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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1917
Page
6
An old health ad claims daily Jad Salts flush kidneys and prevent urinary problems. It urges four ounces in water before breakfast to restore kidney function, reduce uric acid from meat, and prevent backache, rheumatic pains, headaches, and bladder irritation.
A homefront appeal urges readers to send 25 cent donations to fund Soldier's Thanksgiving Day. Each quarter buys two packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes, three sacks of Bull Durham, and a tin of Tuxedo papers packed in a kit with a return postal card for a personal message to a soldier. This week donors include T. Boning Weaker, Art Johnser, Fred Robert, and Bessenie with 25 cents each.
A telegram style miscellany notes the devil quitting his post on a throne of sulphur, blaming outdated tricks and praising Kaiser Wilhelm, while a separate ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It also mentions American sergeants in Europe and a Berlin based parent, and ends with a hearsay shopper remark about inflated prices for a food item.
A Wakefield High School auditorium assembly on Wednesday evening discussed the pledge drive for a 35 million dollar Army Y.M.C.A. campaign. Mr Reed chaired as Rev Haley Ironwood spoke of front-line atrocities, urging widespread support and a Wakefield patriotic league with 1000 members to back Red Cross M C A and K C drives through a monthly fund.
You long for your own brand after trying other smokes or when your favorite is unavailable. Soldiers in France struggle to obtain satisfaction from French tobacco as plenty exists, but quality seems lacking.
An old advertisement promises quick relief from head colds and catarrh. It touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fragrant antiseptic applied in the nostrils to clear air passages, soothe inflamed membranes, and provide instant relief, with claims of relief and better breathing.
A French government Red Cross plan invites readers to send twenty five cents and a tobacco kit to a newspaper. The kit travels duty free overseas, delivering popular old American pipe tobacco and rolling makings to soldiers abroad, echoing a wartime SOS appeal.
As people age the body needs less food and the stomach may rebel if excess is eaten. By age 85 or 90 many are light eaters and occasionally overindulge. Chamberlains Tablets, which contain no pepsin, strengthen the stomach and aid natural function with a gentle bowel movement. Wakefield Pharmacy.
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