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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1921
Page
6
Chicago nurse Della Sweendy endorses Glando Pine for coughs and throat irritation, claiming it prevents complications when a cold begins. She touts its affordability, ease of preparation, and a pint yield from an 8 oz bottle, with Grand-Aid Co. of Fort Wayne as the maker.
An American traveler warns in the Philadelphia Ledger that landslides are not the only dangers in the Alps. A honeymooning American couple encounter a bear while crossing difficult passes and face a humorous moral about hotel keepers chasing them into the valley.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrant dusting powder for face and skin, claiming it freshens, economizes, and renders other perfumes unnecessary. It is part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment.
Cortlandt Bleecker cites a queer surge of titles since World War I and cites Rev. Washington White as a peculiar example. He recounts White claiming a D. D. from a South fugitive university and describes local church fundraising to cover the cost, mocking the proses with a dialecty account.
An Echo cartoon caption shows a policeman scolding a boy for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. The boy retorts with defiance, saying watch me as he continues the ride. The dialogue captures street humor from a city scene.
The note hints at timeless insight that ancient books teem with wisdom yet often rely on archaic phrasing. It asserts a core secret: success begins with recognizing you cannot do everything and must choose essential tasks.
An Indianapolis complaint praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nervousness headaches and dizziness. Miss Ora A. Johnson reports relief and urges readers to ask druggists for the remedy or write Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y. for advice.
In 1836 Lincoln travels with Samson Traylor toward Vandalia and El Dorado Illinois. They hear Henry Brimstead's dream of a growing city and discuss real estate fever, canal plans, and towns’ future as they prep for a Chicago trip to meet the Kelsos and others.
A fragment from a biographical piece notes two subjects Lincoln misunderstood: women and money. It recalls his sensitivity to ridicule in youth, occasional avoidance of unfamiliar women, and tender feelings for foster mother Ann Rutledge and Lincoln's second wife Mrs. Todd, while hinting at complex views on finance.
In this chapter Abe Lincoln and the boys finish work in New Salem and prepare to ride to Chicago. Samson hopes to visit the flourshing city and notes Chicago’s strategic waterway location, transport links, and future potential for grain and pork shipments to Albany New York and Boston.
A Overpeck Ohio woman describes relief before and after childbirth from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports backache headaches weakness and says she now can care for her two boys and work. The ad claims the remedy has long helped women with menstrual irregularities bearing down pains and nervousness.
English novelist W. L. George said in Chicago that women novelists are inferior to men, claiming men can write about all sorts of topics while women focus on love. A woman novelist in the audience rebutted with a witty remark about stirring readers with “my spoon.”
A short promotional ad urges shoppers to tell grocers Red Cross Ball Blue when buying bluing. It claims repeated use yields strong results and ends with the tagline Once tried always used.
Foxes multiply in the Meuse valley and occupy deserted French and German trenches. Soldiers had joked about fox holes, not imagining live foxes haunting former battlefield shelters.
A poetic line speaks of happiness as a stmkbeam that can pass through a thousand bosoms without losing its ray, suggesting universal, unaltered good feeling despite distance or hardship.
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