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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
6
An old advertisement urges readers to switch from salts and purgatives to Cascarets for cleansing the stomach and bowels. It claims Cascarets remove sour food, fermenting gases, excess bile, and toxics, with gentle action, no griping, and a morning feeling of wellness.
Historical note describes reviving faded ink on old documents by washing with substances that darken upon reacting with iron from infusion of nut galls. The method implies a chemical reaction to re create legible markings on aged paper.
An advertisement for Diamond Dyes promises fadeless color on any fabric and notes the color guide. A humorous anecdote from the Chicago Tribune recounts a luncheon mishap where coffee was mistaken for a weak tea, causing embarrassment for a hostess.
A home mixture called Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine darkens faded gray hair. Combine a half pint of water with 1 oz Bay Rum a small box of Barbo Compound and ½ oz glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the shade is desired. Available from druggists or mix at home at low cost. Described as non greasy non cooling and non staining.
A collage of old advertisements and quips including Mrs Peck debating marriage, Henry Peck scene, New Haven Register note on exchanging spouses, Garfield Tea praised as a family remedy, Hoxate Croup Remedy offering 60c with no opium, and Cuticura products for babies and hygiene. The items reflect period advertising language and domestic remedies.
A sign asks if the business is profitable as customers comment that bills are being sent, implying ongoing commerce. The exchange suggests curiosity about the venture's viability and customer demand.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the only cure for catarrh asserting local applications fail since disease resides in the blood and mucous membranes. It claims the product combines tonics with blood purifiers and urges Druggists to provide testimonials and free samples from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
A brief exchange notes a woman in an extravagant fur cloak, underscoring her fondness for luxury attire. The dialogue hints at social perceptions of wealth and display within her state’s society.
A brief aphorism reflects on honesty and social pressures, noting that while truth exists many feel shame to speaker it openly. The line suggests a cultural tension between truth and embarrassment in communal life.
Edward W. Pickard surveys the Washington clash over the Versailles treaty as William Jennings Bryan threatens a party split and President Wilson pushes for ratification. San Francisco wins the Democratic convention, while Chicago hosts Republicans and the Reds' crackdown expands. The piece also notes Bolshevik advances, Mexico violence, and overseas tensions.
An advertisement promotes genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. It emphasizes the Bayer cross safety mark on the package and tablets, notes broad uses from colds to rheumatism, and mentions small tin boxes of twelve tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
An eastern company allocates about 1000 dollars each month to want ads to maintain its office force of 800 employees.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair beautifier that can restore life color brightness and abundance to lifeless thin or fading hair. It urges readers to buy an 85 cent bottle at drug or toilet counters to refresh scalp and reduce dandruff and hair loss.
Herbert Johnson, a New York caricaturist, recounts how a cartoon about laundry mishaps sparked a two column attack from a laundry trade paper. The gag about wrecked shirts and a white dress tie drew readers who jeered that the artist never wore a shirt and would not understand fashionable society.
The text argues that losing a job can puncture vanity and reveal egotism, but that the right kind of experience remains worth its cost for Rafaro's growth and future value.
Henry Lindlahr argues that during sleep vital energy is stored for the next day and that awakening brings immediate expenditure of force. He contends nothing can replace sleep and that food tonics or stimulants cannot compensate for lost sleep.
Mrs Edwin guides Selma through a domestic lesson about her son at Yale. The dialogue reveals cultural quirks and a sympathetic but puzzled tone as the maid learns a foreign phrase and a vague year is mentioned.
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