Bayer Aspirin claims and a sleepbound kiss scene
The advertisement touts Bayer tablets with the Bayer Cross and dosage guidance from physicians over 21 years, promising safety for colds and pain. A contrasting fiction excerpt features a woman feigning sleep during a kiss, prompting a peevish reply about eyes open and propriety.
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Bayer
Swamp Root Cordials Kidney Ailments And More
An old advertisement notes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as the top remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It touts mild immediate effects and urges trials with small samples. Also contains a humorous exchange about married life and a note on Red Cross Ball Blue preserving linen quality.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
No Trespassers Allowed Airplane Crash Scene
A plane wing breaks and the pilot crashes through planking and plaster, ending on a dark concrete surface. A menacing voice from a cellar declares, You’re in my cellar, but I’m watching you. The US World War II era quip reflects an ominous warning in a narrative tone.
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American Legion Weekly
Lightweight summer fabrics for children's dresses
A catalog of fabrics and designs suited to warm weather outfits for young girls. Notes include black taffeta trousers with blue trim, blue and black coordinated coats and hats, and printed voiles for frocks. White organdie with valenciennes trim, net underskirt finishes, pink hemstitching, and eyelet embroidery featured. Wools highlighted for their weight and texture, shown in a three flounce dress with a blue taffeta bolero.
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Wolle
Fashions Update Highlights Hats and Summer Styles
Fabrics show knitted suits and capes with leather trim and white or blue hats. Summer outfits feature prominent tucking in coats and frocks and black hats with waxlike flowers. Citron frocks appear for late spring and summer though not flattering on all, while brown returns for evening wear. Imported homespun stripes offer sport wear with tan foundations and rose blue yellow or green stripes.
Winter hats this summer and summer hats in winter debate
A fashion note questions whether women will wear winter hats during July and August or switch to summer hats. Millinery houses urge velvet and felt for warm months, while straw reemerges as women find woolly options scarce. Crochet hats return for holidays and other warm season adaptations.
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United States
Ming
Satin Coat Wrap Lined with Organdie Details
The newest satin coat wrap features detachable organdie laings and an organdie covered revers. Fronts fold back to reveal a ruche collar and organdie cuffs that continue the lining. White prevails, with lavender or robin’s egg blue accents. snap fasteners hold lining and coat together. Ideal for warm weather and summer evenings.
Cape Jacket Fashions Offer Varied Cape Styles
The Cape Jacket outlines serge suits combining a one piece dress with a cape or cape coat. Capes vary in length from three-quarters to short. short capes may shorten a shorter figure. Cape-coat style likely won't gain wide popularity due to climate.
Dainty Dancer Party Frock Described
A girl's white party frock features narrow ruchings of fringed white taf feta around the skirt from hem to waist and running up and down the bodice, trimmed with handle. The design gives a delicate, festive appearance for a dance occasion.
Skirt Trimming and Dress Cutting Styles Described
The piece notes skirt trimming as the only dress detail, praises somber colored afternoon gowns, and highlights expert cutting as essential to making a plain frock look elegant. It emphasizes artful tailoring over ornament.
Tanlac testimonial from Knoxville captain restores energy
Captain Geo W Womble of Knoxville Tenn describes severe stomach and intestinal trouble for months with pain nervousness insomnia and constipation. After two bottles of Tanlac he reports renewed energy and vitality like a sixteen year old. Tanlac is marketed by leading druggists.
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Geo. W. Womble
Jennings St
Knoxville
Tenn
Tam
Captain Womble
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Dan M. Chambliss
Kuhlman & Chambliss
Tantac
If He Is Your Friend In Fact You Speak Kindly Behind Him
A proverb-like line suggests true friends defend others privately and offer kind words when not present. It emphasizes loyalty and discretion in conversations about a friend.
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Detroit
Iree Press
Fifty Years of Dentifrice Use and Allen's Foot Ease
A retrospective look at how dentifrice and tooth brushing became common, then promotes Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder as a remedy for foot friction. The ad cites wartime use and urges readers to adopt the powder to prevent smarting, corns, and bunions.
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Allen
Allen's
Exclamations About the Wind Across the Street
A fragmentary scene shows a woman and a man reacting to the wind as they cross a street, voices rising in exclamations about the weather. The lively exchange captures a moment of everyday urban life.
Cuticura Skin Care Promises Quick Improvement
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for facial use and Cuticura Soap with hot water to wash off the ointment. It claims benefits for poor complexions dandruff itching and red rough hands and notes rent days arrive faster than weekly pay days with a jab about freckles and blushes being counterfeit.
Absurd Vision Arises Over Parental Choice
A satirical note muses on poverty ending if babies could choose parents. The speaker laments intolerance, suggesting intellect limits destiny and warning that knowledge could doom a would be reformer.
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