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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
7
An advertisement urges flushing kidneys with Jad Salts to prevent back ache and bladder disorders. It describes using four ounces in water before breakfast, claims it cleanses kidney clogging and neutralizes urine acids. It also recommends Respenetier lithia beverage and notes a local druggist sells many bottles.
A grandmother used Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken faded or streaked hair. The ad touts a ready to use formula from drug stores for about 50 cents, claiming natural color restoration and a glossy look without obvious signs of use.
An old-time remedy promotes rubbing rheumatism away with St Jacob's Oil. The ad claims the product quickly relieves pain, stiffness, sciatica, and backache without internal treatment or skin burning. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle and be free from pains.
Advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm to relieve head cold and catarrh by applying a small amount into the nostrils. It promises instant relief, open nasal passages, clear head, and freedom from hawking and snuffling. Emphasizes antiseptic, fragrant formula and quick soothing effect.
The article reports dire Austrian hunger with starvation deaths confirmed by district doctors. It cites parliament speeches by Deputy Bianchini and Renner detailing military requisitioning of fish, salt, oil, and livestock, plus scarce bread and collapsing food distribution.
London reports the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen are used in building a new airplane with a serpentine fuselage that can emit dense smoke from both sides to conceal the craft. Last week Bulgaria’s king and his heir attended trials of several of the new planes.
Washington reports dogs trained at a French school for blind soldiers guide visually impaired officers. In trials, a randomly chosen dog led a blindfolded officer for two miles without incident, intelligently avoiding fences and obstacles by tugging on its leash to signal detours and return to the path.
The killdeer is a long legged bird with long wings that runs on the ground and flies high and swiftly. It calls dee dee dee and is larger than a robin.
The Navy league asks American women to sew 6500 Hussifs a cotton khaki sewing kit for Marines training for France. Kits measure 15 by 7% inches with five pockets and a top flap, red thread, and a back red tape. Contents include blunt scissors No 1 needles a thimble assorted pins thread cards and khaki buttons.
A Decatur Alabama report notes Indian mounds in the region likely to be leveled by treasure seekers. An Indian Nation doctor recalls a party from Oklahoma removing gold from a mound in the Tennessee Valley. Rumors repeat yearly of Cherokees visiting hunting grounds to recover gold buried when moved west.
About 150 000 trainees at Great Lakes Naval Training Station learn navigation and tactics. Recruits undergo 21 days of detention with vaccines and exams, then join main camp, select schools, and perform duties from dining hall work to deck swabbing under strict supervision. The piece notes strong training and resolves against the Kaiser.
Sharon Pa The Farrell plant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Company announces it is the first mill in the United States to employ women as roughers in the cold roll department. With the plant at normal capacity the women will earn 4.50 a day and officials say they perform the work as efficiently as men.
The Berlin press discusses General Freyberg a young New Zealander and new British brigadier general. They claim he is actually German, noting his father did not gain British citizenship after emigrating to New Zealand over 30 years ago and citing his early war service at Gallipoli Mesopotamia and Arras.
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the German general staff, has been decorated with the Iftibar Order with swords by the sultan, the highest Turkish military honor.
The guide urges substituting other fruits for peaches due to plentiful peach supply while other fruit crops are tight. It recommends lime sulfur sprays for scale on peaches and a fall rye buckwheat rotation on old pastures to boost grain. It notes high US rat losses and waste reducing efforts, and encourages near production fruit use as urged by New York State Food Supply Commission.
Instructions describe tinning the iron before soldering and heating to just below the point where the tin turns blue. Surfaces must be cleaned scraped or polished bright and washed with soldering fluid. apply flux and solder carefully for a solid joint. A zinc in muriatic acid flux is suggested as effective.
Guidance on handling potatoes to protect markets and profits. Do not ship frost damaged tubers or mixed No 1 and No 2 grades. Use machine sizers but rely on human graders for quality. Follow USDA and US Food Administration grade recommendations.
An American member of the foreign legion notes American pupils as the most apt in aviation training. Most army men are college graduates and all officers of rotavy are. Training starts before dawn with flights at 4.30 and again after 4 pm until darkness, with long hours of air time and technical instruction.
White sheer curtains transform a kitchen from a messy pot and pan room to a bright space. The simple Swiss fabric remains white and easy to launder, keeping kitchens fresh and cheerful.
A quick sponge bath, fresh stockings, and a new pair of shoes can refresh tired feet after a hard day. Turn stockings nightly to air them and have them ready by morning.
Dip a cloth in melted paraffin and rub it over the cooking stove. This method is cleaner quicker and cheaper than blacking and leaves the stove in better condition.
A Cincinnati inventor promotes freezone ether compound to quickly remove corns. A quarter ounce costs little and, when applied, supposedly relieves soreness and dries the corn root in moments. The ad urges readers to clip out the notice and try it to avoid infection or complications.
L C Eddy Attorney at Law 410 Pennsylvania Avenue West promotes general law business. Collections promptly attended to.
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