Bayer Aspirin and Everyday Remedies Featured in Ad Snippets
An old advertisement page highlights Bayer as genuine Aspirin with directions for headache and other ailments, claiming nineteen years of physician use. It also promotes Cuticura talcum, a joke about a hungry wife, golf hazards humor, Roman Eyes Balsam for tired eyes, and a light music joke set in various localities.
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Bayer
Gray hair remedy and ad snippets from a vintage page
An old advertisement text outlines a hair darkening mix using water bay rum barbo compound and glycerine to apply twice weekly. claims to soften harsh hair and darken gray streaks without scalp cooling or greasiness. Also includes dental/constipation cures and a Dutch Wall note about a Zuyder Zee barrier.
Green's August Flower promotes digestion and relief
An 19th century advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates stomach and intestinal digestion, cleanses the body, stimulates bile, and cures indigestion nervous dyspepsia and other troubles sold by druggists. It also features assorted quips and ads for Garfield Tea and other sayings.
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Green
The Hurricane Forecaster and the Weather Bureau’s Defense
A historical account details how the United States Weather Bureau anticipated a Gulf coast hurricane. Forecasters tracked a tropical storm from September 8 to strike Key West and Galveston, issuing early warnings that saved lives and cargo from massive destruction.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
St. Great
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Caribbean
Southland
Tropics
Florida Keys
West Indies
Key West
Atlantic
Gulf
South
Florida
Fla
Gulf Coast
Carrabelle
Fila
New Orleans
Wshington
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Texas
Associated Press
Corydon
Island Home
Galveston
Garfield Tea Adv Recalls Costiva Habit Phrase
A reader notes a caution against normalizing a costiva tendency into a habit. The message urges restraint but allows recourse if the habit forms, referencing Garfield Tea Advocates.
Better Start It For Scientific Machine Operation
The annual yield of the American farm could reach 2 billion bushels of wheat and 6 billion bushels of corn under scientific and machine operation.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Systemic Benefit
Ad for Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to build up the system and cleanse the blood to prevent repeated nasal catarrh. It warns acute catarrh can become chronic and promises testimonials and a $100.00 guarantee if not cured. A closing quip about modern children and movies appears.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Diamond Dyes Advertisement Claims Fadeless Color
An old advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes promising rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims instructions in the Direction Book and a color card to match any material.
Quips and Tips Echo Old Timey Humor
Miscellaneous witticisms on parenting chores and laundry habits. A jokey line about a daughter learning piano is paired with guidance to wash with soap and Blue. The piece ends with a quip about sermons and impact beyond the listener.
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Louisie Courier-Journal
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Ayer
Garfield Tea
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Garfield
Becuz
Pennywise
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hiles
Cascarae
Monty
Hite
Nelem
Stetter
Tireat
Leniderte Laine Co
Corman, Tas
E. L. Eaton
Earlton
Alachua County
New York
Ota
Sharon
Penns
N. Uy
Fort Wayne