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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
5
Mike Little Davis of Chattanooga Tennessee reports gaining from 70 pounds to over 100 after taking Tanlac. He credits Tanlac for improved appetite and complexion and says it is the only medicine that has ever done him good. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
Gop Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas recalls a visitor pushing stock in a Disarmament league, a dollar share, leading to a clash as a dog attacked and a miscreant was kicked. The exchange ends with denial of buying anything from the alleged swindler.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children with phrases urging mothers to use the product and note that genuine syrup bears the name California. A farmer shows Bob a young colt and Bob guesses it is a sheep, thinking it looks horse but calls it sheep.
Bluing claim ad copy promises repayment of value with results. It suggests lifelong use and asserts recognition after trying. Includes joke line about the price gap between lunch and luncheon and a social endorsement.
Wells Hawks of New York famed publicity man and former Ringling Brothers press agent, long active in motion picture publicity and Navy wartime propaganda, organized and led the Rankin Drew post of the American Legion for three terms and helped form the American Legion film service at national headquarters to supply projection facilities and film to Legion posts nationwide. The officer, a lieutenant commander in the naval reserve, has influenced film and theater circles for decades through leadership roles and corporate representation.
Mrs. Sandy Hamilton of Minneapolis is elected state president of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion in Minnesota and vows to adopt all wounded veterans in memory of her son who fell in France. She spent much time visiting disabled men at Asbury and Thomas hospitals, earning the nickname Our Fairy Godmother for her tenderness.
A flying circus at the American Legion third annual convention in Kansas City will feature altitude trials parachute drops and a night raid with illuminated bombs. Eddie Rickenbacker William Furlow and Edgar Tobin are among the aces expected to perform aerial stunts including in-air plane changes walking on wings and loops for a large prize during the October 20 31 and November 1 event.
Trustees of Woodlawn cemetery in Canton ordered no burials on Sunday. American Legion members had held a funeral for a comrade on the holiday and surrounded the casket with flowers. An armed guard rolled the casket and two sentinels kept vigil through the night, while sextons arrived Monday to dig the grave.
Wives shopping club opened in Dromright Gin by the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion. Watts Wash post bought a building for a clubhouse. A road to a village cemetery was rebuilt by Nathan post members. Saylesville RI post leveled ground and installed playground gear, saving city funds. Posts across states proposed athletic events and games. horse-shoening and golf were popular. Oregon hospitals extended Legion membership to ex-service patients. Argonne Des Moines post congratulates John Broadtiend Wallace on his role and Miss Margaret Powell. Endicott NY man wins walking record and shares prize with two posts. Albany NY Legion helped a groom complete his honeymoon after wedding delay. Kansas City Flying Club seeks weather insurance for Legion convention. Crochet emblem presented to local post by Mrs Velmar Cole. Zillah WA post photographed dirty yards to spur cleanup. Carls Gilbert US Marines hike to new station aided by posts. Sergt John Wolf’s Rhine romance ends as widow aided by Newapoil Legion.
A new gas named calorene is introduced as a replacement for acetylene in blowpipe work. It reportedly has a thermal value of 1,590 British thermal units per cubic foot, consists of 88 percent carbon and 11 percent hydrogen, and can be stored in unpacked cylinders at 3,500 psi. Maximum temperature cited is 6,200 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a New York Evening Post remark, Algernon Tassin’s views on women in The Craft of the Tortoise irritate many women at a lecture. A nearby woman tells another, I’d hate to be married to that man, and Mrs. Tassin responds I don’t mind it. The piece ends with a skeptical note on reliability and why the last match often fails to ignite.
The fiacre custom fades in Paris as taxis replace horse drawn carriages. Once about 8,000 such small carriages plied the streets, but recent counts show only a little over 200 remaining.
The ad copy touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for improving complexions dandruff itching and rough hands with simple routines. It also includes unrelated banter about marriage and a stray remark about a canary. It ends by urging readers to buy from grocers.
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