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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
3
An aged advertisement touts Ziron as a safe tonic for ladies and all ages. It claims the product strengthens weak and run down health, contains no habit forming drugs, and offers a money back guarantee through druggists.
Frank Morris general manager of Western Motors Company Maxwell distributors in San Francisco conducted a 28 mile per gallon gasoline test. A car owned by an unnamed proprietor was used with a standard apparatus to measure fuel efficiency. The run included a vacuum tank and erphutrotor setup to ensure accuracy, finishing with 26.1 miles per gallon recorded.
The column lists social events for Saturday including Junior Music Study Club and Canal Street Rock Club at 2:30. It notes updates on Mrs J O Camp and Miss Meritcorie with social visits and guest arrivals from Montgomery and Birmingham. Returns mention Mrs Meline Sittaton, Mrs Go W Wilbourn, and Mrs A G Fields with relatives in town for the weekend.
The Woman's Music Study club of Albany-Decatur presents a program at the Princess Saturday at ten. Mrs. L. P. Troup directs a full orchestra with Miss Hatton on violin. A male chorus conducted by E. A. Henry closes with a five minute pageant and patriotic supplies.
An old advertisement urges readers to prevent influenza by nourishing the liver kidneys and blood with Dr Hitchcock's Liver Kidney and Blood Powders. It promises stronger germ resistance, claims quick relief by morning, and guarantees satisfaction with a money refund.
Ad copy extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a fifty year old spring tonic. It claims to restore strength after indoor exertion and to act as a blood purifier and tissue builder. The testimonial promises improvement after three bottles, praising its tonic and restorative effects.
Chas A Sittason had a successful operation at St Vincent hospital Birmingham yesterday and is resting well today. E D Whitman, ill with influenza, is reported improved by today’s update.
In the Colombian mountains, a reader detail from Leo FE Miller’s book describes a group of California woodpeckers and hummingbirds drinking intoxicating sap oozing from a tree. The birds displayed varying drunken behavior for a week before the sap ceased and they departed.
An oxy acetylene blowpipe uses a light conital tube and dual nozzles fed by oxygen and hydrogen. The gases mix inside the flowpipe for complete combustion, reducing explosion risk by delivering gas faster than flame propagation. A safety mixer further prevents accidents.
A Kansas City man received four presents this week including a silk shirt size M, leather gloves size 6, and silk hose size 10. His wife chose the shirt, his mother picked the gloves, and his brother gave the socks. The employer offered soft collars that fit him at work.
The readible lines hint at an April feature for Cosmopolitan with mentions of Graves S07 and Decatur. The fragment outlines advertising references and a promotional tone for an early spring issue.
A vintage tonic advertisement promotes Groves Tasteless Quinine Tonic as a general strength aid. It targets both adults and children, claiming health benefits and vitality through a tasteless formula.
The readable text references Decatur and a miscellaneous ad fragment. It mentions remedies and ailments with vague product claims and a refunded dose note, plus scattered phrases about practicals and an automobile laundry. No clear event or person names emerge.
A vintage advertisement touts Q Ban Hair Tonic promising rapid hair growth and dandruff removal. It promises thick, soft, glossy hair after the first application, claiming the product dissolves oil and grease on the scalp and revives dull hair with added life.
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