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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1919
Page
7
An advertisement promotes Freezone as a painless corn remover. It claims instant relief and easy removal by finger pressure, suitable for hard and soft corns and calluses. The druggist sells a small bottle at a few cents and attributes the discovery to a Cincinnati genius.
The estimated value of the nation's mineral products for 1918 exceeds 5.0 billion dollars, up about 465 million from 1917 and about 2.0 billion more than 1916. Pig iron copper ferro alloys lead zinc gold silver aluminum total near 2.0 billion, while nonmetallics coal petroleum clay cement and natural gas exceed 3.25 billion in 1918.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine for frequent colds and nasal catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood to cleanse mucous surfaces and reduce attacks, with testimonials and a money back offer.
Comic exchange on a farm sets a satirical tone as a new hired man is mocked for ignorance. Farmer Hornbeak and Ezzy comment on the man’s competence, contrasting appearance with perceived honesty. The quotation appears in the Country Gentleman.
Promotes Hed Cross Ball Blue as the guaranteed choice for snow white laundry. Claims snowy garments will be achieved by using the product and that all reputable grocers stock it. Encourages constant use for best results.
A Louisville Courier-Journal note humorously asks why one starts the talking machine when shaving. It jokingly claims it makes the home shave feel like a real barber shop experience.
The text touts a temperance tonic made of herbs as a remedy for feminine troubles and fatigue. It claims to restore strength to weak or overworked women and offers a trial package in exchange for 10 cents, with further free medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
A prisoner faces accusation of uttering forged notes amid a trial. The defense contends the prisoner cannot utter any words due to alleged dumbness. A woman’s denial is discussed as potentially unconvinced, not willingly.
The piece notes superstitions shaping traveling salesmen habits. Guards against changing bags, delaying signings at hotels, avoiding Sunday work, and beliefs about beginnings predicting endings. veteran traders share views on luck and outcomes.
Robert Cortes Holliday discusses hunting hack work in the Bookman, calling it a curious occupation pursued with occasional breaks. He treats it as entertainment with instruction, offering insight into the world though it rarely sustains a livelihood without independent means.
During a New York court inquiry into high milk prices, speakers suggested using pneumatic tubes, once for mail, to distribute milk. Carriers of metal would move multiple bottles at high air pressure, each tube carrying six quart bottles or ten pint bottles, with a capacity of one carrier every six seconds.
A man bets $100 he can cross a city street blindfolded, drawing a crowd as onlookers doubt his chances. A thinner man guides him safely across and back, while others cry out at the apparent swindle. The note adds the paper would part with motion picture rights for 98 cents.
A fragment notes an omen buyer purchasing silk stockings to have something to show for money, cited by the Indiapapols Star as a brief unusual observation.
Jerome S. Mc Wade, a Duluth millionaire, dismisses European politics as distasteful and recalls a pre war encounter where a young noble asked a wealthy friend about settling something on his daughter, prompting a blunt laugh and a sharp remark.
In a sketch from the Good Old Days Squire Witherbee recalls a past era when a banker train stopping at Hickville yielded gifts of champagne bottles to his son Napoleon Witherbee. The column then urges mutual respect among neighbors, noting two heads are better than one.
A traveling ad man notes Japanese advertisers use vivid lines beyond dull prose. Slogans compare speed to a cannon ball and parcels to a wife's care, while book prints shine like crystal and silks resemble a rainbow. He urges attention to bold ad copy amid friendly cautions about friend suggestions.
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