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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
7
A vintage ad touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant liver medicine to replace calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous causing salivation, liver injury, and sickness, promising morning relief, restored energy, and guaranteed results with a 60 cent bottle. It urges readers to ask their druggist about the product.
A concise quip notes a father asking about superfluity and receiving the gag that the phrase Please deposit prompt ly on the back of a check illustrates the humor about bureaucracy and wording.
A lifelong sufferer describes relief after using Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for chronic side pain. Previously endured morphine injections and a surgical operation in New Orleans, with pain returning later. After trying Swamp Root, she reports significant improvement, passing a large gravel stone and experiencing no pain. She endorses the remedy and notes a notarized sworn statement from 1911.
An old advertisement advises avoiding internal medicines for asthma catarrh and bronchitis and promotes Vick's Vap-O-Rub salve. It suggests inhaling melted vapors and rubbing along the spinal column to ease nerve tension, with prices 25c 50c and 1.00. The genuine product bears the trademark VapRub Vicks Salve.
Citizens split on risk as debate centers on one measure. Proponents warn of consequences without action while opponents fear new problems if implemented. Local officials urge timely decision amid rising pressure from affected groups.
An advertisement extols a Magic Washing Stick that promises heavy washing done in half the time without rubbing or muscles, safe for white colored or woolen fabrics. It claims no acids or dangerous ingredients, 15 washings for 25 cents, available at druggists and grocers or by mail from Sherman Texas. It also includes a note on childhood defects and education urging better health and development for future citizenship.
In the upper peninsula of Michigan Congressman Billy Wilson chats with his hired guide during a fishing and hunting trip. They joke about winter cold as the guide notes temperatures often drop to 45 below zero. The guide explains he spends winters in the South, mentioning Grand Rapids as his travel destination.
A Mississippi schoolteacher describes coffee’s nervous strain and mood swings before switching to Postum. After careful preparation, she reports diminished nervousness, no pupil irritability, sunnier spirits, and a healthier heart, attributing the change to Postum alone. Postum comes in Cereal and Instant forms with pricing and brewing notes. There’s a reason for Postum, sold by grocers.
A Welsh book dealer Evans is hired by the rich Van Trevors in New York for a summer cataloging job. His wife Leila courts a glamorous life with them but faces moral danger and a looming divorce pressure until Evans returns, confronts the party, and retrieves his wife by force of love.
An old advertisement touts Magic Arnica Liniment as the best remedy for sprains swellings bruises rheumatism and neuralgia. It promotes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and ends with a brief humor line about Smith and Bocker.
A Boston advertisement touts Cuticura Skin Soap and Cuticura Ointment as cures for skin scalp hair and hands. Free samples by mail with a book offer and an address postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. The ad includes quips about love and self-love from the Boston Transcript.
Advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron, claiming liver benefits malaria defense blood enrichment and system boost for 50 cents. The page also features a practical joke line about hanging jokers using a guy rope.
An advertised remedy claims to rid a head cold with Laxative Quinidine Tablets priced at 25c Also advertised for La Grippe and severe headaches The copy urges readers to remember the product Despite its bold assurance the note includes a bravado line about bluff and peaceable outcomes.
Louisville woman endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it eased pain and allowed her to resume duties. The ad urges others ill with similar symptoms to consider the product and writes to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential guidance.
A snippet of signs and chatter reports Jack quitting smoking resigning from his club stopping golf and rumored marriage. An ad for imitation sincerity and a hair dressing product La Creole claims darkening hair naturally without dye priced at 1.00 dollars.
A humorous diner exchange features a diner's demand for gorgonzola followed by a witty twist as the cheese is said to have eaten the diner's bread, prompting a playful waiter response.
A home remedy recommends bathing the face with resinol soap and hot water, applying resinol ointment for ten minutes, then washing with soap and hot water followed by cold water. Repeating daily cleanses pores and aids healing, with resinol products said to stop itching and heal skin issues. Sold by all druggists.
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