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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
6
An ad touts Cuticura products for minor skin issues and daily care, claiming enamel scrapes need minimal attention after a car mishap. The jumbled text also includes stray lines about mail and a humorous envelope clue.
Excerpt promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming cures for kidney liver and bladder issues. Appeals to testimonials and samples by parcel post from Kilmer Co. Warns nature slows masterful remedies.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a universal fabric colorant for wool silk linen cotton or blends. It promises rich fadeless results on dresses blouses stockings skirts and more with an in-pack direction book. The piece also notes color cards and cheater displays to match materials.
An advertisement touts Ely Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion and sinus pressure. It promises rapid relief from head colds and catarrh by applying a fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils. Also mentionsGarfield Tea for digestion and a wartime remark about a soldier returning home.
The piece surveys German revolution under Rapp and Ebert amid broader European chaos. It notes Senate rejection of the League of Nations covenant, party splits on ratification, and possible return to the treaty. It also covers Turkey’s occupation of Constantinople, Mexican unsettled politics, and France and Deschanel/MINERand cooperation to correct misconceptions about France.
An editorial printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association mocks health faddists via the Jig gins tale. It traces a man who pursued extreme exercises, cold plunges, and bizarre routines, ending with self-flagellating antics and costly vanity.
Young men are stereotyped as health-obsessed cheats who skip meat and fruit, refuse taps water and canned sardines, prefer starch and albumin, and roam barefoot at dawn chasing dew while avoiding modern comforts. The piece accuses them of cowardice and vanishing strength.
Florida Supreme Court upholds lower court rulings that color and acid tests determine market readiness of fruit. A grower showed trees averaged over half colored. inspectors seized immature fruit. Court rules ripeness is a sufficient test for shipment, but delayed ripening may allow acid test proof for marketability if fruit is not yet ready for consumption.
The article reports a breakthrough in wireless telegraphy linking North and South America. High power stations in the United States can now send messages to southern stations via Broz signals, overcoming the equatorial static barrier and enabling near instant cross continental communication.
The article discusses germs and microbes, noting they are single celled organisms not insects or animals. It describes their unseen presence, historical use by humans, and outlines the basic differences in structure and size compared with other life forms.
A Cairo Illinois reader recounts severe displacement and nerve pain, saying repeated surgery was avoided after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and ability to perform daily tasks, urging others to seek confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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