Brandreth Pillas Laxative Ad Endorses Global Use
Ad touts Brandreth Pills as a 90 year standard laxative and blood purifier with worldwide use, claiming no better option. The message emphasizes longevity and universal trust in the product.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
17
Winter Snippet Ad Keeps Pace with Heady Skin Care
An archival ad blends classroom quips with a humor filled motto for Talcum Powder. It touts Cura Talcum as antiseptic and economical for face skin baby and dusting needs and claims to render other perfumes unnecessary. A brief joke sequence follows featuring a speed quip about a man turning in before dark.
Carec arets for liver and bowels featured in ad
An old classified style item promotes cascarets for liver and bowels at 100 a box. The text then shifts to a social note imagining women wishing to dispose of marriage and return to their old laundry jobs.
United States Aerial World Circumnavigation Plan
Prominent American air officers, engineers, and four enlisted men prepare for a globe circling flight from Washington to London and back. The Douglas World Cruiser, with water and land undercarriages, will cover 27000 to 80000 miles in six legs, aiming to showcase long distance flight, air power, and commercial aviation prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Dickinson Sherman
Washington
Army Air Service
London
A. 8
Macklaren
W. N. Plenderleith
Snd
Andrews
Swendura Cabral
Gogo Coutinho
Portugal
France
Globe
Magellan
Maagon M. Patrick
Air Service
Secretary of War
Henry H. Arnold
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Patrick
Army
United States
Frederick L. Martin
Ivas
Indiana
Lieutrik H. Nelson
Sweden
Alaska
San Antonio
Porto Rico
Lowell H. Smith
California
Laigh Wade
Serg
Ment
Russia
Mens
Aome
Weledtaydts
Douglas
Santa’ Mores
Cal
Seattle
British Columbia
Aleutian Islands
Japan
Tokyo
Michigan
Leslie P. Arnold
le Claire D. Schulze
Washington, D. C
Canada
China
French Indo-China
Siam
Burma
India
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Europe
England
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Greenland
Cape Farewell
Hamilton Inlet
Labrador
Canadian
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Montreal
New York
Attu Island
Clayton
Biswell
Attu
Nagasaki
Clifford Co. Nutt
Calcutta
Lawton
Constantinople
Re A. Halvorsen
Carisle Walsh
Rouite
Siberia
United ‘States
Treuts
A. Macready
Oakley
G.’ Kelly
Jacksonville
Fla
James’ H. Doolittle
Aly
John P. Richter
Kelly
Macready
Smith
Richter
Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
Sir Ross Smith
Sir Keith Smith
Martin
R. 8. Hartz
DY. E. Harmon
Spokane
San’ Diego
New Orleans
Seasonal Cheer And Life’s Little Surprises Snippets
A sixteen year old flapper recalls shock at seeing a town’s leading citizen at 1 am in a cafe. A doctor prescribes a complete rest with jokes about sending family to Europe and burning golf tickets. A married couple banter shows fading compliments and self control. Bud’s marriage to Nell is debated with playful disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bud
Nell
Slate and Scarcity Echo in a Fractured Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue warns of coal shortages and paper scarcity affecting the world. A mother compares a young man to her husband, while the dealer references a slate and impending credit amid economic strain.
Parmer Quips With Autoist and Domestic Banter
A quirky snippet features Parmer joking with a stranded driver about a puncture while an autoist cites Raon over a chicken with pin feathers. Mrs. Eskimo questions six months away as Mr. Eskimo explains tending a sick friend. The Maulden comment notes a better shave by a brother as Young Swain questions happiness with a sweetheart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raon
Mrs. Eskimo
Mr. Eskimo
Fragmented Verse Snippets From Oblique Dialogue
A string of fragmented lines about singing new songs and a discussion of love and divorce. It mentions a singer, a bill, and a joke about marriage as a souvenir with garbled text and stray phrases. The readable bits hint at a humorous or satirical clash over modern tunes and relationships.
Missing Persons Depart ment Aids 163 Reunions
The Missing Persons Department reports 1,260 aid requests for finding missing persons, with 163 inquiries resulting in reunions. Many cases are resolved directly with inquirers and never reach public notice, so totals likely underestimate the true number found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Inquirer
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Safe Laxative Uses
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for infants and children, claiming quick relief from constipation, wind, colic, feverish breath, and coated tongue. It promises easy dosing, appealing taste, and urges asking a druggist for genuine product with clear directions printed on the bottle. It warns against imitation fig syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Armas
Agen
Birthday Banter at the Stray Star Party
A fragmentary exchange unfolds at a hostess party as guests quiz the birthday being celebrated. A guest questions the date while the hostess mentions a thirty-fifty milestone, recalling a prior celebration. The dialogue hints at playful domestic humor and recurring birthday lore.
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