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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
2
The advertisement extols Peter son s Ointment as a supreme cure for eczema, itching of skin and scalp, pimples, acne, rough and red skin, ulcers, old sores, and piles, claiming widespread effectiveness known to tens of thousands across the country.
Senator Wadsworth of New York warned that Russia would not be recognized by the American government until the people demand it, noting no such demand exists. A heckler quipped about Bolshevik hunger and meals versus desserts, reflecting public impatience and satire at the event.
A doctor endorses Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder ailments citing customer testimonials. The ad urges readers to mail ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York for a simple bottle and notes large and medium bottles are sold in drug stores.
Magistrate Jean Worris warned at a New York dinner that profiteers are not easily done and often rely on cunning or ignorance. He recalled a poverty-stricken man who offered to supply a coat of arms for a hefty sum, only to be refused by the profiteer who claimed abundant clothes.
The evolution of distance units shows the mile varying from 1,100 to over 12,000 yards across Europe, while the kilometer becomes standard. One kilometer equals 8,280.8 feet, about five eighths of a mile, signaling the shift to metric measures across the continent.
Theaters report a shortage of attractive chorus girls in England with managers noting more appealing young women in shops than among aspiring performers for stage work.
Selina and Dirk DeJong pursue architecture and the American porch ideal amid Chicago society. Dirk’s farm family resists city flats while Paula Arnold seeks wealth, marriage, and status, fueling conflicts over money, class, and ambition. The piece follows education, romance, and early 20th century city versus country tensions.
The text explains making charcoal by partial wood combustion in a mound shaped heap covered with earth and a small top opening. Wood is cut uniform, placed in a kiln, fired, and slowly burned to charcoal that is black and far lighter than wood.
The Detroit News notes Alaska uses many transport modes for mail from railroads and steamboats to airplanes and a canine powered car. An abandoned Nome railroad leads to a mining camp where an arctic mailman hitches a dog team to a hand car and climbs a mountain.
A 104 year old physician allegedly discovered a life prolonging secret through diet and a root herb remedy named Essence of Life. The ad promises vitality restoration, relief from pimples, headaches, nervous sleep issues, and poor appetite, claiming digestion aid and bowel regulation. Free trial pills offered via M T Zaegel & Co of Sheboygan Wisconsin by sending his picture.
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