Aspirin and Bayer Brand Promotion in Early 1900s China
An advertisement highlights Bayer Aspirin as the true world famous product of physicians use for over twenty one years, with Bayer stamped on tablets and packaging. It notes the US Pharmacopoeia being translated into Chinese and discusses competing efforts by Germany and Britain to set drug standards postwar.
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Bayer
China
United States
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Germany
Great Britain
Tommy Spilled the Beans in Luncheon Scene
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Mrs. Brown chats with casual callers about a luncheon just finished. Tommy Brown asks for more as others answer the doorbell, ending with a light domestic moment.
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Tommy
Mrs. Brown
Tommy Brown
Boston Transcript
Modern Girls Progress Emancipation Trend Highlighted
A Detroit Free Press note remarks that the modern girl has shed the clinging vine stage, asserting independence in dress and manners. The brief reflects social change in women’s behavior and self presentation.
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Detroit Free Press
Discretion and Truth in Public Discourse
A pithy maxim on discretion as a tool of rhetoric, noting that labeling someone a liar may reveal the speaker’s own position as the opposing side. The quote frames honesty and strategy within public discourse and personal judgment.
Cuticura Trio Ad Promotes Soap Ointment and Alcum
An advertisement touts the Cuticura trio soap ointment and alcum priced at 25 cents each. It markets Cuticura as an exquisitely scented line for face skin baby and dusting powder and perfume, claiming it renders other perfumes superfluous.
Lion gag leads actor to quit over bed scene
A Hollywood studio worker balks at a director's demand to film a comedy with a lion in a bed. The worker protests that though the lion is fed milk, he was raised on meat and will not participate, prompting a quit.
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Hollywood
Darky
Los Angeles Times
Pals in Childhood Spanking Tale Ends with Bond
A seven year old girl after a severe spanking returns to her mother with a hug and a quip that they are pals and don’t care about spankings. The story closes with a wry remark about aging and youth.
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Ethel
Mother
Postum Offer Promotes Sleep and Nerves Health
An advertisement argues coffee and tea harm nerves and sleep. It suggests Postum cereal beverage as a coffee like alternative and claims it improves rest, reduces irritability, and supports sturdy nerves. It promotes Instant Postum and Postum Cereal for home use.
New Jersey state briefs span crimes to civic plans
The itemized rundown covers a $25,000 damage suit over a fatal yacht collision on Lake Hopatcong, municipal actions on rail wheel safety, a National Guard transfer, a graft verdict against a Freeholder, labor group disarmament plans, a parachute accident, and various local notices from Newton to Newark including court actions, factory rulings, and police warnings.
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Benedict
Lake Hopatcong
Roswell D. Tompkins
United States District Court
George Humes
Mary A. Tompkins
Tompkins
Archibald
Newark
Bayonne
Public Service Railway Company
Talbot
Edward B. Stone
Burlington
One Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry
National Guard
Winfield S. Price
Camden
Edwards
Frank Burr
Trenton
One Hundred and Fourteenth
Cape May Court House
Joseph MacKissie
Lower Township
MacKissie
Green Splinter Lane
Nummytown Road
J. Warren Davis
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Cleveland H. Dodge
Foundation
Davis
R. Dodge
Thomas G. Haight
Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Boyd McPherson
Fishing Creek
Bayshore
Charlies Smith
Smith
Freides
Hilleside Park
Harry Karnshitz
Karnshitz
Rubber Manufacturers’ Association of
Broad Street Bank
John S. Broughton
United and Globe Rubber Company
Charles B. Stokes
The
Home Rubber Company
A. Boyd Cornell
Hamilton Rubber Company
W. H. Sayen, Jr
Princeton
Mercer Rubber Company
John J. Voorhees
Jersey City
Clayton
Glassboro
Pitman
Mhurffville
New Sharon
Fairview
State Board of Publc Utilities Commissions
New Jersey and
Pennsylvanian Traction Company
Mercer County
Lyndhurst
duPont
Parlin
Tony Wasenolctz
Ignatz Zignisky
Steve Washink
Steve Karsintoh
Basil
South River
Floyd Y. Keeler
Englewood
H. Lyon
Ramona Lyon Keeler
Keeler
Dwight School For
Orange District Court
Robert R. Howard
Llewellyn Park
West Orange
Morris
Pankin
Park Avenue
Valley Road
Board of Freeholders T
Hudson-Essex Union Tax Investigating
Morris County
State Board of Taxes and Assessments
Board of Freeholders
Burlington County
County Board of Agriculture
Warry K. Dunham
Clinton
Edward Whitehead
Brooklyn
Samuel Nussbaum
Long Branch
Whitehead
Nussbaum
Trenton Automobile Trade Association
Bridgeton
Salem
Wilmington
Pennsyrove
Boy Scouts
Salem County
duPont Athletic Grounds
duPont Band
James Russo
Cornelius Toohey
Vose Avenue
Henry Toohey
Bacon Academy
Woodstown
Mev
Werner Jentsch
Bethany Lutheran Church
Gloucester City
Lutheran Seminary
Mt. Alry
National Association of Credit Men
How Women Avoid Surgical Operations
A testimonial article promoting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cites Mrs. EB Haypock of Chicago and Mrs. H R Sharon of Burlington praising relief from female troubles after refusing surgery. It argues most female ailments are non surgical and urges readers to seek the remedy and request a free private text book.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinktinea
EB. H Haypock
St. Lawerence Ave
Vermont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Burlington
H.R. Sharon
Apple Tree Point Farm
Burlington, Vt
Lydis E. Pinkham
Commuter Describes Objectionable Train Ride
A traveling man asks if the train is an accommodation service. Mr. Crosslets replies it is only in a technical sense and adds it is one of the most disobliging trains he ever rode on.
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Mr. Crosslets
California Fig Syrup Ad Sparks Parental Trust
The 1900 era style ad promotes California Fig Syrup as the cure for constipation in children with a fruity taste. It urges mothers to buy genuine syrup from druggists and notes a mislabel warning to say California. A separate line warns that economy and money talk attract get rich quick promoters.
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California
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Alabastine Company
Grandville Ave
Grand Rapids, Mich
New Jersey State
Stearns
Hall & Ruckel, Inc
Waverly Place
Greystone
Sella
Greystone Pub. Co
Bway
N.Y. Ce
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