Not a Dry Book
A literary quip notes the novel's heavy emotion as the heroine weeps through most chapters, prompting the reader to call the work anything but dry. The exchange treats the book’s tearful mood as its defining feature.
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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
7
Cure for Eczema Claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Lawrence Kiehl of Abbotsford Wisconsin describes a year long eczema in her son. After six months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily with cloth wraps the hands improved fully no relapses reported. Adv notes Cuticura sold worldwide with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbotsford
Wis
Lawrence Kiehl
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Fortune favors the cautious humor in a homely adage
A compact, playful ad copy notes how men react to luck and warns against watering laundry blues. It compares water content in liquid blue to true color and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the pure blue product.
A Wisconsin Legal Quip About Habeas Corpus
In early Wisconsin, lawyers George B. Smith and I. B. Sloan clashed in court. Sloan cried I have an idea prompting Smith to rise and request the court move to seize the idea from solitary confinement with a writ of habeas corpus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
George B. Smith
Sloan
Smith
Popular
Diplomacy in Small Things by a Seven Year Old
A seven year old girl Eloise Cave visits her grandmother in Madison Virginia to deliver ice cream. She hands the saucer to a neighbor woman who drops and breaks it. She replies she will break a matching cup herself if needed, showing tact and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hloise Cave
Madison
Eloise
Popular Magazine
Return to Oklahoma City Sparks Old Love in Rainbound Train
Judith Cameron travels to Oklahoma City to teach science and biology after breaking engagement with Don Barlow. On the train she reconnects with Frank Leedford, a self made former classmate now seeking a life with her. The stormy delay foreshadows a hopeful decision as Leedford proposes a future together after the tie up ends at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Cameron
Don Barlow
Judith
Don
Ofer
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Frank Leedford
Ohio
Panhandle
Shoah Watah
Frank
Leedford
Agas
Barlow
McClure
Financial Genius Or Not A Ring Debt Case
A dialogue debates financial genius. A young man wins a jeweler’s daughter, secures an engagement ring at cost, then after the engagement ends returns the ring and forces the father to pay eight percent interest on the invested money.
Rose Matilda's Sprinter
Rose Matilda, while scrubbing window sills, reveals an injured ankle sprinter. Mrs Greene uses tweezers to remove the splinter and praises the tool as the best for extracting sprinters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Matilda
Poet's Highway Robbery Leaves Luckless Poet
A Billsville poet recounted a robbery on the highway. The robber took only a poem and returned it after reading three lines, offering $2 stating the poet needed it more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billsville
Atlanta Constitution
Fountain of beauty is the heart and generous thoughts
A brief inspirational sentiment notes beauty stems from the heart and generous thoughts illuminate one’s inner chamber.
Castoria Notice Urges Safe Use for Infants and Children
Cautionary message advises examining each bottle of Castoria for the signature of Fletcher and notes it has been in use for over 80 years. The notice highlights Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and encourages trust in the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
W.L
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Ab Sham
Seca
Don Wing
Folding bed pitch in a 1900s ad dialogue
A merchant demonstrates an unfolding bed while a customer questions its name. The ad extols Red Cross Ball Blue as a cleanser claiming it makes fabrics whiter than snow and references water adulteration.
Carrot Ad Mocked as yellow journalism
The fragment notes a joke about a carrot cure claim and satire of yellow journalism. It mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and its price, and a light remark about an aviation meet with three accidents and no fatalities.
Cole's Carboli salve cures itching skin diseases
An advertisement touts Cole's Carboli salve as stopping itching and smoothing skin. Sold by druggists in 25 and 50 cent sizes. The note ends with a proverb about fools and marriage into the nobility.
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Katherine Hopson
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Young Man
Mississippi
Louisiana
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