Dr. King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
Advertises a proven remedy for cold or cough with fifty years of popularity. Claims to relieve cold grippe and croup fast. Sold at 60c and $1.20 a bottle in druggists.
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
6
Advertises a proven remedy for cold or cough with fifty years of popularity. Claims to relieve cold grippe and croup fast. Sold at 60c and $1.20 a bottle in druggists.
A vintage pitch touts Dr King s New Life Pit Tonic as a gentle cleansing aid for constipation. It claims to promote bile flow, stimulate the lazy bowels, and cleanse waste matter for better health and vigor. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Ad touts Sloan's Liniment as a fast acting remedy for rheumatic pain and external aches. It claims easy penetration without staining clothing, highlights large yearly sales, and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product with prices of 35¢ 70¢ and $1.40.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry S Graves of the U S Forest Service argues for a federal state cooperative forestry program. He urges reforestation after logging, better land management, and costed planting with state guidance to boost homegrown forests in Indiana, Tennessee, and Ohio, while inspecting fire protection and national standards.
Charles Lathrop Pack urges a united approach among foresters lumbermen and landowners to secure a practical forest policy as U S forests fall to one quarter of original cover. He credits Col Henry S Graves for calling for timely action and warns conservation must outpace reproduction to sustain future timber supplies.
B S Ridsdale of the American Forestry Association reports from Europe on the wartime destruction of forests in France Belgium and Britain. He notes France faces immense loss from shrapnel and trench work and says replanting is the only path to recovery. He suggests Italy Britain and Belgium may seek similar aid to reseed and restore damaged woodlands.
The article notes sun ray therapy for tuberculosis, practiced in Switzerland, gaining interest in the United States. Dr Guy Ainsdale urges a suninumarium in sunny regions such as southern California Colorado or New Mexico. Seashore sites may also suffice for ample sunshine and therapeutic exposure.
The text describes rays including bine and violet as beneficial and bi terieldal with sunlight acting as a strong stimulant to animal life. It emphasizes sunlight's role in oxidation and its power to enhance blood and eliminate disease.
The article describes Archaeopteryx as an ancient odd bird with a tall form a tail like a hedgehog a beak with teeth and limbs used for climbing rather than flying It notes birds have changed over time and mass extinctions from natural events. It also mentions the invention of buttons in southern Europe about 2500 years before Christ.
Detective Sergeant Barry uncovered a grave robbery at St Boniface cemetery. Clara Gunderborg’s 1932 interment yielded no jewelry on the remains but rings and other items buried with her were missing, valued at about 1500 dollars. The case prompts reinspection of the grave and coffin.
In Hoboken a jury awarded Peter Meehan a verdict for breach of promise of marriage against Miss Bridget Hangley. Meehan testified the proposal led him to seek marriage and that he would not have pursued it otherwise.
Reverend James MacDonald a Methodist minister in Eureka California is named sole heir to Mrs Amelia Smith Woodbury estate valued at eighty seven thousand dollars. He is entrusted with care of eight canaries eighty one dogs eighteen cats and a rabbits hutch with a duty to provide care and comforts. Rabbits are multiplying rapidly raising concerns for space next year. Centralia Floralist Mrs S C Davis rivals Luther Burbank with a new purple and white embroidered aster after four years of selection effort.
Davis Dexter thirty eight of New York turns himself in saying he stole 825 dollars from Mercantile Lunch Co of York three weeks ago. He feared an innocent chauffeur present would be blamed for the crime and confessed to the theft.
A fragment shows a girl on a visit with her father instructing manners at a dinner. She refuses a bite then declares she has already bitten. A jumble of dialogue follows about sleep talking, card games, and a sly remark on optimism and elections.
A collage of mock dialogue and cartoon captions with puns about aging humor and daily life. Snippets feature a shy confession about pills a rabbi rabbit foot superstition and light exchanges between characters about manners and luck.
The Kansas Star reports Emory Vins eighty three, admitting a long career of attempts with little success. He plans to retire from public life, noting changes in how things are done and the rising generation's demands.
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup for coughs and chest troubles, noting influenza deaths surpass wartime losses and praising its use for relief and rest. The copy ends with a humorous, unrelated chat about a birthday party and candles.
A fragment from the Konsan City Star quotes old Gaunt N. Grimm describing a remarkable individual who denies any pride in his faults. The report highlights the subject as unusually notable and not airs his flaws.
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