California Fig Syrup praised for soothing ill child
A San Antonio mother credits California Fig Syrup with curing her toddler Connie after a severe intestinal flu attack. The ad-style testimonial touts the fruit flavored laxative as gentle yet effective, noting physicians’ approval, high sales, and the need to buy the genuine product by checking for the California name on the carton.
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Connie
H. W. Turnage
Cadwalder St
San Antonio
Texas
California
Modern Dress Reform Exchange Between Mrs Decolette
In a brief quip from the Boston Transcript a Mrs Decolette jokes with her husband about her new party gown, noting it is longer and prompting him to mention the shoulder straps.
Income tax filing due March fifteenth urged nationwide
An editorial urges individuals and corporations to file 1928 income tax returns by March 15 as Uncle Sam collects funds to sustain a nation of over 120 million. It recalls the 1909 constitutional amendment and 1913 enactment, notes tax law changes in 1926, and presents 10 year tax return trends, showing shifts from individuals to corporate income and higher taxes on top earners.
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Tong
Sam
Gimmie
United States
Sixty-first Congress
Congress
Connecticut
Florida
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Utah
Virginia
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Uncle Sam
America
Coolidge
Washington
McCoy
Finance Committees
Mr. McCoy
Secretary Mellon
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad
Phillips Milk of Magnesia offers a heartily endorsed anti acid for sour stomach and indigestion. It promises gentle relief after hearty meals and asserts the Phillips name as a trusted long standing trademark since 1875.
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Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Rainy Morning Execution Lampoon
A Bolshevik squad marches a condemned man to execution on a rainy morning. The doomed man laments the weather as he is led away, and a squad member quips that they must march back in the rain. The brief exchange captures grim humor amid a grim scene.
Pastor Koenig's Nervine Sample Offer Across The World
Generous offer invites readers to obtain a large free sample of Pastor Koenig's Nervine. The remedy, developed by German doctors, targets nervousness epilepsy and sleeplessness. Koenig Medicine Co. advertises factories worldwide and asks readers to mail for the sample with a letter to 1045 No. Wells St., Chicago, mentioning the local paper.
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Pastor Koenig
Koenig
Koenig Medicine Co
No. Wells St
Chicago
Ilinois
Early Druggists and the Dawn of Pharmacy
Researchers trace pharmacy back 4700 years before Europe’s first apothecary shop in Wetzlar. A British museum tablet, identified as a pharmaceutical prescription from about 3700 B C, marks the oldest known clue to the profession’s origins dating roughly 5600 years ago.
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British Medical Museum
Europe
Wetzlar
Germany
Favorite Prescription Praised By Californian Woman
Mrs Geo Tylor of 6107 Avalon Blvd Los Angeles declares Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription a tonic for weakness nervousness and rundown conditions. Advertises large liquid and tablet bottles 1.35 and 65c plus trial offer and free medical advice from Buffalo New York.
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Los Angeles
Caiif
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Anna Weaver
Rose Hill
Iowa
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