Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Quick Restorative Results
An advertisement touts Danderine as a scalp soothing tonic that nourishes hair roots to stop shedding and improve hair fullness. It claims rapid visible effects with repeated use and urges purchase at drug or toilet counters. The fragment also includes a Kansas City Star anecdote about a train delay and a hotel clerk.
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Mullinax
Petunia
Kansas City
Plumb
Kansas City Star
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast relief for severe colds. It claims immediate nasal relief after the first dose and continued dosing every two hours for up to three doses to end nasal congestion headache fever and sneezing. The copy emphasizes ease of use no quinine pleasant taste and low cost at drug stores.
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Grippe
Pape
Green's August Flower Promises Relief for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, and stimulates bile in the liver. It claims wide use for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, and constipation for over fifty years, sold by druggists and dealers. The piece ends with a brief, unrelated dialogue between Those Girls Kitty and Catty about a station kiss.
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Green
Vacher Balm Promises Quick Relief for Croup and Colds
An old advertisement touts Vacher Balm as faster relief for croup catarrh colds and sore throat than costly prescriptions. It promotes jars or tubes at 80 cents and urges samples and agent prices while warning against imitations from E W Vacher Inc New Orleans La The Facts notes a quip about summer engagements and diamond rings.
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E. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Ady
Castoria Safety Emphasis Cited by Doctors and Parents
Readers urged to inspect every Castoria bottle for the familiar signature marking over thirty years of use. The ad promotes Fletcher’s Castoria as trusted infant and child remedy and notes children cry for it.
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Fletcher
Prohibition Debate Yet to Be Repealed Says Uncle Bill
In a Washington Star excerpt Uncle Bill Bottletop expresses skepticism about immediate repeal of prohibition. He notes some expectant reformers talk of men who drink but he hopes a bit more time is allowed for improvement.
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Bill Bottletop
Washington Star
Christmas Gift Exchange Under One Small Budget
In a tender scene from Youth's Companion Suzanne declines money driven gifts and accepts a 49 cent exchange that becomes a symbol of love. Nancy pleads for a small Christmas present but Suzanne argues Christmas is loving not priced. Nancy ultimately gives a pink tourmaline pendant with pearls as a heartfelt token to share joy.
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Uzanne
Suzanne
Nancy
Nme
A Yuletide Roundelay Welcomes the Prince
A festive verse urges merry happiness and welcome for the Prince. The poem calls for holly gathering and ringing bells while praising the coming King with cheerful rounds and prayers.
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Weill
Carol Singing Is Dying Out in Christmas Traditions
An essay notes traditional door to door carol singing fading in modern times yet praises carols as a valued folk heritage. It traces origins from sacred hymns to popular tunes, mentions Davies Gilbert’s efforts, church carol services revival, and references Alfred Hollins and Washington Irving’s notes on old English customs.
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Davies Gilbert
England
France
Alfred Hollins
Hollins
Britain
Washington Irving
Bracebridge Hall
Advertising script warns against profiteers in car overheard talk
An overheard car conversation echoes outrage at high prices and profiteers likened to Bible thieves. An ad promotes Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a genuine old fashioned medicine claimed to expel worms with a single dose.
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Boston Transcript
Dr. Peery
Fooled by Fine Feathers at Guildhall Reception
Prince Fetsal son of Hedjaz king attends England's guildhall reception for Field Marshal Allenby. He is puzzled by the uniformed attendants as he bows to a royal flunky amid soldiers and statesmen in ornate dress.
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Prince Fetsal
Hedjaz
Guildhall
England
Viscount Allenby
Nutyor
Clothes Do Make a Man
A short exchange contrasts appearances and character as Patrice questions Jamson’s image and dignity. Jamson is labeled a self-made man, while the speaker contends his clothes did not shape him. The dialogue hints at social judgments and personal integrity.
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Patience
Jamson
Patrice
Vassar College Dolls Dress Contest Reborn for Neighborhood
At Vassar College the annual doll dressing contest returns before Christmas. About 600 dolls are purchased by the Christian association and dressed by students for local children. Dolls are displayed and the best dressed wins a prize, a tradition renewed after war work paused it for two years.
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Vassar College
Vassar
Christian Association
Enigmatic exchange about bread making in courting tale
A father asks if the girl can bake well. The son replies she can handle the dough. The dialogue hints at suitability through domestic skill in a courtship context.
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Kitty
Jack
Catty
Merry Old St. Nick
Bethlehem
Lan
Fen
Hunt
John Newman
A.B. Richards Medicine
Inc
FREI
ERY Tire
Tire
H St
Chicago, Il
Springfield
FORD
Meikle Mfg. CO
Princeton Ave
Ill
N. Y
Houston
Vassar Girls
Famous College
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