Curse of Progress No Sale Druggist
Infuriated at 2 a.m. a druggist refuses sale of bicarbonate of soda. The dialogue shows comic impatience as a boy asks for 50 dollars to buy a canoe and paddle own path.
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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
6
Infuriated at 2 a.m. a druggist refuses sale of bicarbonate of soda. The dialogue shows comic impatience as a boy asks for 50 dollars to buy a canoe and paddle own path.
Fort Worth reader Mrs. T. B. Neely shares a cherry pudding recipe with a cherry sauce. The method uses dried cherries, cream or milk, flour and sugar, and provides steps for mixing, baking in a moderate oven, and serving warm with cherry sauce.
A fragmentary, satirical collection of maxims on human nature, pride, luck, and social habits. Contains proverbs about cycles of history, ego, leisure, and a nod to a medical advertisement by Dr. C. M. Coe offering a free 176 page book on piles and fistula.
A line from poet Cowper proclaims that a moral, sensible, and well bred man will not affront me and that no other can. The maxim underlines civility as a guide to behavior and social respect.
An advertisement touts Purely vegetable Black Draught as a sensible remedy for constipation. It promises gentle relief without upsetting the stomach, highlighting its leaves and roots as the natural active ingredients.
The fragment suggests a dialogue with a close friend asking about need before a reply. No clear event, date, or place is stated.
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