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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup of Figs as the safest laxative for children. It urges mothers to insist on the California label and promises a pleasant taste with clear dosing directions on each bottle.
A brief Home Sector quip notes Bill has kept to a dugout lifestyle since leaving the army, with little change in habits. The line frames a resting, retreating stance rather than active postwar adjustment.
An old advertisement promises rapid relief from nasal catarrh by applying Ely's Cream Balm inside the nostrils. The cream soothes inflamed membranes, clears air passages, and stops headaches and nasal congestion, with a small bottle suggested for quick relief.
A writer suggests a novel idea for a film or play. The proposed plot centers on a married couple with no serious marital difficulties, exploring tensions and insights through their everyday interactions.
Advice on guarding against kidney trouble urges reducing rich foods and using four ounces of Jad Salts daily. The preparation, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is said to cleanse kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues.
A newspaper snippet records a manager asking about the meat department. A clerk notes that customers, especially women, do not hurry for remnants as they do in other lines. The brief captures a shop floor exchange without further context.
Italy faces severe food shortages and skyrocketing prices as grain harvests drop, imports spike, and officials warn of bread price hikes. Food controllers blame chaos in procurement while strikes and unrest grow, with milk cheese lard and meat prices soaring and relief unlikely soon.
Sir Robert Hadfield, head of Handfields Ltd., says Britain may soon possess a large caliber shell unsurpassed for piercing armor without shattering. He notes such a shell would have been invaluable in the great war for the British fleet.
The War Department reports five American tanks in a deceptive feint near St Mihiel to mislead Germans before the Meuse Argonne offensive. Lieut Higgins and a small unit relieved by two Mark VHT tanks then learned two German divisions were diverted to the Argonne sector.
Mere Tyro quotes a hotel clerk who claims the speaker has many kicks he has never imagined. The exchange hints at humor and social dynamics within a hotel setting.
A vintage advertisement claims a two hourly dose schedule with three doses clears a severe cold. The first dose supposedly opens nostrils, relieves headaches and feverish symptoms, stops runny nose, and reduces congestion. It touts quick, effortless relief and low cost at drug stores.
A fragment shows a quarrel as a cook taunts about a husband on leaving. The text pivots to a moral line about kindness and a product pitch for Red Cross Ball Blue claiming to remove rust spots from laundry.
An English inventor W J P Hoyle showcases a device that processes rubbish to recover value. Dust becomes fertilizer, tins are cleaned, paper sorted, and clinkers molded into concrete blocks. Towns report substantial revenue from such plants, with Aberdeen and Glasgow cited for large daily or yearly yields.
A brief feature notes that these are gloomy times and many people feel down about current events. It captures a general mood of low spirits and widespread melancholy.
Quote humor about press agents facing bankruptcy and liabilities double as assets. No identifiable people or organizations are named.
The dialogue contrasts bear and bull outlooks with playful mispronunciations. A bear is described as an optimistic pessimist who hopes events turn favorable to make money, while the speaker notes the irony in the terms.
A period advertisement extols Cascarets as a convenient laxative that won’t gripe or sicken. It claims to remove liver and bowel poison causing dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach, and urges spending a few cents for a box to enjoy a gentle nightly effect.
An old quotation contrasts a man’s moods as up in the garret or down in the cellar. The other speaker questions the private assertion, suggesting most times he sits in the cellar.
A home remedy blends Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair gradually. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade, using a druggist or home preparation. It darkens streaked hair, softens and adds gloss, without coloring the scalp or leaving stickiness or rub-off.
A prisoner stands charged with loitering at a railway station after a magistrate hears a key witness describe a handsome young woman with gold hair and fine features. The defendant insists he sought his wife's niece, but the witness interrupts, noting no prosecution would be pursued for a mere mistake.
In a rural road scene last fall a man drove a car into a tree while his companion watched. A bystander and a girl at the scene asked the driver why he repeated the action. She answered he was shaking nuts from the tree.
Cordova Alaska January report by John H Kilbuck superintendent of schools recounts a Quigillingok tribal famine after a seasonal feast. a play a dance and a feast led to starvation deaths of at least 42 natives though missionaries supplied food. the tribe stored fish in advance and generosity left hosts poor while guests prospered.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as guaranteed to give rich fade resistant color to wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims the dye works on dresses blouses stockings skirts coats feathers and more with directions in the package and a color card from dealers.
A pair of aphorisms appear reflecting on contentment versus riches and the difficulty of achievement. The exchange notes the lure and challenge of happiness and hints at social expectations guiding actions.
R. Woodward of St. Louis is again a U S citizen after a two year penitentiary term. The governor restored citizenship and the Federal Lead Company plans to rehire him as its agent in South America, following an embezzlement of about $235000.
Vienna reports ten thousand Austrian children are traveling to Italy as winter guests for the season. Many thousands more are hosted in Switzerland Germany Holland and the Scandinavian countries.
The Department of Agriculture reports farm animals in the United States valued at 8 561 448 000 on January 1, down from 8 627 804 000 a year earlier. Horses declined 1.1 percent to 21 100 000, mules fell 1.1 percent to 4 995 000, while milk cows rose to 23 747 000.
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