Ivory Sea Soap Ad Claims Purest And Inexpensive
An advertisement extols Ivory Sea soap as the purest and most affordable daily use product. It emphasizes its floating quality and simplicity of understanding its purity without chemistry knowledge.
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
7
An advertisement extols Ivory Sea soap as the purest and most affordable daily use product. It emphasizes its floating quality and simplicity of understanding its purity without chemistry knowledge.
A fragmented 19th century style passage extols a universal “kicker” as a defender of liberty and signer of the Declaration while mixing in a medical patent remedy advertisement for Great South American Kidney Cure. The text blends rhetoric on principle with a quick pivot to a cure claim promising rapid kidney and bladder relief.
Sheriff Boutell explains Illinois’s nickname origin from a 1780 event when Clark’s men rushed to defend St. Louis from British and Native threats, earning “succor” for the town. The piece also notes persistent bank robberies, praising but criticizing security and organized crime efforts.
Notable figures and donors are cited in support of women’s education and suffrage. Edicts for universal schooling in China, major gifts to Radcliffe and Wellesley, and new scholarships appear alongside relief efforts for Armenian orphans and progress in women pilot licensing and public health research.
A long rural column covers 4H in Smith, Balter and Palatine districts, urging harness inspection, debt avoidance and pig care. It discusses fruit tree heeling, a new milk adulterant viscogen, and remarks on eastern markets for Chicago and Kansas City. A corn shrinkage test by William Koontz shows 29 bushels lost from 180 starting, suggesting price advances needed to justify storage.
The passage advocates tighter, single topics for yearly institute meetings to better reflect farmer sentiment on major agricultural questions. It argues that focused discussions across all institutes would align communities and ease the settlement of key issues affecting agriculture.
An advertisement touts a tonic called the mass verve from South America that allegedly cures stomach weakness and indigestion with the first dose. It promises world wide relief, safe use, and guaranteed success, sold by J E and F 4 Powell Ly.
A catalogue of dress fabrics highlights 64 inch solid colors Broadcloths and Broadcloth mixtures trimmed to fall shades. Venitian wool cloths in varied colorings marketed as high quality, with yard prices around 75 cents. Fancy French Flannels offer striped patterns at reduced sale prices per yard.
Fall wool and cotton garments for women and children with fleece lined fabrics, silk detailing, pearl buttons, and taped seams. Items include Vesta and Pants, Verte and pants, Vestland pants, and Combination Suits in multiple fabrics and finishes. Prices range from 60c to $1.00 per garment.
Readable text shows a fragment of a retail ad describing waistcoats and blouses with new collar styles and French flannel fabric priced at 88 cents. The garbled lines mention corded fronts and backs and a Nor te style reference.
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