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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
11
West Virginia farmers, spurred by high coal prices, launch wildcatting operations. Small surface veins on farms allow self operation or family effort using wattles to mine coal and sell to railroads for good prices, turning farmers into fuel kings amid nationwide price hikes.
An old advertisement promises a facial remedy Othine Double Strength to remove freckles with nightly applications. It claims even dark freckles fade and light ones vanish, with money back guarantee if not effective. Also notes more than one ounce may be needed for full clearing and urges asking for double strength. A separate teaser mentions a sensational stage gymnasts anecdote by Samuel L. Levin with a dangerous trapeze act.
William Belding, consumed by business, neglects his wife Janet in a strained marriage. She endures loneliness, social alienation, and a dangerous friendship with Fred Jarvis while his focus on wealth deepens. After a prosthetic accident, Belding confronts his neglect and vows to repair their relationship, aiming to start anew.
Lighthearted back and forth about people being brighter at night than by day. A joke contrasts night school with daytime brightness in a casual street exchange between Bensonhurst and Flatbush residents.
Dialogue from a wartime scene contrasts two soldiers talking about furlough and home letters. One asks whether there is news to tell his wife, and the other says he has not left his wife for all the fighting. The exchange captures longing and devotion amid conflict.
In a terse exchange Miss Olden Frisecky asks Miss Kutting if a bite mark on her cheek shows evidence of an attack. Miss Kutting confirms the mark resembles a bite from Ume, suggesting a quarrel or confrontation.
A quoted exchange shows one person offering to meet for a drive in the evening while another responds with a sharp caveat about danger. The brief dialogue hints at tension over a potential encounter and crossings on the road.
An advertisement for Cuticura skin care offers free samples by mail in Boston. Eaton La Rue Moses, recently dead in Jamestown New York at eighty, was a Cornell graduate and itinerant reformer who lived without money or property and died penniless.
A Cincinnati inventor touts freezone as a quick remedy for corns and calluses. A few drops instantly relieve pain, dry the corn, and allow removal by finger lift. If unavailable, ask a druggist to order a small bottle from a wholesaler.
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