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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
7
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Safe Use On Packages
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross and claims it is safe when used as directed by physicians for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes twelve tablets cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
This Story Says The Hero Drank In Her Beauty
A fragment from a Boston Trane script notes a witty line about a hero admiring a heroine. The speaker jokes about the hero’s perception through eye glasses. The quote evokes a playful theatrical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Trane
Knicker Becker Debate: Truth Heard Not Said
A terse exchange centers on truth and speech as Knicker challenges Becker to reveal what should be heard but not spoken. The exchange highlights philosophical disagreement over restraint and candor in public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Indiana survey to study schools by Rockefeller Foundation
Professor Charles M. Curry announces the Indiana educational survey will be conducted by the Rockefeller Foundation. Findings will guide recommendations for school improvements to the next legislature, work to begin in September and last about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Curry
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
Indiana Educational Survey Commission
Indiana
Rockefeller Foundation of New York
General Education Board
Curry
Elwood
Public Service Commission
Elwood Water Company
Robert Harris White
Tenth Infantry Band
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Camp Custer
Mich
White
Army
Montezuma
Ind
Indianapolis
Indiana League of Women Voters
League
H. R. O’brien
United States Public Health Service
Washington
O’brien
United States Bureau of Mines
Bundy
First Air Unit
National Guard
Robertson
Kokomo
Wilber Fagley
South Bend
Mishawaka
Warren H. Warner
Warner
Willis P. Stall
Vincennes
Jackson County
Stall
Wew Agricultural Department
Illnois University
Knox County
Celebrity arrival sparks city editor frenzy
Report notes a beautiful woman shot a married man not her husband and the editor orders a full photo archive from babyhood to yesterday plus exclusive diary publication and calls a film industry contact for new star potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariend
Birmingham Age-Herald
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Sparkling Linens
To insure glistening white table linens, use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. It never disappoints. At all good grocers.
Literary Invention Skips Plot Sparks Bestseller Claim
The author boasts of creating the best seller by compiling all the famous jump points readers skim to in a book. The publisher laughs, then hurls the author out the window in gleeful celebration.
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clean Skin and Efficient Shaving
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving bathing and shampooing. It claims double razor efficiency and skin health with no mug, slime, germs, waste, or irritation even with twice daily shaves.
Ups and Downs in a Train Car
A suburban train ride brings a chance meeting between two strangers. One boasts he starts elevators in a city skyscraper and makes them rise with a signal. The other reveals he is an undertaker and causes things to go down, prompting a wry exchange from The American Legion Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesh
Indiana
William P. Evans
Marion County
Marion Superior Court
Indiana Manufacturers of Dairy Producrs
Indianapolis
Associated Milk and Dairy Products Companies
Floyd Reed
Joe Johnson
Maren
Pike County
Johnson
Reed
Hlquor
Putnam Richardson
Winslow
Wil. Reed
Oakland City
John
Floyd Hopkins
Greencastle
Ola Sudduth
William Calvert
Indiana Woman's Prison
Calvert
State Farm
Sudduth
Lawrence Saers
Putnam County
Clinton
United States Supreme Court
Crows’ Nest Hill
Spring Mill Road
Snider
Bundy and
Thomas
George Chappelle
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Richmond
Indiana Yearly Meetinghouse
Timothy Nicholson
Harlow Lindley
Earlham College
Rufus M. Jones
Haverford College
Russell Newgent
American Legion
Legion
Red Cross
Laura Duffendoll
Heilman
Warrick County
William Duffendoll
Dollie Duffendoll
William
Order of United American Mechanics
the Daughters of America
Marion
George Unger
Pope Benedict
Frank A. Roul
St. Andrew’s Church
Joseph Chartrand
Ethel M. Lamb
Louis Lamb
Evansville
The
American Legion Weekly
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Advertises Kidney Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming many testimonials and urging readers to request a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with ten cent enclosure. Large and medium bottles sold at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Street Car Company Dialogue
A brief exchange shows a citizen questioning a street car company while another replies that they stand up for them daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dub
Untamed fear of the devil haunts every man
The line notes that fear of the devil persists in every man despite repeated assaults by a relentless foe. It portrays internal struggle as a timeless human condition and reflects moral tension common in historical religious writing.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonies
Afton Tennessee and Adrian Michigan women credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing change of life symptoms and restoring strength. Testimonials describe relief from weakness and nervous spells, with requests for the company pamphlet and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Tenn
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Keller
Mary Lister
Frank Street
Adrian, Mich
Garden Mystery Weeds or Crops Hint
Robert asks how to tell if new green shoots are weeds. The Boston Transcript counsels to yank them out and notes that if they regrow they are weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Boston Transcript
No Hope for Him In Boston Transcript Phrase
A terse quoted exchange appears in the Boston Transcript with lines about hope and a marriage decision. The fragment hints at personal disillusionment and a potential engagement or breakup context reflected in the period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
California Fruit Land Openings At 160 Acre
Real estate notice offers small tracts of fruit land in California at 160 dollars per acre. Interested buyers are urged to request a detailed booklet from H. D. Cosby at 10 East Street San Francisco. The ad is carried in the Fort Wayne cue issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
H. D. Cosby
East St
San Francisco
Eighty-Year-Old Speaks on Stomach Relief
A sick 80 year old woman describes sour stomach relief after a week on Eatonic. She notes improved digestion and comfort post grip, while endorsing Batonic as a proven remedy. The ad promotes Eatonic and Batonic as affordable with druggist guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonic
John Hill
Batonic
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Springfield
Mass
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Heltonville
Bedford
Leatherwood Creek
Alma BH. Brouse
Curtis Brouse
A.C. ,Brouse
Kendallville
State Board of Agriculture
Charles C. Henze
City
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Cyron
Fletcher
Crentaur Company
New
Ink City
W.N.U
Fort Wayne
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