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Newspaper
Farmers Champion
Location
Elgin, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
2
A vintage ad touts a laxative tonic promising quick relief and a cheerful mood. It promotes a free sample of Hot Springs have a Mattoss and claims many testimonials praising its health benefits. The copy targets general digestive relief with upbeat language.
A butcher shop faltered as a rival thrived across the street until a cleric questions the power of prayer. The butcher finally prays and soon after a fatal accident befalls the rival, boosting the merchant's spirits and closing the tale with a grim note.
An ad promoting a home hair darkening remedy uses sage tea and sulfur to claim gray hair can be darkened to any shade. It describes applying a tonic gradually to cover gray strands, promising a glossy, youthful look and reduced dandruff with repeated use.
Fragmentary verse describing a grotesque knocker made of jelly and glue with a corrupt soul. The speaker imagines how honest men flee and angels hide as a monstrous figure proceeds down the street. A harsh satirical piece with surreal imagery.
A fragmentary 1913 ad recounts scalp itching burning and hair loss then’s cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after two weeks. The note, signed J L Smith, mentions a free sample offer and postal address for Cuticura.
An advocacy piece argues farmers can boost staple crop yields by diversifying into livestock and forage. It cites United States agriculture, corporate support, and education campaigns, calling for joint action by banks, doctors, editors, and citizens to fund and promote broader farming practices.
The article argues to reduce cotton acreage and boost partition forage crops and livestock. It cites Dutch grass and stock farming as more profitable, warns against soil depletion in cotton land, and advocates deep plowing, acid phosphate, nitrogen, potassium, and legume rotation to restore land, increase stock, and improve rural prosperity.
Adele Mendle offers a roundup of festive child games for a Christmas party. ideas include Santa Claus Run, Magic Music, a Holly guessing game, a potato doll contest, a Proverb relay, a Santa grab bag, word puzzles, peanut relay, picture puzzles, snowball toss, a spider web string game, a popcorn chain, and an impromptu entertainment segment with drawing Santa.
A fragment discusses a husband at a Christmas dinner and a curious line about dressing to kill. The exchange pivots to a pun about gifts and presentation and mentions stockings and a girl who thinks she is too old to hang up her stock.
A lawyer asserts the claim will endure for years, describing it as durable and strong, with confidence in its lasting impact.
A terse remark warns that courting a girl in a canoe carries two chances of being thrown over, reflecting a risky boast or superstition about river life and romance.
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