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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
7
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness arises from Eustachian tube inflammation and that a constitutional remedy called Walls Catarre Cin cures it. It promises $100 for any untreatable case and urges readers to obtain a free circular from F. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It also includes remark about an automobile driver needing a new inner tube in his head.
Novelist Booth Tarkington recounts an anecdote at an artists Red Cross fair in which two sixteen year old girls ask for his autograph. He lacks a fountain pen and signs with a morocco bound notebook while the older girl questions his identity.
In a playful exchange, Albert Pennyroyal Jones blurts out a plan to lodge a complaint about a dressmaker. The head of the house questions his intent as Albert tries to explain the motive behind his quirky actions.
A 1910s style ad promotes Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a physician prescribed remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, claiming back pain, headaches, and loss of appetite signal kidney issues and urging immediate purchase or a sample from Kilmer & Co.. transitions to a political dispatch noting France rejects Montana horse meat for food amid range horse depredations and burial costs.
Three people discuss their fathers club memberships in a fragmented overheard exchange. Mary cites Monae, Lucile cites Ether, Lenore notes an elephants club while a listening parent moves away. Remarks about Spendit’s troubles and him being under a car appear in clipped phrases.
A dialogue between horses in a stall imagines what they would tell masters about humane care. They plead for water, warmth, rest, fair work, humane endings, careful teeth care, and kindness. The piece ends with a reflection on understanding the meaning of bed orientation.
An old style advertisement urges parents to give California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and promotes Vapors Rub, claiming high sales, a March discount retry, and acknowledgments to the drug trade for influenza era efforts. It notes manufacturers, retailers, and jobbers coordinating shipments and public gratitude to doctors and nurses during the influenza epidemic.
An old advertisement claims Green's August Flower cures disorders of the stomach and inactive liver. It touts gentler laxative effects and improved digestion in the stomach and intestines, regulates bile production, and purifies the blood, promising worldwide sale and urging readers to try it.
A garbled note from The White Chain Reporter hints at a bizarre ignition cause described as spontaneous insurance. The whispered line suggests a controversial quip about married couples, noting a deaf husband and blind wife as a provocative, satirical remark.
A fragmented reminiscence notes Vapaltub as a remedy for croup and colds and Vicks VapoRub used during the influenza era. The account mentions limited doctor access, reliance on home remedies, and past production and labor efforts in the East and Gulf regions.
An advertisement describes a hair darkening preparation titled Barbe Compound. It claims to color gray streaks without staining the scalp, being non sticky or greasy, and easy to mix at low cost using a half pint of water, a small box of Harbe, glycerine, and other ingredients.
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