appetite, and blood purification, urging readers to use a quarter pound of lime phosphate for a small cost to aid many ailments.
State and national department chiefs deliver yearly welfare assessments of their work. Reading these reports educates the public and could spur actions to awaken interest and accountability in government.
At the Butler Bros workings in Plymouth early Monday ten sticks of dynamite exploded. Frank Gula suffered severe injuries including the loss of his right arm and facial damage. His partner Dom in ic Trulia escaped with minor injuries. It remains unclear how the two shared the powder causing the blast. The Wakefield mine owners M A Hanna Co plan a new shaft at Crystal Falls Monongahela property. work is underway. Popular and Century ten cent music at Trippletts jewelry store in Tronwood. John W Mullen visited from Ironwood with his son Dr Ro Mullen.
A Sunday showing of Marc Van Vorst's Big Tremaine stars Harold Pockwool and May Allison at the Strand Theatres. The film follows John Tremaine who is robbed by his brother David, loses the love he seeks, and endures seven years away before returning to find his brother dead and his mother suspecting him. John remains honorable, earns neighbors' respect, and wins a new love as his life’s burdens unfold.
A vintage ad-promotes a hair darkening treatment claiming to turn gray hair back to natural color. It markets a product called Salphay Component and a ready formula that supposedly darkens hair naturally, promising visible results by morning with minimal effort.
The dealer states the price covers any watch not repairable by Gould Repair. He notes dollar movements are not considered in the assessment. Bradley emphasizes his shop handles replacements and valuation, signaling a policy on non repairable timepieces.
B Wixon of Farmers Mills New York endorses Chamberlains Tablets after years of use for stomach and liver disorders. He calls them the best he has ever used and notes the medicine is obtainable everywhere.
John Trier from Ironwood stopped in on business while A F Olson attended to affairs in Ironwood Wednesday evening. Dr Crosby, specialist in chronic and nervous diseases, provides electrical treatments at Kerkes Building. Mrs A F Hasbrook was summoned to Abbotsford last Saturday due to her grandmother’s serious illness and returned home Tuesday.
J Goldman was down from Bes semer Wednesday on business.
J W Moore of Lost Valley Ga reports taking Chamberlains Cough Remedy many times with each bottle curing a hacking cough and cold. He says the remedy makes the cough disappear after use and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
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