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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
7
The article notes Niagara Falls draws its water from the Great Lakes and numerous rivers, supplying more than half of the world’s fresh water. It explains ongoing evaporation and precipitation make draining the Great Lakes unlikely.
Advertises Diamond Dyes with directions for tinting wool silk and mixed fabrics. Claims permanent rich colors for clothing and draperies. Advises telling the druggist the material and whether wool silk or cotton is involved.
A landslide endangers Mount Saint Island in Normandy where engineers race to save the venerable abbey perched above the rock. Concern grows that the slide could reach the foundation and threaten the historic structure.
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure the word Bayer appears on the package or tablets to guarantee authentic Bayer Aspirin. It emphasizes the product’s safety as proven by millions and prescribed for 26 years, warning that imitations may be dangerous.
Sir Bryan discusses a murky operation with Inspector McIver and Hugh as Flash Jim and other masked men link to a key sleep-dazed chase. The plan involves using Hugh to shadow the London underworld while with McIver, aiming to uncover motives behind the masked gang and their diversionary kidnapping.
In Barking a gathering of anarchists is disrupted by the Black Gang who sentence some participants to punishment and abduct others. A memorandum with an Hoxton address is found on Zabolemski as Sir Bryan Johnstone and Inspector McIver pursue Zabcleff after a failed raid, during which he was chloroformed.
The text appears garbled asking who Charles Latter is and mentioning a Bulldog Drumme. No verifiable facts or events are present.
A Bath shipmaster on a foreign voyage took pumpkins for his crew from Boston but left some on the wharf. The crew grew tired of pumpkin meals and many pumpkins were dumped overboard. By morning pumkins floated at sea, and the steward joked they followed from Boston. A waterproof hat cover folds into a handbag pocket.
Across Persia bad roads and long distances deter biking but clerks in cities are starting to adopt bicycles as a practical means of transport.
This looks like a recipe instruction for corn flake griddle cakes. It lists ingredients including corn flakes one cent, flour milk one cent, corn flakes two level taps, sugar two level taps, butter half a tablespoon, baking powder one and a half level taps, salt. It says prepare and bake the same as Plain Griddle Cakes. It suggests drying corn flakes if moist and says any cooked cereal may be used in place of corn flakes.
An anti luxury society has been formed in Tokyo by students aiming to persuade Japan’s wealthy to curb luxury habits. The initiative seeks to reduce conspicuous consumption and promote simpler living.
Advertising copy touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching and Cuticura Soap for cleansing with hot water. After bathing dry and dust on Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance. Price 25c each. A quip notes men make more resolutions when broke than at other times.
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to cleanse bowels and ease stomach upset in children of all ages. It claims a teaspoon today prevents illness tomorrow and warns to ask for genuine California Syrup to avoid imitation products with misprinted labels.
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