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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
6
Authorities launch education efforts to stamp out superstition about the Bunyip, a feared creature said to foretell death. The campaign condemns the singed bone punishment, a ritual in which a shin bone is twisted singed and sharpened then used by a runner to seek offenders.
The Postum Company offers a full week’s supply of Postum free to anyone who writes for it, promising health benefits. Ad appears as a note in the newspaper.
A brief comic exchange unfolds with Gerald declaring being “the real goods” and Geraldine retorting that he is only “the canned goods.” The dialogue captures a lighthearted flirtatious clash over value and perception.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe, simple fat reducer. It claims a user shed 14 pounds after a single 85 cent jar lasting four weeks, urging daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water and promising refunds at any drugstore worldwide.
Advertisement notes on sight selling Royal 50c to 1.00 household and cosmetic items with big profit potential. Territory writing requested to DEPT A-7, 2439 W. Brooklyn, Dallas, Texas.
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