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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a curative kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims thousands attest its success and offers a sample bottle by parcel post from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton NY. Large and medium bottles are sold in drug stores.
A prominent Indiana clubwoman is described as a devoted mother who plays with her children each night. When her eight year old daughter’s friend stayed over the woman outdid herself for their amusement. The guest’s mother is noted as more reserved. The next morning the girl visitor vows to pray God will make the guest’s mother “a nut,” echoing the hostess’s joke.
A vintage ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a tasty remedy for a sick, colicky child. It urges mothers to give a teaspoonful to cleanse the liver and bowels and promises rapid improvement, noting genuine bottles carry the California name and dosing directions for all ages.
A Detroit student started a key collection after receiving locker keys in September. He added a front door latch key, a garage key, a padlock for his tool chest, and one for his bicycle, plus two more keys. He hoards any unattached key, inspiring envy among schoolmates.
Ad touts Cuticura trio Soap Ointment and Talcum each 25e as essential toilet requisites. Claims exquisite face and baby care with powder and perfume, rendering other fragrances superfluous.
A family watches a boy ask for a football that fits his new shoes. The father wants affordable shoes, the mother hopes they last, and the child pleads for a useful football to pair with his Number 10 shoes. The Milwaukee Journal reports the playful exchange.
Snowy linens are the pride of every housewife. Keep them in that condition by using Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. At all grocers.
A terse note urges mindfulness of personal resources and knowledge as a guiding principle while referencing a phrase about turning to distant experts for what cannot be found locally.
Samson encounters Davis over a Brimstead note and a false death story as he travels among Eli Fredenberg and Mrs Kelso. In Springfield, Abraham Lincoln leads Joe and Samson in discussions on law, character, and the meaning of justice at Joshua Speed's store while the Brimstead case lingers.
The quote contrasts humor and wit, describing wit as quick but fleeting like lightning while humor remains warm and enduring like sunshine, shaping its subject with a genial, lasting light. It frames humor as superior to mere wit through vivid imagery and tone.
A teacher attempted to drill a child in the sound of the letter a by repeating it in various words. Frustrated by the repetition the child looked up and quipped that the teacher should already know it.
A St Louis reader describes monthly cramps pains and backache relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after her mother urged use. The ad touts fifty years of use and plant-based ingredients restoring balance and easing symptoms.
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