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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
5
If nostrils are clogged and the head is stuffed this antiseptic cream provides quick relief. Apply a small amount into the nostrils to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and restore clear breathing. The product promises instant relief from headaches hawking and dryness and is marketed as a remedy for colds and hay fever.
A wartime editorial argues for universal conscription and that men at home should bear war costs. It urges taxing profits and large incomes to fund the war, noting older nations tax more and calling readers to write Congress and senators. It questions bread and food production as a wartime duty.
An editorial argues for universal service with selective draft as essential to national strength. It contends voluntary military service yields bloodier outcomes, urges conscription for those able yet avoiding duty, and asserts every citizen should be available to government in democracy.
A wartime urging to boost U S food production and efficiency. Citizens are told allies depend on American crops as belligerents eat less. soil erosion and trench warfare elsewhere reduce grain. Emphasis on feeding troops, building ships, lending aid, and encouraging agricultural effort at home.
The article notes Germany’s strain as strikes and bread riots emerge in the war year. It cites Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s concern over worker unrest and reports of revolutionary resolutions calling for peace without annexation and the end of compulsory service.
A fragment outlines demands including annexation liberation of political prisoners full political freedom and a general secret equal and direct franchise. The item hints at radical reform and universal suffrage but provides no dates or locations.
A fragment from a WWI era column quotes a French soldier’s creed on mobilization, frontline danger, and injury, then shifts to witty vignettes on food, farming, and war economies. It notes munitions costs, food production urged, and political banter about leaders and policy amid the conflict.
A period piece advertisement urged readers to buy Jad Salts as a kidney remedy. It claimed uric buildup harms the blood, warned of painful symptoms at night, and described four ounces weekly use of the grape and lemon juice lithia mix to flush clogged kidneys and calm urinary issues.
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