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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
6
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as a woman recalls a man who vowed to die if she refused marriage five years ago. He’s now overweight, prompting rueful humor about promises and appearances. The banter paints a small portrait of social norms and gossip in a casual street scene.
Victor Rousseau blends romance and action as Winton Garrett travels from New York to South Africa to probe a $100,000 inheritance tied to a diamond mine in Malopo. The American hero faces dangers, meets a pivotal love interest, and experiences a string of varied exploits amid Boer War color.
Winton Garrett, newly out of college, inherits a fortune from his mother with Archie Garrett as trustee. Archie boasts vast gains from rubber and diamond investments, but provides little cash or verifiable papers. Winton confronts a shaky plan and presses for deeds while Archie reverts to cajolery and exits with a demand for apologies.
A description notes a violent scene with a figure named Aas suffering arterial blood loss and De Witt collapsing backward, indicating a sudden and severe injury during a confrontation.
A single bee uses industry and energy to perform countless journeys yet gathers only a teaspoonful of honey in one season.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for constipated or feverish children. It claims no narcotics or soothing drugs, says it sweetens the stomach and stimulates the liver and bowels without griping, and urges customers to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions.
Fishermen in Fidalgo Bay near Anacortes Washington report catching a massive crab measuring 19 inches across the back with a foot long legs. The crustacean was old with barnacles covering its shell and was described as identical to the king crab of Japan or Siberia, though its legs may be shorter.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a refreshing scalp tonic that quickly corrects falling hair and dandruff. It claims to revitalize thin or dry hair, restoring strength and youthful color without stickiness, with availability at drug stores.
Hewitt, called an old maid, finally marries an aviator. Jewett notes she and others find there is room at the top for a woman in society.
Advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the reliable laundry aid for bright white table linens sold at good grocers.
A brief ad notes sore eyes and related symptoms heal promptly with nightly applications of Roman Eye Balsam. Ady. The text repeats the claim and references Staylate and Miss Weerie in dialogue about a midnight wakefulness.
A light anecdote describes a tennis enthusiast preferring matches to meals and his wife’s quiet habit of reading novels rather than cooking, highlighting domestic harmony through sport and books.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential daily toilet preparations to cleanse purify soothe heal and perfume the skin for a complete toilet table display.
A joke exchanges about a new typewriter prompts a quip that it spells Dadly, highlighting a comic misread. The light moment underscores a homemaker’s joke in a gathering. No serious event is reported.
An ad claims Cascarets help liver and bowels at 10c a box and suggests relief from aches with Allcock's Plasters. The copy uses a fairy tale line about heiresses and divorce and ends with a moral note on fault and fortune.
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