Random Shots and Curious Names Across a Curious Page
A lighturch of quirky items and odd names from a 20th century paper. Jokes about milk, baby baths, and food. odd wartime name examples like Owen Money and Asad Experience. Fiji Island pickpockets with missing pockets. a brief note on Lee Richmond’s marriage. The tone is humorous, local and mildly satirical.
Poker and price hikes mix in small town humor
A Bellaire tale of three of a kind and a higher five of a kind host hints at unfair odds. A bootleg whisky shortage sets bids at 25 dollars a quart with no buyers. Ross of Lexington, Neb is running for president again, a livery stable man noted for repeated campaigns. For sale two six room houses on Sweetwater by Nebraska Land Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Sweetwater
Nebraska Land Company
Case
J. I. Case T. M. Company
Case Corporation
The True Story of Aspirin Sold by Rexall Stores
An advertisement extols Aspirin as a high grade treatment for rheumatic pains neuralgia colds and fevers. It asserts Aspirin A. D. Co sold at Rexall Stores meets strict standards and warns against fraudsters using generic aspirin after the 1917 patent expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspirin U. D. Co
United Drug Company
Boston
Rexall
Brooklyn
A. D. Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alliance
Lee Richmond
The
Minden Courier
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Owen Money
Middleboro, Ky
Asad
North Dakota
Milt Gosh
Chicago
Paris Green
West Virginia
Slaughter Bugg
Louisiana
Clark
Arkansas
John Albert
Will Swindle
Texas
Green Horn
Georgia
Fiji Islands
Fiji
Doc Brady
F. E. Holsten Alliance
Nebraska
Choctaw Sales Company
Denver, Colo
Stock Yards
Kansas City
Lakeside Hotel
Lakeside, Nebr
the Runner Motor Co
H. P. Rayfield
Westinghouse
Delco
Borg and Beck
Rumner Motor Co