12 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
1
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packaging with directions for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It cites Bayer as the genuine aspirin brand prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and notes a tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents. The piece includes a German proverb about ghosts and love or theft.
Urgent health warning promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills for quick relief from back and kidney pain. Claims prevent Bright's disease with early treatment. Ads promise first-box effectiveness and money-back refund if unsatisfied. Trade name Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo, N.Y.
Advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic and external pains with quick relief. Claims ease without mess, large yearly sales, and economy from big bottle use. Priced at 35c 70c and 1.40.
Stacey Wallen, sole survivor of the Apple crew from yellow fever, pursues the confession of Drink-House Sam amid a sea voyage. Recalling his father’s feud with pirate Ram Gulab Singh, Wallen seeks truth in Singapore while Helen MacKay accompanies him to Sumatra. A severed hand fragment hints at a larger death-connective plot.
Wallen, waiting for Drink-House Sam to sleep, enters Marie’s room to overpower a foe. The attempt ends with a brutal throat wound, gasping at the blood. A second intruder appears, and the figure is identified as Gunga pronouncing Sahib.
Wallen learns from Gunga that Drink-House Sam may have murdered his master Ram Gulab Stogh and that a Kanaka with a scarred lip is involved. Gunga reveals how a note and a hand diagram were planted, the captain’s crew suspect treasure motives, and the ship set to sail for Singapore.
A downtown window advertises Eye tests with a sign promising tests while you wait. A passerby joked about choosing between immediate testing or leaving items to call for later. The note mentions Roman Eye Balm for eye inflammations, urging use at bedtime.
A speaker argues old style bashful swains are history since the war. A young man who stalled after wartime mustering finally asks his beloved to marry, saying he would sacrifice all to prove his devotion. The girl replies with the proposal demand and asserts they have fooled round long enough.
A Chicago Tribune snippet recalls a brief acquaintance with a businessman named Joe who boasted of three marriages. The narrator jokes about him being a "lady killer" after learning of his marriages, hinting at a playful social exchange.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath dated December 9, 1886, notarized by A. W. Gleason in Toledo Ohio. The product is claimed to be taken internally and act via the blood on mucous surfaces.
Aisaku Waseda discusses Japanese humor in the Tourist and recounts an innkeeper and his wife who test a remedy called myoga. The husband tricks a guest into eating it to induce forgetfulness, but the guest still leaves without paying, proving the ruse only partially works. The piece ends with a quip about rising oceans flooding half the land.
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