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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
3
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO OINTMENT
Denggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. First application gives relief. 6Uc.
Aged Metaphors Describe Adult Roles
A historical remark compares the bachelor to a prune of humanity and the spinster to a preserved peach, using a comic metaphor for single adults and traditional gender expectations.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Health Cure
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a system booster and blood purifier to prevent frequent colds and chronic catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood, 75 cent price, free testimonials, and a $100 guarantee with J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. Garfield Tea ad and a moral about health wealth follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Death on Gal lows Sailors and the Last Pirates of the Caribbean
Tales of Spanish main pirates echo with memories among mariners joining the US emergency merchant fleet. Captain Thomas Fuller of Salem survived the Mexican’s attack in 1832 and pirates were later hanged in Boston after trials in Nazareth and St. Thomas, ending piracy in the western world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
France
Shipping Board
Massachusetts
Caribbean
Thomas Fuller
Salem
Fuller
Rio
Cuba
Nazareth
Africa
Fernando Po
St. Thomas
Boston
Pedro Gilbert
Joseph Story
Origin of the Sammy nickname traced to West Point
The Christian Science Monitor notes the term Sammy likely originates at West Point in 1870 under Lt Mills who served molasses sandwiches to cadets. Only those who ate six in a row earned the label Sammy, a claim disputing French attribution amid American troops at a landing port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Royal Regalia Returns to Museum After Queen Liliuokalani Burial
Hawaii's royal standards and feather robes, symbols sacred to natives, were exhibited publicly at ex-Queen Liliuokalani's burial in Honolulu. The prized robe of Kamehameha the Great, gathered over a century at a cost of a million dollars, was last worn by Kamehameha II and placed on the throne for state occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Liliuokalani
Honolulu
Bishop Museum
Charles .R. Bishop
Bernice Pauahi
Kamehameha
Kamehameha the Great
Kamehameha II
Meals that make sturdy young America
Government guidance on child nutrition during wartime highlights sample meals from Farmers' Bulletin 717. Breakfast options include apple sauce with oatmeal and milk or stewed prunes with weak cocoa and butter. Dinner pairs stew with vegetables and meat or fish with greens and corn bread, followed by rice pudding and milk. Supper features bean soup with crackers, a baked potato, apple betty, and milk.
Right Food For Young Children War Time Nutrition
Guidance on daily nutrition for children emphasizing milk as central and a five food group plan. Recommends three to four glasses of milk daily plus meat substitutes, bread, fats, vegetables, fruit, and limited sweets. Advises meals timed with snacks and provides two examples: Milk-Vegetable Soups and Rice Pudding.
Kitchen hints from a vintage cookbook note
Simple culinary tips include using potato flour for sponge cake and rye as a substitute for wheat. A winter shortcake can use canned strawberries and soaking porridge pans should start with water. Sage on pork slices pairs well, and brass shines with oil and rotten stone to a deep rich yellow.
New War Time Food Leaflets Issued For Distribution
Three more United States food leaflets issued jointly by the Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture join seven already published. The leaflets are Vegetables for Winter, Plent y of Potatoes, and Instead of Meat. The department will supply these leaflets directly only to leaders and active workers in the food conservation movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Big Food Values of Kafir
Investigations by the U S Bureau of Chemistry show kafir germ and endosperm resemble corn, with oil in the germ. Bran contains a compound making it distinct from corn, but milling could yield kafir products akin to commercial corn products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
WANTED TO KEEP OLD RUSSIA
Ernest Poole recalls a Caucasian princess in Petrograd who speaks of war, revolution, and autonomy. She reveals a desire for Russia to remain its own, with independence for regions while supporting the war and revolutionary efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Petrograd
Ernest Poole
Saturday Evening Post
Duma
Council
Caucasus
United States
America
Washington
Mils
New Yorkers Portray Varied Patriotism During War Effort
The piece highlights diverse New Yorkers avoiding conscription duties while claiming patriotism. A frail youth cuts cigarettes to ten packs daily, a locked tight helper supports Red Cross with smiles, and a fashionably frivolous girl skips posters to seek pleasures nightly.
