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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
5
An old health ad urges readers to boost vitality in spring with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies. It claims March and April sap energy, promotes bodily care, and asks readers to send 10-cent trial packs to Buffalo New York for a tonic.
A Paris dispatch reports General Pershing has approved observing Mother's Day May 12 by all American forces in France. Appropriate exercises will be held where possible and each man will be expected to write a letter to his mother on that day.
Frederick county local board reports 100 applications for furloughs of soldiers to work on farms have been refused by the Camp Lee commanding general. The applications cited farm labor shortages and crop needs, but the general denied all requests despite boards endorsing several.
The commanding general has not yet determined a policy on extending furloughs for agricultural work. Local boards warn that widespread furloughs would disrupt army training and units. Some applications were seen as pretexts for longer LOA, leading to demoralization. few if any furloughs for farm work are expected.
Fragmented ad copy touts Olive Tablets for clearer skin and better health by claiming to curb pimples. It emphasizes a dark brown taste and a mix of olive oil and herbs, suggesting benefits for dullness and constipation.
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