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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
6
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children with a fruity taste and clear dosing instructions. The copy mentions strong trust in the product and urges mothers to say the brand name confidently while avoiding other products.
The ad extols Cascarets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic that gently stimulates the bowels without harsh laxatives. It claims they cleanse the colon of waste and poisons without griping or sickness, noting twenty five million boxes sold annually and that they work while you sleep.
A fragment notes a Chicago discussion about a daily rate of 69 dollars, labeled as a skin game. The readable text hints at a quip or slang about pricing. No clear events, persons, or organizations are identified.
A garbled advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as pure and non stimulant. It claims kidney liver and bladder benefits and a sworn purity statement with every bottle. Readers are urged to send ten cents for a sample and to mention the paper.
An old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple way to color wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics including dresses blouses stockings skirts coats and feathers with a guaranteed rich fade resistant result. It promises a direction book and a color card to match any material and mentions dealer contact.
A crowded digest of national events lists the Supreme Court ruling on stock dividends, President Wilson’s Washington ride, and the Flame controversy stance by the U S state department. It notes sugar and wheat market shifts, a coal shortage, legal and political moves, fires, losses, and assorted accidents with numerous named places and persons.
A long, fragmented 1919 style summary covers Allied diplomacy and military actions. It notes Polish resistance near the Pripet, Turkish territorial questions, Swiss and Dutch votes on League of Nations issues, and Palestine women gaining votes, alongside urban unrest in Munich and London and a Paris travelogue about Toulouse architecture and daily life.
A New England inventor features a tornado proof house pivoting on a breeze, a general catorificator warming toes via a tube under clothing, a corncob polisher for false teeth, a chewing gum pocket, a wooden device to stop snoring, a noiseless alarm that yanks a sleeper, a bed throwing mechanism, and an egg counting machine.
A fragmentary script line hints at wealth and adornment as Itoston Tron references a secured pile of long green notes. The cryptic wording suggests a stage or film dialogue about money and status without clear context or dates.
In a lively social note, chatter centers on a wealthy young woman described as sharp tempered. Rumor says she plans to propose to every man in her circle, provoking curiosity and playful scandal among peers.
Mrs Ira Frey of Le Mars Ta suffers six months with rheumatism swelling joints backache and sleeplessness after one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports relief and better energy the ad warns of Bright's Disease and urges ordering by mail if druggist lacks Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY
A business organization class at Arsenal technical schools explored production essentials led by teacher D C Morgan. He defined management and gave examples of good managers, prompting students to name a cook mismanaging sugar in a cake as a symbol of a rich woman.
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