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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1921
Page
7
A fragmented note cites Kniecker and a bankrupted Smith tied to courtshipping and a New York Herald thread. It mentions shifting views toward nature’s herb cure, a Garfield Tez advance, and a Housewarming gift debate with Heiter suggesting coal as a cheap, long-lasting token.
C W Burton praises Entonte as a cure for 20 years of stomach trouble. The ad claims Entonte tablets remove acidity and gases, with relief after meals. A 9 trifles price and druggist guarantee are noted.
The Manufacturers' Aircraft Association reports 1920 saw reduced production but hopeful American aviation progress. Highlights include Charles Read’s NC-4 voyage from Rockaway to the Atlantic coast, multiple unsuccessful Capetown attempts, an Alaska air service feat with DH B planes, a vast air mail push moving about one hundred million letters, and new high altitude records by Major R W Schroeder.
Four soldiers were executed for stealing nine sacks of American flour from an army supply depot in Cracow. The executions followed a law passed by the diet last year making theft from the army a capital offense. A fifth soldier received a prison sentence for a lesser involvement in the theft.
A Carnegie Institution lecture by D. T. MacDougal reveals fourteen years of experiments with 199 species showing mountain plants often grow more luxuriantly at sea level. Plants moved from high altitudes produced more leaves, flowers, and fruit in lower environments, even when left to fight conditions unaided.
In Washington a heated dispute erupts as the Plate Printers Union accuses the bureau of engraving and printing of keeping too many “trifling girls” on staff. They claim painters’ aides slow production while the Women Employees Union denounces the charge as a misstatement and defends the workers amid tensions over speed and quality.
A plea for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder remedy. Claims sworn statements and thousands of testimonials prove its value. Offers sample bottle by parcel post and four cent reply with address for return card and address for larger bottles at druggists.
In a crowded cage of monkeys, younger specimens imitate calls while older primates watch. A pair of thinly built youths escort a painted, powdered female with painted brows and orange hair, moving to a curious rhythm as an onlooker jokes about her appearance.
The advertisement argues catarrh is worsened by constitutional disorders and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood purifier that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation in mucous surfaces. It lists Toledo, Ohio based company J. Cheney & Co. as makers and mentions circulars to doctors.
Fragmented advertorial notes describe a German chemical treated turf substitute claimed to be as airtight and soundproof as cork, with high damp resistance and value for tin insulation. It is touted as superior to corn in some aspects and urged for building use, amid assorted trivia and quotations.
Montgomery readers learn that an average family schedule includes a two mile daily kitchen walk. A pedometer attached to a wristlet at a Living Stone showcase measured the stove sink and pantry route during a conference segment.
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