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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
7
A garbled column-like excerpt critiques wardrobe choices and social behavior. It references Mrs Smythe, Mrs Tomlinson, a front and back door move, a war economy, and a lecturer described as appropriately witty. Names such as Harmonious Attire and Wright are noted amidst odd phrases.
Fragmentary OCR discusses infant deaths in civilized countries, alleging narcotics and poisons cause many infant mortalities. It mentions a product named Castoria claiming to contain no opiates and bearing a signature, implying its safety as a medical remedy.
In the Ireland flag discussion proposals garner support for a red St Patrick’s cross on white with shamrocks and a blue sunburst. Another favored design shows three golden crowns on blue, linked to Munster arms. Green is not proposed. A Welsh officer recalls a front line moment, mistaking a fuse for danger until the kettle singing revealed a harmless mishap.
A dated advertisement promotes a lemon juice remedy to bleach sallowness freckles and tan. Mix juice from two lemons with three ounces orchard white to create a quarter pint lotion for daily facial neck arm and hand use. The ad claims long shelf life and rosy skin.
A pharmacist OTTO H. G. LIPPERT from Cincinnati testifies after many years using Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. He praises the remedy for kidney troubles and endorses sending ten cents for a sample bottle and booklet. Also includes assorted ad snippets and a joke about workplace days.
An 1880s style collage lists Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with quinine and iron and notes liver support malaria relief and blood enrichment. It weaves in humorous dialogue about manners and social remarks, including misheard sayings and advice on gowns and husbands, ending with a remark on sweetening power and impure water as infection source.
The article extols using fresh nuts like hickory pecan and filberts in many dishes. It offers recipes and ideas including Gingerbread with chopped nuts, Nuts and Cottage Cheese Salad, Nut Wafers, Tomato and Nut Salad, Almond Pudding, Caramel Junket, and an Apple Pie with Cranberry Cheese filling.
A fragmentary exchange discusses flirting with a tan and rejection, noting risk for the man if the woman deceives him. The speaker reflects on an anecdote about eye contact and a forest of fucce beads, with garbled phrasing and unclear context.
A garbled dialogue excerpt mixes opinions on pabe ie sentiment and public gossip with snippets about dining fare, celebrity misfortune, and a comic exchange on Glithers reading habits. It references Dido, Aeneas, a Brighter Side column, and a railroad brakeman joke, capturing a column’s satirical tone and era style.
Dialogue sketch about a windjammer orator and witty exchanges. The piece features humorous jabs about speeches being informative yet unhelpful and a flirtatious, mismatched set of lines about marriage, fidelity, and aging secrets. The excerpt hints at a staged or vaudeville style revue vignette.
An advertisement contrasts Dodson’s Liver Tone with dangerous calomel, claiming calomel can cause mercury poisoning and bone necrosis while Liver Tone safely cleanses the liver. It asserts morning health benefits, vegetable composition, and suitability for children, backed by a money back guarantee and druggist endorsements.
A collage of quirky anecdotes and jests recounts a pugilistic tale in a smoke room, a humorous exchange about a new soap brand, and a string of quick quips. Stories touch on a black cat duel, memory quirks, New York war gardens, a hospital hen, and light dental and domestic hacks with brisk, period voice.
A London test by the Olnotin commission found that moving pictures aid learning and memory. In a war era school many girls who stopped going to cinemas could recount plots from films seen over two years earlier. Domestic and fairy tales were favorites among girls, while cowboys and adventure films appealed to boys. war films and love scenes drew varied interest by age and gender.
A comic London Ideas piece shows a motorist injured in a mishap while an idiot asks if he had an accident. The motorist, irritated, complains he is teaching an Egyptian haddock to sew buttons on jackets as the scene unfolds with absurd dialogue.
An early 20th century newspaper fragment promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap as a remedy for dandruff and scalp itching, offering a free sample by mail. The ad is followed by humorous brief jabs about poets and a string of short, clipped exchanges and captions, including references to Richard Le Gallienne and stray one-liners.
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