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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
5
A Brooklyn Citizen excerpt presents a farmer asking his negro servant Jim about feeding horses cows and ducks. The servant confirms feeding hay to horses and cows and says ducks were not actually fed though they discussed it before the speaker left. The dialogue reflects vernacular speech and social context of the era.
A collage of light reads and jokes features Elsie Alder touring the middle west after a misadventure ordering eggs in a restaurant revealing a language misstep. An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring cleanser. A humorous tale about a dead relative’s burial plans ends with a traveling family debating funeral arrangements in Charleston.
A Southern ticket office is scene of a brief exchange as a Black man asks for two round-trip passes to Charleston North Carolina. The agent recognizes the customer and asks for identification or further details before processing.
A vintage health notice urges women to age gracefully with baths diet and exercise. It links complexion to digestion and liver function and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy from City Drug Co. Adv-1m.
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a newlywed couple two days at sea with the bride severely seasick. She asks Henry to visit and plant flowers on her grave if she dies, a poignant moment amid their voyage.
An advertising note claims happiness depends on being well and treats chronic constipation and indigestion with Chamberlain's Tablets. It promotes the remedy as prompt, effective, easy to take and pleasant, from City Drug Co. Adv-1m.
Jane Willis learns Harry is unfaithful despite letters from France claiming fidelity. Marie Gillis reveals Harry has been decorated for gallantry, prompting shock and heartbreak across their circle.
A San Francisco Chronicle report recounts a United States stevedore's accident in France where a worker named Frank, loading heavy anvils from ship to shore, fell from a gangplank into the water with two anvils. He pleaded for a rope while submerged and warned he would drop one if not rescued.
Cut out this slip and mail to Foley & Co for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Offer appears as a druggist advertisement from Potts.
A scene at the Ragged School treat shows a boy misquoting a ballad line from Kathleen Mavourneen. The old squire reacts kindly asking for more effort, while the boy and a second speaker debate pronunciation and musical notes.
Mrs L Wayne of 2726 3rd St Ocean Park California reports kidney pills relieved her backache sore muscles and rheumatic pains. The drugstore ad claims Foley Kidney Pills are safe and reliable as urged by Potts The Druggist.
The Los Angeles Times quotes George Cohan after the Turkish armistice. He recalls meeting a Turk in Pera who claims to have seven wives and jokes about paying dressmakers' bills. The Turk replies that he married dressmakers, calling himself a son of an infidel.
A. A. Mc Neese of High Point Georgia recalls a severe cold and grippe last spring. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar with helping him cough up phlegm and avoid influenza. The drug claims no opiates and is recommended for children.
A challenger offers to race a famed sprinter with course choice and a yard start. The sprinter accepts a bet of fifty dollars to one, asking the man to name his course. The challenger names the ascent up a ladder, in a remark from the Boston Transcript.
D McMillen of Hudson New York writes that Foley Kidney Pills are like water sprayed by firemen drowning the pain and relieving rheumatic pains backache sore muscles and other symptoms of kidney and bladder trouble as advertised by Potts The Drug Company.
Dialogue fragment shows a wife speaking candidly to Henry about thoughts and speech and a husband responding with affectionate emphasis. The exchange hints at domestic conversation and affectionate banter without a clear event or setting.
An aged ad notes that persistent coughs and colds fatigue a child, hindering growth and vigor. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough.
A stranger asks who lies in the coffin and a sharp child reveals it is the mayor. The boy’s quip implies the corpse is not a rehearsal but the real funeral, delivering a light morbid vignette in a satirical tone.
A vintage ad proclaims Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse bowels aid digestion and tone the liver. It warns undigested food ferments and poisons the system and offers quick wholesome relief with no bad after-effect.
An evangelist uses fiery rhetoric to urge listeners to flee from impending wrath. His appeal centers on repentance, urging immediate moral turning and devotion amid tumultuous times.
An evangelist proclaims doom with wailing and gnashing of teeth. A gallery attendee quips she has no teeth. the evangelist retorts that teeth will be provided. The exchange highlights a tense public spectacle with sharp quip and stern reply.
A brief wry dialogue from the Boston Transcript as a joke about going to “raise the wind” to meet a draft. The exchange plays on wordplay about weather and traveling to obtain a breeze.
A cautionary note on how a common cold can leave a child more susceptible to diphtheria and the risk of spreading the disease. It advises removing a sick child from school during outbreaks and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cold cure to lower germ infection risk.
Mrs Benjamin F Blakeney of Decatur Illinois reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds and coughs used by her family She gave it to her children for croup and has used it herself City Drug Co notes endorsement and gratitude from customers for the remedy.
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