Sparrow Pie Sparks Debate in Philadelphia Luncheon
Jacob Riis noted Danish home practices of eating sparrow pie. James Hunt of Philadelphia promotes sparrow pie as the true delicacy, citing a Washington luncheon where sparrows were served. Guests praised the flavor as superior to chicken and akin to partridge. Washington youths and food pirates roast sparrows on wires. Traps near rookeries capture dozens for cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Riis
James Hunt
Philadelphia
Washington
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Plant Life Changes in Seed Varieties
A botanist notes the life of plant varieties grown from seed is brief. They quickly diverge into varying forms, altering from the original even in the first generation, so a named variety becomes quite different over years.
World’s Largest Candle For Italian Cathedral
A candle ten feet high in beeswax was produced for an Italian cathedral as a vow fulfilled by an innocent prisoner. It cost £300, measured eight inches in diameter and weighed 618 pounds, burning without extinguishment for two and a half years.
Green's August Flower Remedy Ad
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy for constipation liver trouble and low spirits for decades. It is promoted as treating indigestion nervous dyspepsia and related symptoms with quick relief and gentle laxative effect.
Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Leads Cleveland Bank
A seventeen year old girl serves as president of a Cleveland bank with 850 depositors and 155.58 dollars in capital. Depositors are members of the council educational alliance who save pennies to buy Liberty loan bonds and gifts. Many have only a cent to their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Council Educational Alliance
Garfield Tea Promises Relief for Tongue, Vertigo and Constipation
An advertisement claims Garfield Tea relieves a coated tongue, vertigo and constipation. It presents the product as a remedy in a concise health claim typical of period newspapers.
Not So Much Work. A Glass Breakage Exchange
Mr Bangor-William debates broken glass with light humor. William admits breaking a glass but notes it only shattered into two pieces, calling it fortunate since gathering many shards would be a bother.
Wisconsin Potato Crop Surpasses National Totals
Wisconsin contributed 36.4 million bushels to the U S potato crop, part of a national total of 440 million bushels. The state’s share equals about 814 percent of the national figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States
Peterson's Ointment claimed to cure piles and skin ailments
A Buffalo New York advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a universal cure for skin diseases and piles. It guarantees 30 cents will rid a reader of piles or money back, citing a user testimonial from David A. Seymour praising its cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
David A. Seymour
Supt
Parks, Buffalo, N. Y
Adv
Optimist and Pessimist Exchange on Human Laughs
A brief exchange contrasts the optimistic view that man laughs with the pessimistic view that there is little to laugh about. The dialogue frames a tension between cheerfulness and bleak realism in human nature.
Grnuy's Sweet Powders for Children Adverts
Many children suffer illnesses and Grnuy's Sweet Powders for Children claim to break up colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. They are pleasant for children and have been used by mothers for 31 years with druggists selling at 25 cents and a free sample offered from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Big Problem in Fashion and Patriotism
A wry note on how to persuade a woman she appears patriotic while wearing last year's clothes. The line mocks wartime morale tactics and fashion prudence.
Pimply Faces Cure Suggested By Cuticura Ad
Advertisement promoting Cuticura products to remove pimples and blackheads. Recommends smearing with Cuticura Ointment then washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water after five minutes. Offers free samples via Cuticura Dept X Boston. Sold at druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Easy End Hi Perkins
A terse remark expresses a wish to die rich and doubts that a rich felon faces hanging or electrocution. The speaker notes no precedent of execution for wealth. The quote suggests a fatalistic attitude toward crime and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Women in Change of Life Find Relief with Vegetable Compound
Mrs Henson of Urbana Illinois reports lasting winter grippe symptoms eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved strength and disappearance of fatigue and hot flashes enabling her to resume full housework. The advertisement urges other women to try the remedy for nervousness headaches and blues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Henson
Orchade St
Destitute in Syria and Naval Question in Ad Notes
A fragment notes 1 200 000 people destitute in Syria including Palestine and advertises Dr Pierce s Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach It ends with a question about whether the Sir navy should be classed with the mosquito fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Palestine
Dr. Pierce
Single Shoes Put On Sale In London Market
London offers single shoes at special prices as a concession to many one legged soldiers discharged from the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Play Cheerfully Learn to Make Music From Your Instrument
A playful note asserts only trained band members can coax music from an instrument. It warns life would jangle if one does not learn to play, urging practice and skill to produce sound.
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