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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
4
Mrs Sarah Wilder testifies that after giving birth in Springfield she suffered dizziness and poor health. She began taking Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Nervine, noting wonderful benefits and a healthy baby. She recommends the medicine to women who are ailing. Contains no alcohol or narcotics.
An ad urges independence to save fifty dollars weekly by promoting DEVERS and MALCOLM'S HOME-A-GLOW mant lamp with city brightness for oil lamp users. It promises guaranteed county rights and leads via free information from ARTHUR MALCOS in Chicago and notes Dolly’s church visit with a joke about work and pay.
George T. Clark, Stanford University librarian, returned from a year touring the globe with about 870 rare volumes plus 2,000 more from purchases and opportunities abroad. He found significant holdings in Tokyo and London, including the Morrison Asiatic Library, with Japan’s first movable type, and Shakespeare editions.
New Orleans woke to a thief breaking into Mrs. Julia Wilhelm’s bedroom at 2:15 a.m. He demanded quiet, finished ransacking the room, and fled as she trembled in bed until dawn.
A DSM introduced in the Oklahoma state legislature by T. B. Beck would outlaw snoring or sleep disturbances after 1 am, with penalties including loss of breakfast for the first offense, time with a mother-in-law for the second, and fines from $100 to $3,000 for subsequent offenses.
Mr Clark seeks out out of print works and uncovers a four volume Relins edition of Tarhe’s Collection des Poetes Champenois Anterieurs au XXe Siecle printed 1847 to 1849. Only a few copies published, one copy found in a Paris bookseller’s office bearing a notable book plate enhancing value.
London reports Russia prepares to receive 4000 German industrial specialists. Four thousand will work in metal industries, 800 in the health commissariat, 600 in the land system, with 200 more requested for model land communes. An emigrant group has already arrived from America and begun work.
Former soldier Bowman wounded in the Argonne has recovered speaking ability after treatment at government expense. Ventricular bands or false vocal cords now function like true cords through vocal exercises, creating normal voice with slight hoarseness.
A disrupted night at a Raleigh area farm ends with a shotgun found at the barn door after a milk theft scare. The incident centers on a farmer’s confrontation with a thief who attempted to take milk from a mule and dairy setup.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap for daily use to clear the complexion and keep the scalp clean and hands soft. It adds the Cuticura Tateum as part of the fragrance and promotes the Cuticura Toilet Trio. The brief note then shifts to a humorous line about teaching a calf to drink and a watchdog's vivid imagination requiring allowance.
An old note explains how freshly cut onions release a gas that stings the eyes and causes tears. It describes tears as eyewash that forms a protective curtain, the waxy film of tears flowing when the gas overwhelms normal drainage, and how sensory nerves react to protect the eyes.
A lighthearted exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript depicts a man asking a woman to be his confidante and seeking guidance on proposing. The dialogue hints at courting norms and witty banter, framed as a playful public note.
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