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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
2
A fragmented ad style passage touts a new calomel tablet for biliousness and constipation sold in drugstores. It claims minimal nausea, no griping, and a refund promise if customers are not pleased. Mentions Be Be Bee and a courtly setting, plus a quirky aside about a boxing match.
An advertising passage touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children with a fruity taste and clear bottle directions. A separate spoof recounts a firm head hiring an expert accountant to audit a cashier, joking about his changing umbrellas on rainy days.
The passage blends a whimsical scene of a Robin family describing garden life and seasonal blossoms with a technical explanation of wheat dockage. It references lawn worms, city visitors, roses, poppies, and bees alongside definitions of foreign material in wheat and how dockage is measured to determine clean, dockage-free samples.
The article explains that dockage affects the true value of wheat lots by separating foreign materials. It details methods to remove dockage, the benefit of higher grades, and how dockage is measured and reported under federal grades.
The text explains dockage as 1 percent or more of separable foreign material, how dockage is noted on certificates, and that dockage does not affect grade but can alter weight. It defines foreign material other than dockage, its impact on grading, and factors influencing its presence from growing, threshing, or storage conditions.
Druggists report a sharp drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The remedy is marketed as gentler, non grippy, and safe for children, with a money back guarantee if it fails to relieve liver sluggishness and constipation.
Warns catarrh can progress to lung involvement and consumption. States S. S. S. removes disease germs from the blood and directs treatment to the root. Advises getting a bottle from a druggist and seeks free medical advice from the Medical Director, 104 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
A humorous, rambling report describes city motorists in the Ozarks reveling amid “The Playground of America” with campers, misheard phrases, and mock goldfish smiles. One observer, Cortlandt Bleeker, recalls a dream of the modern girl and St Peter, ending in a moral digression about virtue and vanity.
A garbled line shows a clerk and a customer arguing over drinks in a shop. The young girl asks for a seda pop and root beer while the clerk notes prices. The scene captures a small moment of daily life with playful mispronunciations and a clock signaling time.
A quirky note imagines growing 10 billion potatoes from a single tuber within ten years through careful cultivation, claiming this would fully replenish a global weed supply. The idea uses a provocative, speculative premise about replication and resource limits.
Four schoolboys on Whitsuntide holiday in Muthutdert, near Dublin, found a hoard of more than £400 in sovereigns in a rat hole. A local postman claimed about £1000 he inherited from his father and buried part of it to keep safe. Parents returned portions totaling around 150. Local inquiries seek the remainder.
A fragmented exchange shows Senator Sorghum citing unanimity on one point as the convention crowd cheers to The Star-Spangled Banner. The scene captures a rare moment of agreement amid political discourse.
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