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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
4
An advertisement targets middle aged and nervous women with the claim that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves hot flashes spots before the eyes and other symptoms. It promises confidential letters read by a woman and publicizes the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An old advertisement claims Fitonie cures years of acid stomach by reducing acidity and soothing the stomach. It asserts quick relief from belching and indigestion, promising full nutrient uptake and better well being with a big box at a small price through local druggists.
A collection of old fashioned recipes and snacks including Jankets 0 to prepare, Coffee Junket, Salmon Salad, custards, jellies, lemon jelly with chocolate blanc mange, and various desserts. Also covered are dates for salads, nut cutlets, fruit juice pie, chicken custard, stuffed sponge cake, and kitchen tips on butter usage and waste.
An outline of missionary work by Paul and Barnabas beginning in Antioch and Cyprus. The Spirit guides the church to send them, they preach the Word of God, face Elymas the sorcerer, and Paul’s name changes after the deputy believes. The Antioch synagogue sermon in Pisidia outlines histories, apologetics, doctrine, and applications.
A cautionary notice urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on Aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuineness. It lists uses including cold symptoms headache neuralgia rheumatism and toothache and notes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin come in twelve count boxes at a low price with larger packages from druggists. The Bayer trademark is described as mononacetic ester of salicylic acid.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescribed strengthening medicine for kidneys liver and bladder. It claims years of testing and popularity among users. Readers are urged to buy or request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. at Binghamton New York mentioning the paper.
A sheepherder Bi Bill, returning broke from travels, confesses to squandering four hundred dollars on a stud game, a Fashion Dance hall outing, and alcohol. When pressed for the remaining fifty, he jokes he must have fooled it away, a humorous Irrigation News anecdote about waste and folly.
Snowy linens are the pride of every housewife. Keep them in that condition by using Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry, 5 cents at grocers.
The piece notes James Whitcomb Riley earned 500 dollars per word for his love poem An Old Sweetheart of Mine, a record royalties rate. It contrasts past poet poverty with modern profits, citing Clyde Fitch’s 1,500,000 dollars in royalties and Treasure Island sold for 30 column inches.
A janitor at a West Side apartment house finds unlikely happiness when twins arrive, joking that he calls them Peter and Paul. He reminisces about taking them for rides in a perambulator and notes that people constantly give them coins, helping cover their care.
Postum, the delicious cereal with a coffee like taste, comes in two sizes. Postum Cereal is offered in larger bulk for those who prefer it, and will be available at all grocers along with a preparation note to add water.
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