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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
5
The advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach trouble. It claims rapid relief from sourness gas head ache and nausea and urges keeping a large fifty cent case on hand for anyone who eats something disagreeable.
Affable customer jokes with barmaid about winter sports while she deflects with humor, illustrating social dynamics in a casual drinking venue and a lighthearted exchange.
Mrs. Mattie Hausy of Danville Virginia reports great relief from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills after spending ten on treatment. She says she suffers no bearing down pains and sleeps well and urges others with female troubles to try the remedy. The ad cites forty years of use and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An old remedy explains that uric acid from kidneys irritates the bladder causing burning urge and night trips. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts mixed in water, taken daily for two to three days to neutralize acids and restore normal urination.
A passage discusses New York City’s unique traffic expenditure goals and the mania for saving minutes. An English visitor visits a Gothamite, travels via three trains to dine, and learns the host’s four minutes saved are then wasted on a leisurely evening.
Mrs Capron confronts Uncle Timothy about leaving his wife at the washtub to fish. He replies that his wife will work just as hard without supervision, asserting independence and defiance of traditional oversight. The tale reflects domestic roles and humor from Lippincott's.
A vintage advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline as a solution for dandruff and hair loss. It claims immediate scalp relief and dramatic new hair growth after weeks of use, promising glossy, abundant hair and luxurious health. A 25 cent bottle is advertised as proof of results.
A dialogue from the New York Evening Post recalls a German immigrant boasting about wealth while arguing with a waiter over sausage prices. The exchange contrasts newer and older sausage sizes and prices, highlighting nostalgia and inflation.
Stella Vitae regulates functions peculiar to women, stops wast ing and relieves suppression, banishes terrors of periods. The medicine offers strkable benefit at all times and is said to aid both mother and child. Thacher Medicine Co. Chattanooga Tenn.
Mrs. Simpson-Jones seeks suffrage and explains what is learned at meetings but her husband objects. Pye shuts the idea down with a blunt remark. She retorts that women have asked husbands for 2,000 years and remain fools in a sharp exchange.
An old newspaper ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipation in children. It claims a sore tongue, lethargy, and digestive issues signal needed cleansing and promises quick relief within hours. It warns to beware of counterfeit syrups and directs readers to a 50 cent bottle with directions.
Samuel P Cary born in Cincinnati a pioneer of the anti-saloon movement. Educated at Miami University he practiced law in Cincinnati before becoming a temperance lecturer in 1884 gaining national and international prominence. He served as Ohio congressman in 1860 and was nominated for vice president on the Greenback ticket in 1870. He died in Cincinnati in 1900.
Dialog hints at a mock proposal between two women and Charley as the center of small town flirtation. One laughs that he proposed to her yesterday and did it so prettily she suspects multiple rehearsals. A light social note on courting conventions of the period.
An old advertisement touts Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation. It claims the product acts as a laxative with three pills providing cathartic relief.
A sharp exchange notes a man in deep debt loses concern for expenses and dismisses frugality while his finances deteriorate, reflecting a moral tone about mounting obligations and reckless spending.
Thaxted church in Essex famed to antiquarians and admired for its late perpendicular style along with earlier nave columns and fifteenth century features seeks funds for careful repairs. The bishop of St Albans and the local vicar urge outside support to preserve the building’s medieval atmosphere and exquisite stained glass without destroying its character.
A London story about head hunting as a lasting curios trade. An Australian visitor recalls Malekula natives binding infants to create pointed skulls that fetch high prices with curio collectors. A man asks for a skull and receives his own father’s head, returned after a fortnight.
Seattle shipbuilding firms are invited to bid on a 70 000 population floating church to be built for the American Baptist Publication Society. The vessel will serve island communities along Puget Sound lacking a church. Rev Guy Lamson of Philadelphia will conduct the keel laying when construction starts January 26.
A stream of light gossip and quips appears from New York and New Orleans sources. A maid blocks a guest at Lovelace household with firm resolve over visiting cards. A Maine highway chat yields a war secretary riddle. A bishop derides muscular Christianity as revivalist street bravado.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets a 10 cent box that relieves constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. It claims quick cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels and urges regular use for health happiness and a clear head with benefits for children as well.
A son of Erin cleverly turns a reproach about not knowing him into a convoluted reply. He says if he had known the other man as well as he knows him now and still did not know him at all, he would never have known him. The exchange showcases playful use of language and regional speech.
A Mother from Reedy West Virginia reports her three week old baby’s head and face eczema cleared after eight months of worsening symptoms. After using Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the child was completely cured in two months. Sample of each offered with Skin Book. Address Curreara Dept. L Boston.
Highgate cemetery houses notable graves including Lord Strathcona beside his wife and figures such as George Elliot Herbert Spencer Sir George William Rowland Hill founder of penny postage Michael Faraday Christina Rossetti and Carl Rosa with a sumptuous vault. The site is described as an open air Westminster Abbey for notable men.
In Grove City Pennsylvania doctors report a nameless illness resembling winter cholera sweeping the town. About a thousand residents are affected and several industrial plants suffer from a shortage of male workers.
ParlaArtists advocate fingerprinting on all canvases as a new art form. The movement promotes tactile signatures and unique mark making, urging galleries and collectors to embrace this personal method of attribution.
The Sage counsels to mind one's own business while the Visitor, a lawyer, notes that following such advice would lead to starvation. The exchange contrasts caution with a professional claim of obligation.
Fragmentary note mentions an astronomer and a date or code sequence 8 112 4 tied to Tie Bir Pare I Ete, with unclear context.
A public notice emphasizes careful examination of Castoria bottles to ensure the product bears the correct signature and references its long use. It highlights Fletcher's Castoria as the remedy sought for children's ailments and notes the decades of recognition.
Mrs Suburbs orders the maid to remove a black hen from the coal cellar. The servant jokes that the hen keeps nesting there after seeing ads promising coal supplies.
A judge remarks on striking resemblance between two men in a cruel marital dispute. A Baltimore leather goods dealer orders a carload from a southern firm, but firm demands payment on previous consignments. dealer cancels the order. Source: Lippincott's.
An advertisement extols Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a remedy that relieves various ailments from bowel issues to liver function and blood purification. The copy urges trial for improving health and blood purification.
In a personal view exchange Mr Rafferty asks why people oppose strikes. Mr Dolan responds that one objects when wealth allows workers to endure strikes without hardship, implying privilege shapes opinions on labor action.
A testimonial from Jacob Eberly of Fairfax Court House Virginia claims Elixir Babek cured his malarial fever and bilious attacks for the household. The advertisement notes Elixir Babek costs 50 cents and is sold by Kleczewski & Co. in Washington DC or via parcels post prepaid.
Grace tells him to avoid her while her brother asks what he did. The drama centers on the scarfing of a Jack o’ Lantern and a boast about a cough remedy from a family doctor. The piece blends humor with a local campus scene and a product plug from a drugstore.
A man complains of a fly in ice cream in a hotel dining room. The waiter coldly responds that he deserves it, adding a quip that the man was in the soup yesterday.
An old home formula using sage tea and sulphur promises to darken gray hair, add gloss and thickness, and stop dandruff. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold in stores for about fifty cents, with directions to apply to each strand for natural, even darkening.
A Chicago newspaper man starts nightly hellos with Hello, kids. His daughter, age fiveish, objects calling her a kid she concludes the greeting makes him a goat. She questions if they are kids and he admits being a goat, after a turn of playful deduction.
The note proclaims anyone can dye successfully with Putnam Fadeless Dyes and suggests that little pressure can move a man to drink.
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