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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
6
A wartime guidance article urges housewives to conserve surplus food, noting jars and preserves as vital for home economy. It stresses planning, storage, and distributing preserved goods to neighbors while highlighting health benefits from a varied diet.
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery ease midlife weakness and restore health for women. Testimonial from Mrs Crastixa Krexconrren cites improved eating and sleeping after use, noting no alcohol in the remedies and broad store availability. The notice promotes mail orders and a free trial offer.
The garbled clipping mentions food, women’s roles, and conservation in wartime America. It references Minnesota medical faculty, bean contests, and farming measures. Unclear events, but themes include soup kitchen needs, domestic duties, and public appeals for resource conservation amid war.
Five men mobilized for special wartime drainage and rail line duties in Indiana. They will be housed at the Indiana state school for the deaf during the school vacation and the Metropole Hotel, taken over by the government for war needs. About forty more go to Purdue University and Valparaiso University trains involved from the area.
Last day of the Brunswick Recital invites attendees to hear an instrument and its advantages over other talking machines. The store will open at 10:30 tonight.
The Detroit post notes that thirty women are in service as mail carriers. It estimates the share of traveling saleswomen in the United States to be at least 85 percent since the war began. The piece mentions plans to use roughly 150,000 horsepower at the Assuan dam in Egypt to produce atmospheric nitrogen by electricity.
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