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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims wide patient success and urges readers to order a sample bottle by mail from Kilmer and Co and to buy sale at drug stores.
A garbled OCR passage shows stray phrases about belief in the world, theory of production, and a purchase in the country near a railroad, with a claim that much of it wasn’t under water. Names and clear facts are missing, leaving a fragmentary, informal note.
An advertisement promises to remove freckles with Othine double strength, claiming noticeable fading after nightly and morning application. It asserts one ounce suffices for dark spots and lighter freckles disappear with continued use, under a guarantee from the druggist.
fragmentary OCR cites a figure muttering about profiteering in a disjointed exchange with possible references to India and a ham sandwich scene, lacking coherent context or names.
A fragment notes Wright's Indian Tablet Pills claimed to stimulate digestion and restore natural function despite expressed concerns over alarming symptoms. The text appears as an advertisement or medical claim without clear context or corroborating details.
A garbled message asks if the garden is a success and asserts neighbors' chickens harmed it. The rough wording implies a property dispute or miscommunication over chicken intrusions and garden outcomes.
A Buffalo resident touts Peterson Ointment for a major healing effect. A Medina New York resident testifies the salve cured decades of running sores and pain after trying many remedies. Mail orders for Peterson Ointment Co., Inc. are offered from Buffalo New York.
A fire destroyed the Geller bakery in Fort Wayne. Indiana officials report crop conditions, pest outbreaks, and a Purdue warning on pests in Fountain and Richmond counties. Ohio drug company executives were sentenced in Atlanta. State highway and railway rate actions are pending in Indianapolis. Warsaw Chamber membership grows as housing plans advance. Court cases include embezzlement in Terre Haute and damages against Michigan Central Railroad. Population shifts in Jackson County noted with arms of Armistice age twins. An 8 cent rail fare and utility rate rulings affect several Indiana towns.
An early News edition sparks confusion as Lawrence nine asks about race progress while his mother seeks facts. A quoted line claims ten killed and fifteen running from a chaotic event, amid rumor of amateur acts, seating sales, and retractions on planned performances by Hank Bortt and the Twobble sisters.
An ad asserts Bayer aspirin tablets are genuine and safe for millions, prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It promotes unbroken Bayer packages with directions to relieve headaches and other pains, noting 12 tablet tins are cheap and larger packages sold by druggists.
Mr Peavish explains his wife keeps house meticulously and he must wipe dew from the grass each morning to prevent tarnish in the back yard. The note appears in the Dallas News.
Ancient note recalls that fifty years ago almost no one used a dentifrice or toothbrush. It cites Allen's Foot Ease as a long running antiseptic foot powder, promoted for reducing friction that causes callouses bunions and discomfort. The ad urges readers to adopt the habit today.
A puzzled speaker asks where to obtain a jlan of finish. The reply directs them to a maid for the needed item.
The star witness in a breach of premise suit, a multimillionaire channeur, aids a $100,000 suit by prompting a compromise to $5,600. Following this, reports say a dozen other multimillionaires seek to hire the chauffeur at his price. A reflective line on measuring life’s success ends with a domestic scene of a mother singing to her baby before speaking to her husband.
Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire describes ten years of stomach trouble worsening until he used Eatonics. After taking part of a box he recovered, used another box, and now reports no pain and freedom to eat as he wishes. He credits Eatonics with his recovery.
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