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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
11
Advertised remedy Milks Emulsion claims to relieve chronic stomach trouble and constipation quickly, restore bowel action, and build flesh. The testimonial from Bert Becker of Miami Ohio praises weight gain and better health after ten bottles, with a money back guarantee and wide druggist availability.
An advertising montage promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy with a sworn purity statement and sample offer. It also touts Cuticura for clear skin with soap talcum and a dog license quip from a Boston Transcript cartoon. Prosperity Balzac quote closes the piece.
Ad copy touts Freezone as a magic drop for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle costs a few cents at drug stores and instantly relieves pain then lets the corn be lifted out. Claim highlights a Cincinnati inventor and universal use with no irritation.
The article highlights summer fashion with wraps and cape inspired coats, long and roomy silhouettes, large collars, and cape elements. It notes silk sweater coats in gay and sedate colors, including black, worn with separate skirts, and a double breasted model with wide collar and silk tassel belt.
The article notes gingham and chambray dresses now fetch high prices comparable to prewar wool and silk frocks due to labor costs. It urges home sewing as cost saving and a valuable skill, highlighting gingham outfits, hats, sunbonnets, and stylish embellishments. New negligees with Chinese-inspired designs are also described.
The article notes Fanny Crosby the prolific hymn writer who composed over six thousand hymns met blind musician Alexander Van Alstyne at the New York Institute for the Blind. They married and Crosby taught at the institute with Hymns popular in Moody and Sankey books and sung by renowned artists.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note recalls a fighter who vowed not to enter films for ten thousand dollars weekly yet later slurred his words, prompting his manager to intervene and show he was drinking and not responsible for the outburst. The page also includes a proverb about forgiving enemies and a Latin aphorism on patience.
The article notes Lithuanians’ fondness for bees with thousands of barrels of honey exported annually. Most households keep hives and even urban residents enjoy midus, the fermented honey drink. It also mentions Jules Mercier, the “sleeping tramp,” arrested in Versailles for rabbit theft after sleeping through a car ride and police encounters.
Returning soldiers recount a four mule team driver in France who veered through a broken trench into No Man's Land. A doughboy warned him in a whisper as the driver struggled to turn the four-mule team away from German lines. Grasshopper bait story notes Kansas wheat loss and bait success.
A reflective line asks if life exists to be hard and affirms that we can influence its course. The statement emphasizes personal agency against hardship and invites action to alter circumstances.
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