Deep Hollow Coughs and Double Engagement Ending
A jokey health ad on Catarrhonone precedes a dramatic romance where Miss Maggie learns the man she loves is Stanley Fulton not John Smith. The revelation triggers a comic and emotional clash then acceptance as Fulton explains the wealth ploy and Maggie contemplates a future including twenty millions and a shared life.
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Mr. Smith
Maggie
Miss Maggie
Mr Smith
John Smith
John-Alden Miles
Mr. Fulton
Magete
Stanley G. Fulton
Stanley Fulton
Fulton
Oine
Mises
Stanley
Stan
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Child Relief
A timeless advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to cleanse a sick child’s bowels and liver. It touts a fruity taste, a teaspoonful dose, and promises a playful recovery within hours, warning to insist on the genuine product with California on the bottle.
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California
Demographic Gap: Seven Women for Six Men in France
The statement notes a gender balance in France where women aged twenty to thirty outnumber men at a ratio of seven to six. This 7:6 disparity highlights notable female majority among young adults in the country.
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France
Loneliest Job in Britain Watches Birds on Shetland Isle
Harry Edwardson spends springs to autumns in a hut on Hermaness, north of the Shetlands, watching seabirds for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He has served thirty three years protecting bird life from skin hunters and egg collectors. A New York waiter notes vanity costs as patrons slip ten dollar bills to be called by name on entering his cafe.
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Great Britain
Harry Edwardson
Hermaness
Shetlands
Royal Society For the Protection of Birds
Society
Atlantic
Nobs
New York
Infant Mortality in Canada Drops Fifty-Eight Faceted Diamonds
Canada reports 1,495 infant deaths in September 1921, 24 percent in the first week. Overall rate 185 per 1000 births, down from 1920. Separate note explains that a brilliant diamond has fifty eight facets while a rose diamond is faceted only on top.
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Canada
Quebec
Ireland's people show long life expectancy averages
The text notes that residents of Ireland live unusually long, averaging 61 years. It highlights longevity as a notable demographic feature in the historical record.
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Ireland
Treatment for fullness after meals and bad morning taste
An advertising notice promoting Mother Seigel's Syrup as a remedy for fullness after meals and morning mouth taste. It claims the syrup cleans the tongue renews appetite aids digestion and relieves flatulence. Sold in 50c and 1.00 bottles at drug stores.
Cascarets Laxative Ad Promises Gentle Night Action
An ad touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative for headaches biliousness colds indigestion dizziness sour stomach and other ills. One or two pills work while you sleep to empty bowels by morning and cost ten cents a box. Children are said to love Cascarets.
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Fleanor H. Forter
Thos. Allen
Toronto
Ont
Ralph A. Roberts
Loverna, Sask
Dr. Chase
Bates & Co. Ltd
Ha Hs
Aa Fidel
Bayer
Layer Company
Bayer Cross
Shetland Islands
Name
Edonato
SuhCayaVae
Ers
Poyad
Easay
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