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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
7
A jumble of telegram style phrases, patent remedies, stamps and fading notes. The text mentions malaria cures, refrigeration inquiries, Castoria usage, Fiume stamps, and a punning anecdote about a legal telegram miscue.
A sign on the Park Place subway escalator warns riders not to rest umbrellas and canes on the moving steps. The message is hard to read from the bottom and becomes visible only when users pause at the top, causing confusion for cane and umbrella carriers.
An old advertisement touts Bayer Cross on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as proof of authenticity. It urges buying unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions and notes low prices for 12 tablet boxes. The piece also includes a quirky quoted exchange about marriage and support.
A New York reader publishes a translated letter from a Russian noblewoman describing the seizure of estates, looting, and mass displacement after Bolshevik rule. She details German occupation, famine, and the perilous escape to Finland, pleading for discretion about names and places.
In Kutatown Pennsylvania Lizzie Hoch, daughter of Jefferson Hoch, observed that six of Reed potatoes failed to sprout vines. Seed potatoes in every hill produced new potatoes that copied the seed potato quality, with no vine growth above ground. The mother potato remained on the hill, having transferred its substance to the small potatoes, which matured enough to be used for a meal.
M K McCosh of Fast Orange New Jersey arrived in San Juan after a three week tramp around the island to recuperate from ptomaine poisoning and influenza. He found hotels clean and food good and stayed to catch an overdue steamer.
Alice Viola Parsons files suit against the Instant Anti-Wrinkle Co a firm in which she holds 40 percent stock She acts as plaintiff defendant plaintiffs attorney and star witness She claims the company obtained her wrinkle eradicating formulas and withheld ter sulity while she declares she had no money to hire counsel and acted as her own attorney.
A refugee recounts looting by Bolsheviks and German forces, destruction of a large city estate, killings and torture of doctors, nobles, priests, and civilians, and widespread hunger. She cites family losses in Petrograd and fear as Russians, Finns, and Whites clash, awaiting Allied relief amid brutal reprisals.
Frank Dady of Milwaukee inherits 500000 from his father Robert Dady, a millionaire, but plans to continue decorating the fronts of houses. He says he and his wife are happy with their present lifestyle and will keep working.
Sincere style endorsement warns against calomel danger and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable remedy. Claims include a gentle cleanse, morning alertness, and a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists with widespread consumer use.
Youngstown Telegram describes a colloquial scene with Moor Lightfoot-Mawnin and a speaker asking how everyone is faring. The text conveys laughter and concern about health and the persistent fear of collapse.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It invites readers to request a sample for ten cents and asserts the product’s long standing druggist support.
An assortment of ad style lines extols Cuticura soap and talcum for clear skin and fragrance while a stray poem fragment contemplates mottos and a satire on medical quackery Dr Poory's Dead Shot is cited as expelling worms and cleansing mucus.
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