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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
4
Fragmented report claims uric acid from daily meat intake harms kidneys and bladder. Text cites a supposed authority stating meat forms uric acid that paralyzes kidney expulsion, leading to weakness and back pain. Reads as garbled health advisory with dubious specifics and names.
A telegram from Dr Jessica B Pixotte executive chair of the National Defence Council announces a postponement of weighing and measuring all children under school age in North Dakota until May 18 due to printing demands for Army and Navy. orders are issued to defer the program statewide with apologies and encouragement from Mrs R H Devine chair of the Child Welfare Dept.
The program lists class history prophecies and orations with presenters Gladys Fre Evelyn Le Par others. It features a Spirit of Democracy pageant and chorus numbers including Our Old School and star spangled banner. Diplomas are presented by Supt. L. A. White with valedictorian Una Vivian Moorhead and salutatorian Clara Rose Bennett.
An advertisement extols drinking hot water with a teaspoon of phosphate before breakfast to wash toxins from the body and cure headaches. It claims rapid relief from indigestion biliousness and constipation by flushing the stomach liver and bowels and promotes smeatone phosphate as a safe inexpensive ingredient via pharmacists.
May 11 1918 Charles C Converse of Williston North Dakota announces his bid for Williams County State's Attorney subject to Republican primaries. Absence of formal platform. notice appears with unrelated insurance recruitment copy for Mutual Benefit Accident Association targeting businessmen and farmers in Omaha.
Williston Drug Co promotes Adler-ika claiming one spoonful flushes the entire bowel tract to relieve sour stomach gas and prevent appendicitis. The ad emphasizes instant pleasant action and notes doctors and patients are surprised. Graphic subscription encouraged.
Bu led by Selecam offers clothing at cost as part of a dissolution sale. Offers invite immediate purchases with emphasis on low prices and clearance. End dates and location details are not specified in the fragment.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a natural, even way to darken gray hair. A simple application with a brush on small strands claims gray hairs disappear by morning and repeated use leaves hair dark, glossy, soft, and youthful, while denying disease treatment.
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