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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a remedy for dandruff and itching scalp. It claims the product stops hair loss, restores luster and strength, and promises better hair with a 25 cent bottle from any drug store.
A strong consomme is prepared and well seasoned. After clearing, dissolve half a box gelatin in cold water and stir in. Pour into a pan to set, then cut into squares for serving. Place squares into consomme cups and dust the tops with paprika.
Allen’s Foot-Ease is promoted as a remedy for hot sweaty feet with callouses and swelling. The ad notes price 25 cents and urges against substitutes. Trial package offered free. address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A simple dish features one pound hamburger steak fried with three onions in butter. Add one cup cooked rice one cup cooked spaghetti and half a can tomatoes or tomato soup plus half teaspoon salt for a hearty chop suey style entrée.
An advertisement by the Boston firm at 2463 Washington Street touts a door plate that never tarnishes and offers a free sample to workers. It claims the product beats any $3.00 beauty article and promises big profits for sellers, urging quick action.
A speaking exchange shows a worker tired of an old man named Driver who just passed by. A reprimand flags slang as stale while a worker insists on professional speech and modest regard for the boss.
A banquet recalls children’s clever escapes from punishment as Governor Marshall mentions Jimmy with new skates. Jimmy hid the skates, risked the ice, and returned drenched claiming he saved three men and three women from drowning by breaking through the ice. Mothers are advised Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children.
The guide advises folding the linen tablecloth once through the middle, rolling, and tying with tape to create a single crease. This method helps the cloth lie flat and smooth on the table.
A 10 cent Cascarets ad promises instant relief from constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches by cleansing the stomach removing sour foods and foul gases and carrying off waste. The ad says a 10 cent box keeps the liver and bowels clean with the user sleeping.
Filipinos show strong music aptitude with village orchestras common across the islands. Yet a national Filipino music remains absent while the Constabulary Band at Manila and the Boston leader are praised for dusk concerts on lunera greens.
Testimonials from Mrs Campbell in Streator Mrs Hayward in Philadelphia and Mrs Barrie in San Francisco praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a life changing tonic for Change of Life symptoms. The ad notes the company offers confidential advice from a woman at Lynn Mass and invites letters.
New flat travel clocks fit in a small handbag and cover an eight day watch. Winding becomes unnecessary each night and the clock face comes in enamel colors to match leather. Some models feature illuminated faces usable in the dark by touch. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets advertised as stomach and liver regulators with no griping.
A group of young women at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh tied a large pink rosette to the 50 foot tail of a diplodocus skeleton. The incident startled staff and guards who now watch the tail closely for the same pink rosette.
Wanted ad offers $110 monthly and 20 percent commission for sales of boilers pipes and related equipment at R Kelly Machinery Co 524 Mission Road Los Angeles Box 1851. No experience required self addressed envelope requested. Ball company advertises large stock and mail order service from 110 N Sprine Est 80 yrs.
An old ad-style assertion promises quick relief from indigestion and stomach discomfort within five minutes. The copy urges readers to buy a fifty cent bottle of Pape's DMpepsin at any drug store, claiming dramatic, fast effects.
The ad extols S. S. S. as a pure vegetable infusion that quickly reaches the blood and dissolves rheumatic acids and debris. It claims rapid relief, with the body’s organs aiding in toxin elimination and asserts stores that substitute the product are poor choices.
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