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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
9
An exhortation to women about maintaining youth through appearance. The piece notes past limits on cosmetics and hair restoration and claims many women now use hair restorer to keep their hair dark and youthful.
Oban promises a non dye hair color restorer that restores natural color and gloss without staining scalp or interfering with washing. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee for 7 d cents. The antiseptic product is said to remove dandruff and keep hair soft while encouraging growth.
There is more startle in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years supposed incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies and failed, declaring it incurable. Catarrh islocal and needs constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally and acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. One hundred dollars reward for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Ad.
British forces forced the Jordan crossing and captured Es Sak and Hajlah area as General Allenby’s troops breached the Hedjaz line. Engineers built a steel pontoon bridge amid heavy fire, and a night assault widened the bridgehead to 1,500 yards. The push included a stealth river crossing downriver and successful flank action toward Hajlah, with gains at Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt amid rain and difficult terrain. The advance coincided with the enthronement of Jerusalem’s Anglican Bishop at St George’s.
Allies have averaged losing only one ship for every 200 convoyed vessels, underscoring the effectiveness of their escort system and maritime protection efforts during wartime.
The demand today is for strong men and women in body and mind. To gain lasting strength nerves must be fed, using nitro phosphate tablets taken with meals. These tablets are sold by Bellamy Green Jarman Futrelle and by druggists nationwide.
Rheuma is advertised as a fast acting remedy sold by R Bellamy and all druggists. The ad quotes Dr M C Lyons praising Rheuma for treating all forms of rheumatism and claims it clears poisonous secretions through bowels and kidneys naturally. It claims Rheuma costs less and outperforms higher priced treatments.
The President urges state public utilities commissions and local authorities to grant forbearance and allow service charge increases to keep utilities solvent during wartime. He warns a collapse would be a national calamity and calls Congress to consider advance funds on a conservative basis to aid railroads and public services. He cites $763 million in railroad bonds held by banks as part of the crisis.
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