Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Headache Relief Ad
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packaging with directions for Headache Cold Pain Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatism. It notes Bayer as the genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians to nineteen years and mentions a handy tin of tablets costing a few cents. The text also defines aspirin as the trade mark of Bayer and as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid. It ends with a reflective ad slogan about contentment versus worries.
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Bayer
Diamond Dyes Ad Promises Fadeless Color For Any Fabric
An advertisement urges uses for Diamond Dyes claiming a rich durable color on wool silk linen cotton and blends. It includes directions to dye over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card for matching materials. The piece also notes a modern child requires seeing it in movies to believe.
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Adv
A Hard Nut to Crack
A vintage cold remedy ad promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. It urges quick treatment for head or throat discomfort and claims effectiveness, noting availability from druggists in eight bottle quantities.
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Hale
Mustarine Mustard Plaster Promises Quick Pain Relief
Ad touts Legg's Mustarine as a fast acting mustard plaster for headache neuralgia toothache earache backache and more. Claims five minute relief and effectiveness for bronchitis pleurisy lumbago and inflammation relief with a strong burning sensation but no blistering, sold in yellow boxes.
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Legg
Wet State Drafting Bill Faces Bitter Battle In Trenton
A draft bill to legalize light wines and beers in New Jersey aims to align with the Eighteenth Amendment. Governor-elect Edwards backs state power to regulate and disputes GOP moves to curb his authority. The fight pits Edwards forces against Anti-Saloon League counsel Wayne Wheeler and government lawyers.
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Trenton
Edwards
Anti-Saloon League
New Jersey
State Highway Commission
Board of Control of
Senate
Assembly
State Board of Control
Munroe
League
Wayne
B. Wheeler
Trentonf
Angwer
Palmer
Joseph L. Bodine
District of New Jersey
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Supreme Court
Washington
William Duhne
Duhne
United States of America
United States
Case
Runyon
Clarence
B. Case
Desivelo
Pretzel boy eliminated as Newark fights unsanitary stalls
New Jersey Board of Health notes drastic reduction of the so called pretzel boy traffic in Newark after inspectors spent a year cracking down on unsanitary pretzel sellers. The report also covers building permits in North Arlington, tax and salary concerns, and local incidents across the state.
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C. Raymond Lyons
New Brunswick
Runyon
South Jersey
Board of Health
Newark
Food and ‘Drug Division
North
Arlington
Daniel J. McCarthy
New Jersey
Boswen
Bridgeton
William Truesdale Day
Elizabeth
Day, Day, Smith & Slingerland
State Board of Education
New Jersey Urban League
First Presbyterian Church
Charles P. Gillen
Elizabeth Lewis
Submarine Boat, Corporation
Osis
Maurice River
Public Utility Commission
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
East Orange
Woodstown
Malaga
Blackwood
C. G. Hargerman
Pitman
West Foundry and Manufacturimpany
Proms Committee
Glassboro
J. Boyd Avis
Jersey City
Edwards
Simpson
Hudson
Gibbstown
Holmes F. Gravatt
Camden
Gravatt
Firat Meth- Vist Episcopal Church
First Church
Atlantic City
John I. Sinnott, Jr
Morris County Traction Company
Morristown
Internal Revenue Department
Allan B. Walsh
United Grand Lodge of Masons ‘of
Samuel W. Gordon
Trenton
Gordon
J. H. Tanner
Tanner
Newark City
Russia
Paté@fson
Enis Island
George Gesnaker
White Horse Pike
Rulon
Ninth and
Penn Streets
Samuel Schwartz
Plainfield
Terry
East Front Street
Nervous Prostration Ad Offered by Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
Testimonial from Mrs. J. of Binghamton praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration and related female ailments. Claims success after long illness and invites readers to write for advice to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Christman
Ton
New York
Leas E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Holland's Great Wall Across Zuyder Zee Planned
The Dutch plan a giant seawall across the entrance to the Zuyder Zeen. It will extend about 18 miles and be 280 feet wide at sea level, forming a massive barrier against the sea.
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Holland
Zuyder Zeen
Green's August Flower Promotes Digestive Health Remedy
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach, boosts bile secretion, and purifies blood. It claims widespread use for indigestion and related ailments and urges readers to buy from druggists and dealers.
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Green
Purifying the Blood and Domestic Quips in 19th Century Ads
A collage of old ad copy and proverbs discusses purifying the blood to treat rheumatism and dyspepsia, plus warnings about catarrh and a hall of remedies. It includes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine testimonials and generic claims, with satirical quips on censorship and politics.
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Ball
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Armistice for Peace Promoted by Cascarets Ad
An advertising notice extols Cascarets as a harmless liver and bowel remedy to prevent biliousness constipation and stomach upset. It claims the product works overnight without griping unlike Calomel salts oils or harsh pills and contrasts indulgence with a crash of excess. It ends with a moral line about straight actions.
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Earth
StaFrrorp
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Fe Hall & Ruckel Inc
Washington St. i
Agthma
Uncle Sam
Ekells Company
Newburgh
N.Y
Mortone Co
Century Bidg
Rogers
J. L. Rogers
Philadelphia
Makolot Chemical Company
N. J
Thomas Aircraft Co
Houston
Tex
New Jersey State Teachers’ Association
Kendall
New Jersey State
Gloucester County Firemen’s Association
Wenonah
Reading
Charles M.simpson
Paulsboro
Clementon
Claire Feeney
Wiliam Feeney
Charles Rockhill
Shrewsbury
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Red Bank
Haddonfield
William Harrison
Harry Kissel
Harry
Brooklyn
Garfield
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