Swamp Root Ad Praises Kidney Medicine
An old Sinclair ad claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cures kidney and liver issues and urges readers to try a sample bottle. The notice includes an endorsement from Burke Bros Drug Co dated April 21 1916 West Mineral Kansas and notes bottles priced fifty cents and one dollar. Missouri adds adult night schools to its rural regions.
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Kilmer
Burke Bros. Drug Co
John T. Burke
West Mineral
Kan
How Much Should We Weigh
Dr Harvey G Beck of the University of Maryland outlines an ideal weight formula. Start with 110 and add five percent of the inches over five feet. The Popular Science Monthly notes this method as a simple gauge of ideal weight.
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Harvey G. Beck
University of Maryland
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Popular Science Monthly
Advertised Pills and Rope Claim Extraordinary Strength
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as beneficial for liver bowels and stomach and notes a ratio of one Pellet for G laxative three for a cathartic. It also compares a manila rope's strength to that of steel, claiming similar toughness.
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Manila
The Moving Vanners Take Over a Showy New Home
A burglar like narrator and Hon Key fail to unlock a South Orange Street door. Moving Vanners enter and pile lavish furniture into a grand hall, leaving the house crowded and uncanny. Real estate and police intrude as the narrator escapes with a joke about civil war.
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Anna G. Sulkz
Cornstable
N. J
Togo
Sulkz
Dante
North Orange Street
Hon. Vanload
Napoleon
France
Vanner
Admiral Tirpitz
Russia
Gen
Howell
South Orange Street
Abe Lincoln
Hon. Sulks
Dr. Wiley
Moonlit vigil and satirical war of dove and armament
A brief scene shows a mother and Mary on a porch at night with the moon above. A speaker mocks the dove of peace as needing defensive weaponry, framing pacifist imagery in combative terms.
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Mary
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Jumpstarts Cleanup
A vintage medical ad urges mothers to give a teaspoon of California Syrup of Figs to children showing constipation symptoms. It claims a laxative effect cleanses the bowels within hours, restoring health and playfulness, and warns buyers to choose the 50-cent bottle with full directions.
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California
Adv
Not Hopeless Our New Cook Learns All My Ways
Mrs Parker says the new cook has learned all her ways and Parker reassures that she may improve. Life notes a hopeful mood as adjustments continue.
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Parker
You Can Them Free Colds Dosing
Two young boys in Terre Haute Indiana rely on a product described as a “Little Bodyguard” to guard against croup and cold symptoms. The ad claims relief from congestion with apahesalin and VapoRub for easier sleep and breathing. Prices listed include three sizes at 250 600 or 1.00 dollars.
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United States
Western Canada
L. Douglas
New York
Brockton
St. Terre Haute, Ind
Apahesalin
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Wrigley
Government of Canada
Missouri
Wallace Irwin
Yours Truly
the Interactions Press Bureau
Prwane
Boys’ Shoes
Wapnbok
Spark St
Brockton, Mass
Canada
Western
Anor —Nity
St Puce Dolothin
G. A. Cook
Main Street
Kansas City
Lottie
Doan
Sands
Kansas
H. Briddo
Kansaya
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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