Friendly Advice and the Good Mule Samson of Prosperity Town
A satirical tale set in Prosperity Town about Samson the mule whose treadmill labor drives factories. Town figures Public and Agitator offer misguided hints that fail until Public trusts his own judgment, restoring the mule and industry while Agitator is banished from town.
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Prosperity Town
Samson
Agitator
Flo
Legislator
Public
S. Lad
Charles A. Rieser
Industrial Conservation
New York
Library War Fund Drives Support From Indiana Libraries
Libraries of Indiana paid 50035.13 toward the Library War Fund far exceeding the 24500 asked. The notice lists new war era books and titles including Over the Top Letters Diary My Four Years in Germany Under Fire Those Times and These. A Hog Tone sale by Corner Drug Store is noted on order form.
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Libraries of
Indiana
Library War Fund
Alan Seeger
Germany
Gerard
Just One Spoonful Adler-i-ka Bowel Cleanser Adverts
A dramatic advertisement touts Adler-i-ka as the most powerful bowel cleanser. It promises instant relief from sour stomach gas and constipation with one spoonful and recommends two doses weekly to guard against appendicitis.
Livestock Reduction Plant Serves Darlington Area
Ora L. Loveless operator of a licensed Reduction Plant offers to dispose of dead stock including horses cattle sheep and hogs in Darlington and nearby areas. Free postmortem exams on any animal when desired and refunds for telephone service. Call Buren B. Jones of Darlington for hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora L. Loveless
Darlington
Buren B. Jones
Darlinxcon
Avalon Farms Hog Item Triggers Take Home Trial
The Corner Drug Store lists Avalon Farms Hog for sale with a take home trial option. If the product fails to meet advertised claims, a 10 charge applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon Farms
Hogone
Wanted Five Thousand Empty Feed Bags Ad
Advertisement seeks five thousand empty feed bags and directs readers to John Lynch at Darlington Feed Mill for business. The Herald notes the merchant invites attention and prompts readership to subscribe for more notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lynch
Darlington
Deafness Cure Claim From Constitutional Remedies
An 19th century ad asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It claims the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss, promises $100 for any case cured, and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with circulars available.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
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