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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
7
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for itchy red skin on babies with hot baths as essential skin care. Mentions Cuticura Talcum and Powder, Red Cross Ball Blue for clothes, and notes all grocers stock items at five cents per package.
Chicago reader recounts a plan to keep roaming cats from the Colorado plains at home. Initial collarless tether failed as cats slipped the nooses. a semi-hobble system with heavy string tied to a leg and stake in the yard proved effective. Now three cats exercise safely each day around their tether stakes.
Lawrence ten confronted a stubborn domestic hen in the garden and failed to drive it out. His father cited General Pershing as an example of perseverance, prompting Lawrence to quip that the Germans knew what Pershing aimed to achieve.
An exchange quotes a cultural shift in drinking habits. Uncle Bill Bottletop notes old water-side customs have disappeared and men now call for an antidote, illustrating evolving social norms.
The department reports that inferior breeding and poor feeding jointly cause about two thirds of runts in livestock and that at least seven percent of farm stock are runty. It notes ongoing data collection on runtiness timing, losses, prevention, and economic viability of raising runts.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports progress in tabulating purebred livestock figures from ten representative states with full support from the Bureau of the Census. Final nationwide figures are expected with the general livestock data, likely this coming summer, seen as crucial for production and domestic animal improvement analysis.
A Vermont writer urges greater care in early life for stock, arguing proper feeding and rearing reduce future problems. The piece reflects a U S Department of Agriculture inquiry into livestock welfare and education of farmers.
A speaker asks if the person knows bridge and the response clarifies they do play, even if they would not boast about expertise. The exchange emphasizes modesty in claiming skill.
Public health notice promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a remedy for hidden kidney trouble. A Life Insurance examiner notes many applicants are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney issues. The ad urges readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer and Co. in Binghamton, N Y.
A fragmentary note references Bermudas fashion runs and a mix of lilies and onions in an unspecified context.
Advertisement warns that only Bayer labelled Aspirin is genuine and safe for physicians use for twenty one years. It lists uses for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain with small twelve tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists. The Bayer trademark is monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
Boston obituary notes the death of Dr Thomas Benjamin Doolittle aged eighty two a pioneer among early telephone engineers who originated the switchboard He earned a Franklin Institute medal for hand drawn copper wire and is credited with an early car fare registering device.
Farmers and workers push hard with added foot care using Allen's Foot Ease powder. The advertised remedy claims to reduce friction, prevent blistering, and keep feet fresh, noting that over 1.5 million pounds of powder were used by the Army and Navy during the war. Women are described as frequent users. Sold everywhere.
Dr E A Bates of Cornell campaigns for industrial education for Indians and asserts the Iroquois formed the first league of nations by uniting the Six Nations tribes into a powerful confederacy.
A laundress sings O Happy Day while drying laundry using Red Cross Ball Blue. The text notes that convicting a man everyone knows is guilty is one of the hardest tasks on earth.
A fragment exchanges a quip about smoking with phrases Have a cigar Nodon t smoke now and Sworn off Nope stopped entirely reflecting a casual dialogue style without context.
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