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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
10
An Edinburgh Scotsman humor piece reports Diamond Dyes promise simple directions for dyeing woolen and natural fabrics with rich fade resistant colors. The ad urges customers to ask druggists for the Diamond Dyes Color Card. A separate street encounter hints at a forthcoming prank or warning.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure safe non stimulant herbal remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promises purity strength and quality in every bottle and offers a ten cent sample by mail to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY, with newspaper mention.
A Birmingham Age-Herald joke recalls a family man who answers a bath time telephone ring by playing golf and talking to a punctured tire, leaving readers to draw their own conclusions.
A Danish saying notes that a drunken man may be forced to dance while another quip observes that more people die from head failure than heart failure. The pair contrasts humor with mortality in brief aphorisms.
Experiments show medicines for colds and influenza work best when the liver is active. A single Calotab tablet at bedtime purges the system with no salts or nausea, restoring appetite by morning. Calotabs are sold by druggists in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a money back guarantee.
A description showcases elegant breakfast caps and related gifts made from satin and lace ribbons. Items include a lace cap with a satin ribbon rosette, a hanger for baby’s coat, a satin ribbon camisole, and a talcum powder box wrapped in satin ribbons. Each piece features looping ribbons, rosettes, and lace edging.
The piece notes coats for little girls in wool coatings corduroy and velveteen with dressier variants in duvetyn velvet and fallle silk. Fur trim and beaver or imitation ermine accents appear on small coats and bonnets, with home dressmakers urged to copy popular two tone cloth coats using shirring and pearl buttons for a neat finish.
A new fabric designed to resemble a baby lamb in several colors with fox trimming. It uses serge and drill materials. The shirt or garment context is not specified, but notes a playful lamb-like textile variation.
Recipey chatter outlines sandwiches with walnuts celery almonds and cheese plus a chicken Mississippi Style dish. It lists open faced variations with jelly nuts and cream and ends with a Three P s salad idea. The piece also includes cake and scalloped chicken and cornlet directions.
A labor leader argues strikes may yield higher pay. A bookkeeper asks his boss for a raise, and the boss replies with a mock constraint about satisfaction. The dialogue probes fairness, equality, and the gap between promises and rewards.
Reading about a family of trees in India, two have sugary flowers and a third called the Indian butter tree. Flowers yield 300 pounds per tree yearly and are eaten fresh or cooked with rice or coconut. Butter tree seeds hold oil for butter soap and candles.
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