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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
2
In cold weather men work hard gathering natural ice on northern lakes. Crews operate cutters on Lake Wolf near Chicago as waves of ice are cut for storage and use.
A mixed batch of notes reports on starfish smelling its underside, paraffin waterproofing hints, odd exports from Chihli, a one‑man pick up sweeper, Dutch landlords allowed higher rents, and a strange scale analogy comparing mountains to paper on an orange.
Mrs. Lillian Middleton of Wakefield, a twenty two year old mother of two, lures bootleggers as a dangerous pastime and claims to have captured fifty since starting. She works by the piece and earns as much as forty eight to one hundred dollars weekly.
Advice on making and using a home made fire extinguisher from common salts and ammonia. Dissolve 20 pounds of salt and 10 pounds of chloride of ammonia in 7 gallons of water. Fill glass bottles, seal, and break to release contents on flames.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a fifty eight year old remedy for nervous dyspepsia sour stomach constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness headaches and related digestive disorders. It claims wide domestic and international use with bottles priced at 80 and 90 cents.
Betty recalls the first kiss as a moment she called for help while Kitty remarks the man still needs it. The dialogue hints at relationship tension and unresolved desire between the two women.
A collage of 19th century ads promotes Cascarets laxative for biliousness and stomach upset, Cuticura for sore hands, Bond’s Liver Pill for cold prevention, Roman Eye Balsam as an antiseptic ointment, and general moralizing lines, all in brief testimonial style.
Mrs. Mase La Pont of Turtle Lake Wisconsin endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it relieved weakness backache and nervousness after years of trying other medicines. She cites six children and ongoing use of Liver Pills for constipation. A canvass reports 98 of 100 women benefited by the product.
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