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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
8
Gardiner and Johnson disembark in Long Island on a wet day. A Belgian police dog arrives with an umbrella, claiming to be Gardiner's dog. Gardiner explains the dog brings the umbrella for his wife to spare his walk home. The gap in the text also mentions alchemy scholar Roger Bacon and a note about Town Topics quotes.
The London Morning Post notes the famed banyan tree in Calcutta Botanic Garden is dying despite meticulous care. Tender roots are encased in bamboo, preserving outer growths while the mother trunk becomes a shapeless mass. A cipher may omit some petia roots. A new Roentgen apparatus in West London promises higher 200,000 volt X rays and doubled cancer cures.
Chemists claim they can cut shoe prices through science and understanding. The Boston Transcript notes the alliance aims to makes shoes affordable while preserving quality, urging readers to act quickly yet stay mindful of future directions.
An advertisement urges readers to swap tea and coffee for Postum a cereal beverage with coffee like flavor. It claims caffeine causes sleeplessness and nerviness and offers Instant Postum and Postum Cereal as alternatives. It promotes trial with the family and grocer availability.
An essay on hat fashion highlighting the era's millinery aims. It notes the demand for hats that enhance appearance, with crowns shaped to suit wearers. Describes five hat styles in black velvet duvetyne and satin trims, including wide brims, lace, flowers, quills, and ribbons, all in muted autumn tones.
Fashion curators set a tolerant coat season embracing several styles and fabrics. Designs include large sleeves and fur trims, embroidery with fringes, and coats for utility or dressy wear. Options range from straight and boxy to bell sleeve and cape sleeve looks, with lengths from ankle to knee, featuring rich collars and distinctive Bolivia cloth color.
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a tasty laxative for children. It claims a teaspoon clears bowels within hours, easing illness and waste from the body, and urges mothers to buy the genuine product with directions printed on the bottle.
An old advertisement touts Bayer as the introducer of aspirin in 1900. It emphasizes the Bayer name stamped on each tablet and package to guard against imitation and notes physicians prescribed aspirin for more than twenty-one years. The ad also references poems and autograph interests as side remarks.
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum. It claims the scented powder suits face skin baby and dusting needs and promises the fragrance renders other perfumes unnecessary.
An advertisement touts a cornet player praised by neighbors and claims a product named Cele's Carbelkalve quickly relieves and heals various diseases and pain. It promises instant relief without scars and urges readers to ask their druggist or send a money order to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford, IL for a package.
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