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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as instant relief for dyspepsia indigestion sourness belching and gas. It claims rapid action once the tablet is taken with low cost at drug stores and a sure quicker relief than any other product.
A farmer recalls Si Hubbard claiming he got a heap of work from a hired man. The hired man concedes, noting Hubbard likely exhausted all effort. The dialogue appears in a Boston Evening Transcript script excerpt.
A vintage advertisement offers a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure catarrh. It promotes internal use to improve blood and mucous surfaces, claims to destroy the disease foundation and boost patient strength. Free testimonials and contact by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A Birmingham Age-Herald profile notes Godspur as well informed with a remarkable memory, able to name in order every title Wilhelm left behind as he headed for Holland. The anecdote highlights precise recall of details and sequence.
Important to Mothers urges parents to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature of BS Eta, noting the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. It recalls that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria, a familiar brand in infant care.
A mixed set of snippets from old press style dialogue. Notes on a dreaded tragedian and a kitchen police anecdote appear alongside an infomercial for Wright’s Holinn Vegetable Pills promising quick relief from acid stomach and heartburn. The Chicago Tribune quotation anchors the second fragment.
An advertisement urges purchase of Cuticura talcum along with soap and ointment as a scented face skin baby and dusting powder. The ad touts reliability and notes price of 25 cents each, claiming Cuticura age products render other perfumes unnecessary.
In Boston Evening Transcript style, a policeman notes two golfers quarrel over a stroke. The judge calls for the court interpreter as the scene unfolds, highlighting a procedural moment in a minor domestic or public incident with legal overtones.
Quick relief for toothache with Vacher-Baim, sold in jars or tubes for 25 cents. Manufactured by S. W. Vacher, Inc. in New Orleans Louisiana.
A conversation reveals one person asking to join a crowd and see Mr Wom, who is described as busy and entertaining. The other notes Mr Wom tells funny stories to an appreciative audience, and questions the possibility of joining the crowd.
A Grand Rapids Press piece laments war ending, recalls injuries and hardship among elderly registrants. It mocks dubious remedies and AI advised remarks at a dinner, joking about wooden legs and domestic kicks as survivors reflect on the long war and its price.
War end does not reduce need as workers collect Lavettes, pajamas and hospital garments for refugees and wounded in France. Patterns are available from headquarters at 60 East Washington Street, Chicago. Surgical shirts and many handkerchiefs are especially in demand for patient care and comfort.
British Red Cross posters named The Greatest Mother in the World and Hold Up Your End helped mobilize support. The American Red Cross will receive a 1,000,000 bequest from the late James A. Scrymier. Julia Stimson appointed chief nurse for the American expeditionary forces in France. Paris plans a November 14 celebration honoring Red Cross work, and Secretary Baker met the Lansing sisters aiding canteen service in Paris.
A discussion of sport style garments allied to silk textiles and veranda hats, describing a heavy silk skirt with a large checkerboard pattern, its straight hang and waist fullness, five large buttons, and a pointed pocket, paired with a fine white batiste blouse and lace trim for a formal yet informal sport look suitable for beach and hotel verandas in the sunny South.
A cheerful bedroom plan emphasizes yellow wallpaper to evoke sunshine. Pair blue and yellow chintz at windows and on furniture, add powder blue lamps with yellow lacquer shades in a Chinese design, and finish with gray painted furniture and a two toned gray rug.
Shops display heavy silk sweaters ideal for indoors during coal shortages. New designs feature odd finishing such as vests deep collars fringed edges and unusual cuffs, emphasizing novelty in winter fashion.
Medad E. B. Stone, president of Tucker Tool and Machine, New York, explains he joined scouting seven years ago for what it promises boys. He says leaders gain as much as youth, urges every boy to join, and invites men to support scouts on hikes, camps, and campsites to help the movement and the country.
A letter from Geoffrey W. Talbot in France notes French scouts mirror American scouts in patriotism and vitality. In England Lady Baden-Powell leads the Girl Guides, a new feminine branch expanding beyond elite schools. The movement now totals over seventy thousand members with activities in building handicraft service and health.
Scouts from Troop 177 in the Bronx collect tinfoil lead fruit pits and short pencils for sick soldiers in the base hospital. Auburn scouts in Washington take pride in joining the local fire department and seek a real fire drill or conflagration to prove their readiness.
A collage of quips and cartoons notes old jokes about bravery love and domestic life. It hints at advertising for Dr Peerys Dead Shot worm remedy and promotes Grove s Tasteless Ch intonic while showcasing light humor about manners gambling and legal trouble. The page blends captions cartoons and short dialogues.
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