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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers to prevent influenza by taking Calotabs before bed, promising a complete cold cure by morning. It notes the product costs thirty five cents, is sold only in original packages, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. A humorous aside follows about a neighborhood club with Robert claiming janitorial authority.
Claiming to stop dandruff and hair fall, a small bottle of Danderine sold at drug or toilet counters will be rubbed into the scalp. After several applications, dandruff vanishes and hair regrows with renewed life, vigor, brightness, and thickness.
A brief column excerpt features a playful exchange about marrying a man described as a worm of the dust. The line highlights social whimsy and language of the era without legal or dramatic stakes.
An advertisement warns that frequent meat consumption harms kidneys and suggests Jad Salts as a remedy to flush kidneys, ease back and urinary symptoms, and neutralize urine acids. It touts Jad Salts as safe, delightful, and widely used, with a practical daily dose prior to breakfast. The lay tone adds a social aside about seating on streetcars and farmers helping each other.
A Singerton resident, W F Rister, extols Thedford s Black Draught for indigestion sour stomach and bloating noting relief from dizziness on sudden movement and constipation. The ad claims 70 years of usefulness helping thousands and urges readers to try. It ends with a Samuel Smiles quote about cheerful weariness.
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin guiding users to follow package directions and notes the Bayer Cross as a mark of authenticity. It claims aspirin relieves colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia lumbago rheumatism and general pain with small tin boxes of 12 tablets sold at low cost and larger packages by druggists.
A humorous exchange centers on a husband and wife as Renpeck quips the woman is unspeakable and Henpeck counters she is just the wife for him, highlighting a comic marital dynamic. The brief dialogue captures playful domestic banter in a period tone.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatism and related pains. It claims instant relief from soreness stiffness and swelling and markets a small trial bottle from drug stores. The copy cites millions cured over the last fifty years and extends use to sciatica neuralgia lumbago and backache.
A Charlotte following list names Navy enlistees who have recently earned promotions after graduating from a Navy school. The names include Fred L. Heafner and Basil H. Hooper of Charlotte, with others from Gastoyz, McAdenville, Bessemer City, and areas near Salisbury and Thomasville. Also notes a state highway bond funding proposal, a new Shelby temporary bank office, and various civic plans across cities like Burlington Kinston Asheville Salisbury Wilson Ahoskie and Goldsboro.
Henry Radford, 17, son of C. H. Radford, is hospitalized with the loss of the big toe on his right foot, a broken second toe, and head bruises after a street car accident. Dr. Cheatham’s auto wedged between two machines. Radford swerved around the rear car, struck a man helping to move the car, and was thrown from his bicycle near a passing street car.
Washington reformers led by James P. Hornaday push Congress to boost Patent Office staffing equipment and compensation. They call for an annual study period for examiners and a formal report, noting the growing workload since 1836 and describing the office's complex technical and legal staff and divisions.
An elderly driver, halted by police after a sudden stop, responds grimly to the officer, saying the incident marks not a first but a recurring pattern, with the Journal of the American Henry mentioned in the fragment.
A cheeky promotional piece touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous Calomel. It claims the tonic cleanses the liver, eases bilious symptoms, and avoids salivation, urging readers to buy a bottle from any druggist for cents.
Ad describes Diamond Dyes claiming rich fade resistant color for wool silk linen cotton and blends with a directions book. A family scene at a dark movie shows Mrs Smith misplacing her hand on a man’s head prompting laughter and audience distraction.
Miss Jennie Fish, pensioned at seventy after 52 years with the New York board of education, taught 40,000 children in one Bronx school. She was never late and onlyAbsent once during a death in the family, marking a flawless record across generations.
An old note describes a home recipe to darken gray hair using a half pint of water, glycerine, and a prescribed preparation. It warns the mix will gradualy darken streaks, avoid coloring the scalp, and should be prepared by a druggist or at home with careful mixing.
Fragmentary note discusses a writer linking Prester John to an Egyptian Pharaoh and Ethiopian kings. It references a 1241 letter from Constantinople and a mythic “Three days’ of the sand sea.” The passage mentions far nations, seas of sand, and a waterless desert landscape with rocks and fish imagery.
A clipped quote discusses engineers' wages and power usage, with Stax offering cautious speculation about Ford using up all its power. The fragment hints at economic concerns over labor costs and energy capacity within the railway or automotive industry.
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