California Fig Syrup Ad Scare Sparks Parody
Humorous line about giving a sick baby California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative mirrors a practical joke. Text notes exaggeration and ridicule of the old product craze and its dire warnings.
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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
3
Humorous line about giving a sick baby California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative mirrors a practical joke. Text notes exaggeration and ridicule of the old product craze and its dire warnings.
A fashion feature highlights swagger semi-sports coats for girls, praising practical warmth and style. It notes heavy wool fabrics in camel and tweed, three coat lengths, fur collars on longer versions, plaid patterns, camel hair trim, and bold button details, with emphasis on individuality and season readiness.
Poem fragment urging readers to share kind thoughts with others in hardship. It emphasizes illumination through encouragement and timely appreciation rather than withholding support. The verse advocates mercy and visible kindness to strengthen a neighbor facing fate.
Curl celery by shredding two inch pieces and soaking until curled. use as salad garnish or with other vegetables. Recipes include Hashed Potatoes With Celery and Scrambled Eggs With Celery, plus Baked Celery With Cheese. The piece ends with a religious reflection by Anya Robertson Brown.
A 19th century style guideline describes making Virginia Mixed Pickle with green tomatoes onions cabbage cucumbers and small onions, then spices and vinegar. It also covers Tomato Butter Red Pepper Jam and Spiced Cranberries with steps on soaking salting boiling and canning.
Advertisement announces dyeing and tinting services for worn or faded garments and drapery offered at 15 cents. The copy emphasizes accessible pricing and suggests a refresh for fabrics to restore color.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising perfect home dyeing even for first timers with drugsists carrying all colors and directions in each package. The nearby text mentions a political speech and a bawdy retort about women’s rights, plus a note that soft coal will make laundry work heavier and Red Cross Ball Blue helps remove grime at grocers.
A father advises his son on starting a chicken business, noting high feeding costs and the risk of bankruptcy if he relies on taxis. The exchange frames prudent caution about early business ventures and unexpected expenses.
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and Soothe Syrups. It notes no narcotics, cites proven directions on each package, and says physicians recommend it with the genuine product bearing the signature.
A Detroit father touring kennels heard the owner defend feeding dogs bread meat rice and milk saying they are fed better than some children, then a widowed woman rejects him for being a widower. He dryly says he never meant to offer his late wife's shoes, catching her off guard with a quip.
A brief dialogue notes a fan confirming a make up box is a box of chocolates and remarks that it does not last long.
A succinct saying contrasts retaliatory force with restraint noting that few will turn the other cheek after an enemy strikes. The line emphasizes moral courage and nonviolence in the face of aggression.
Testimonials from women in Cortland Hamilton and St. Louis praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for strengthening, easing childbirth, and helping bear children. Mrs Canfield Mrs Alcomn Mrs Naumann and Mrs Hartman share personal successes and urge others to use the remedy.
An Irish agricultural show scene features a late arriving MP seeking respect from a crowd. He asserts he represents the people, only to be told by a bystander that the crowd are "the bloomin' people themselves." In Saida Syria six hundred hopeful brides seek U S husbands as the Syrian quota runs out.
The United States shows the sole major rise in armed forces from 86,000 in 1913 to 137,000 in 1922. The comment also notes that ignorance of the law excuses no man though it may hinder a lawyer’s success.
The New York Mail recounts a dinner party remark by Robert W. Chambers on the open nature of the modern girl. A Florida moonlit kiss under a palm tree leads to sharp dialogue about honesty and learning in love between a young man and a modern woman.
Several hundred American service members named relatives living in Russia as beneficiaries for government insurance. The veterans bureau cannot pay because no machinery in Russia linked to the consular service. Families of soldiers who died face hardship in Soviet Russia.
A comment laments a girl who knows more than she should and not enough, reflecting social judgment about knowledge and discretion in youth.
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