Bayer Aspirin Ad and a Classroom Moment
An old Bayer advertisement promotes genuine Bayer Aspirin tablets with warnings to check for the Bayer name on packages and tablets. It notes small boxes and bottle formats and states aspirin as the trade mark. The page also includes a classroom joke about a teacher asking for a definition of blessing and Johnny answering that his father says blessing at every company.
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Bayer
Johnny
Jaques' Little Wonder Capsules credited with life saving
A Corning woman testifies that Jaques' Little Wonder Capsules saved her life during severe indigestion and dizziness. The ad urges readers to try the remedy for relief from gas sour stomach and related symptoms and notes availability from Jaques' Capsule Co. at 60 cents. Also includes a political joke segment.
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Jaques
Lewis J. Burke
Bast 3Rd St
Corning
N. Y
Jaques’ Capsule Co
Plattsburg, N. Y
Diamond Dyes Promises Easy Home Dyeing For All Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple and stain free for wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics. It claims no streaks fading or running and guarantees perfect home dyeing even for beginners. Also notes a misused figure of speech example about a son called spendthrift and a motorcar shown in a quotation.
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Rixchange
Important to Mothers Examine Castoria Bottles Carefully
Mothers urged to check every bottle of Castoria for the signature and note its long history of use. The reminder emphasizes the remedy for infants and children and the well known Fletcher's Castoria name.
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Fletcher
Pleasure's Penalty and Vanity Ads in One Page
An old Boston Transcript note muses on sunlit sands and fatigue, while a beauty ad promotes Cuticura talcum powder with the trio promise. A Campaign aside quotes Senator Sorghum defending voter intellect and offering a morale break from politics.
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Boston Transcript
Racers Strip Themselves To Outstrip Competitors
A terse note on racers stripping to shed weight and improve speed, reflecting the sprint mindset and the drive to outpace rivals.
Scouts Population Totals by Country 1922 Report
The United States leads global scouting with 403 152 members out of 799 030, from a June 20 1922 report listing country enrollments. Latest HQ figures push enrolled scouts to about 425 000 as the movement emphasizes character and citizenship. Scouts are noted for kindness to animals, reinforcing the slogan A Scout Is Kind to Animals.
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United States
Boy Scout Organization
International Bureau
Scouts
Austria
Belgium
Greece
Britain
Holland
Hunzary
Italy
Latvia
Liberias
Luxembourg
Norway
Peru
Sweden
Switzerland
Memorial to war heroes presented by Salt Lake Scouts
A flag day ceremony in Liberty Park Salt Lake City saw Boy Scouts of America Salt Lake Council unveil a six foot octagonal stone base monument with a bronze tablet honoring World War service. Nickels and dimes funded the memorial and Eagle Scout Vincent Loew led the dedication with Mayor Neslen praising the scouts. The council plans annual Flag Day gatherings to renew appreciation for the American flag and its ideals.
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Salt Lake City
Liberty Park
Boy Scouts of America
Salt Lake
Vincent Loew
Neslen
Scouts
Scouts Collect 23000 Pounds of Dandelions in Poncha City
300 Poncha City boys worked after school and on Saturdays to harvest 23000 pounds of dandelions from local lawns and parks. The chamber of commerce paid a penny per pound, sending 14 truckloads to the Arkansas river dumping grounds and distributing over 200 checks totaling about $500 over one week.
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Ennery
Gath
Western
Virginia
Peavers
Buryers
C. H
Lady Washington
Lima
Jersey Cobblers
Long Island
Cape C
New York
Elberta
Nee
Chambers of Commerce
Arkansas River
Richest Known Food Element in Father John’s Medicine
Doctors confirm cod liver oil as the richest source of vitamin A in Father John’s Medicine. The product is described as a scientifically blended pure food that strengthens nourishes children lagging in growth and builds new tissue and blood. Start taking it today.
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Father John
Internal Remedy Relieves Piles
An advertisement touts Colac Pile Pills as quick relief for piles available at druggists or by mail from Colac Chemical Co Inc Glens Falls NY. It also promotes Butterfly Tinting products for home dyeing and includes a Parrot Got Busy anecdote and a note on Canada’s first railway the Champlain and St Lawrence line opened in 1836 with wooden rails and horsepower.
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COLAC
Colac | Chemical Co., Inc
Glens Falls
N. Y
Canada
Laprairie
St. Johns
Quebec
Montreal
Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway Company
Champlain & St. Lawrence Railway Company
Visiting Golfer Complains Of Rotten Game At Tee
An amused exchange unfolds as a visiting golfer exclaims at a poor round while a brave caddy replies with a light taunt about future effort and a bull pup remark.
Father apologizes for daughter's modesty in shy meeting
A country correspondent recalls a Kentucky pair passing through to a village near Danville. The seventeen year old daughter, waiting hours for a late relative, is described as girlish, refined, and modest. The piece notes the father's polite apology as a rare, beautiful gesture.
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Indiana
Danville
Indianapolis News
Prayer tale interrupts sermon with a sly ham theft
A South Dakota representative recounts a racially charged anecdote about a darky stealing meat from a pastor's smokehouse. The pastor confronts him and, after being asked to pray, the darky offers a hasty blessing asking to depart in peace.
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Christopherson
South Dakota
Darky
Sambo
Spoiled Diamonds Hide as White Stones at Auction
The Chicago Journal reports two Hapsburg crown jewels, two large diamonds with ruby tint, were guarded during exhibitions. A wash removed their color, turning them white, leading to a sale as ordinary white stones rather than ruby diamonds.
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Hapsburgs
Chicago Journal
Runt Joins Birthday Test of Kindness in Old Clippings
A snippet from Kansas City Star shows a boy learning humor and politeness as a teasing remark meets a fit of care from Mrs Johnson and a kindly dentist consoles a suffering child. The piece ends with a reflection that human kindness should not be soured by ingratitude.
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Goshen
Small Boy’s Grief Over Stolen Shovel Sparks Sympathy
A Milwaukee Sentinel item notes a boy in Washington who cried after a neighbor found a shovel stolen from next door. The boy explains he cries not for himself but because the thief took his shovel too. The piece then touches on Palestine ruins and nursing gains.
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Washington
Milwaukee Sentinel
Ambiguous Quotes Spark Debate on Happiness and Authority
Readable text features phrases about happiness with love in a cottage and car ownership, paired with a critique of those who dislike authority. The fragment hints at social attitudes toward possessions and control. No clear event or named entities are present.
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Sorghum
Luris
National Council of Scouts of America
Butterfly Tinting Co
Minneapolis
Minn
American Legion Weekly
Doan
New Jersey
William ‘Douglass
Liberty &J. Boanton
N. J
Dean
Peer Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Wa
Palestine
Valley of the Jordan
Beisan
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich