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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
7
A poem by Frank L. Stanton on hope anchors a column of social notes from Wilmington. The piece heads into community updates including visits, entertainments, church meetings, and marriages among local residents and service members.
A WW II era appeal urges citizens to eat corn cakes with ample syrup to support the war. It frames the vietboogaboo threat as a distant concern and emphasizes morale and home front sacrifice.
Eugene Kelcey Allen recounts a man who visits a grill bar to seek pep and energy as he laments inability to eat sleep or work. An East Side schoolroom exchange adds a child’s joke about age. Dr. H B Gross urges food conservation as moral patriotic duty benefiting nation and world.
A testimonial from Mrs. M. E. Hall of Baltimore claims Ironized Paw-Paw cured dyspepsia after a long illness. She describes relief after one bottle, improved sleep, and no more pills, urging others to buy from Elvington's or its Dependa Store.
Rev Sam Small was slated to lecture on Dry America but illness prevented him. Landreth filled in to please a large crowd at St Pauls church. Maxton endures a milk famine as cows rest and weather woes fuel dissatisfaction. Mayor Armstrong returns home after illness. Spain to grant war bonuses of two dollars monthly.
An advertisement touts Dry's Cream Balm and Ely's Dream Balm as instant relief for clogged nostrils and head colds. The copy highlights soothing the inflamed mucous membrane, opening air passages, and ending headaches and sniffles.
Physicians and druggists tout Calotabs as a nausea free calomel alternative. One Calotab at bedtime with water purportedly ends a cold by morning with no side effects or impact on meals. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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