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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
3
A postal card to Garfield Tea in Brooklyn asks for a sample as repayment for help a starving man. The sender urges not to have strong opinions that oppress others and notes LC hose claiming al cota is foolish.
The Cutteura Toilet Trio includes a soap, ointment, and talcum to cleanse heal and perfume the skin. Advertises these preparations as essential for every toilet table at 25 cents each.
A salvaged paragraph describes a home hair dye using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine mixed in water to darken gray hair. It promises gradual results with little cost and no scalp cooling or stickiness, claiming easy at home preparation by druggists or individuals.
Prominent institution claims modern sanitarium facilities and medical services. Founder Dr. Pierce, famed for Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, offers a Medical Adviser book and a free correspondence bureau for medical advice with confidential letters and affordable remedies.
The article extols keeping birds on premises for their beauty and economic value. It notes birds destroy insects during nesting, and suggests feeders, wool scraps, and safe nests to attract and shelter species. Farmers Bulletin 609 from the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey offers practical guidance and contact details from Washington for building wild bird houses.
Mayor Louis F B of Lakewood adapts novel municipal systems from military training to streamline city operations. He presides over weekly ten o'clock departments meeting to review and endorse communications and promote interdepartmental cooperation.
A landscape expert from Ohio State University urges replacing the common barberry to combat stem rust in wheat. Alternatives include purple leaf gum, purple hazel, five-revealed angelica, red twig dogwood, pink weigelia, winged euonymus, and white Berlin shrubs.
Various memorials rise for departed soldiers yet a living tree offers a lasting emblem of gratitude. Statues fade and lose meaning with time, but a tree keeps memory vibrant and green, linking future generations to American heroes who gave their lives.
A dialogue features Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge and a friend as they joke about telling his wife he would return by nine. The exchange notes a wife’s worry and Gap’s plan to let her stew, reflecting a humorous rural tone.
At the Travelers Aid annual meeting at the Princess theater stories told by President S. I. Cox and Miss Eleanor Perry illustrate beliefs about heaven and long life. A prominent member’s afterlife tour and a South Dakota climate anecdote highlight faith and practical help for travelers.
A garbled article fragment presents Senor Ernesto Ponce de Leon discussing cattle wealth and import of beef. It mentions large herds, high prices, and cowmen driving cattle by horseback to grazing estates, with references to savannahs and methods of roping and moving livestock.
An apparent record glide with a dead motor crossed 50 miles from Cayuga Take to Ithaca New York in a Thomas Morse aircraft. The craft climbed to 17 700 feet before turning toward Ithnes with 5 000 feet still aloft, and would have covered about 15 more miles. The prior longest glide was 22 miles from Brooklands to Hendon.
The Chinese Students' Alliance of America lists 1124 Chinese students in the United States pursuing mainly professional studies. Medicine leads with 56 students, mechanical engineering 47, pharmacy 11, dentistry 9, bacteriology 3, and sanitary engineering 2.
In a Melbourne Punch quip the high price of mustard is blamed on fuel scarcity. The gag notes buyers stockpile mustard and use poultices to stay warm as prices rise.
Bille Brownie and Bennie Brownie host a snow fort party for brownies and friends with games, jokes, prizes, and snow made treats. The Fairy Wondrous Secrets arrives gifting wisdom about being wanted and liked by others.
A fragment hints at weather concerns as waves rock the boat and a speaker notes the possibility of a squall. The unsure line suggests anticipation of changing conditions at sea.
Advertisement for Ely's Cream Balm promises rapid relief from catarrh and nasal congestion. It claims the antiseptic formula penetrates air passages, soothes inflamed membranes, and clears nostrils quickly, letting sufferers breathe freely after applying a small amount.
A terse exchange centers on a claim of a single man facing two assailants. The dialogue implies an impersonation ruse or illusion as the counterclaim defies a straightforward two-to-one confrontation. The scene rests on tension between perception and reality.
An early 20th century style ad touts Triner's Angelica Bitter Tonic as superior to cheaper cures. It cites a testimonial from Star City West Virginia urging trust in the product and warns buyers to reason and avoid scams. The piece labels the tonic from Joseph Tuiner Company Chicago and closes with a Shakespearean proverb about wisdom.
A fragmentary exchange rails at extravagance with diners and company, mocking a household scene while a doctor hints at patient faith amid applause and shifting facts, reflecting a tense public mood.
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