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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
6
A fragmentary 18th century banking note discusses First Really National Bank and Bank of North America with charters in 1741 1788 and 1787, ropresents Philadelphia. It also includes an advertisement for Cuticura Soap Ointment and a brief, dialogue style sample from Richmond Times-Dispatch.
A Dayton Ohio ad heralds the Air Friction Carburetor Cam promising 1/3 to 1/2 gasoline savings for Fords and other cars. It claims 2 to 5 percent more power, easier cold starts, and the option to run on cheaper fuels. Manufacturers offer trials and local agents seek big profits.
A judge's young daughter attended court for the first time and described the day to her mother. She recalled that the judge and several other men gave speeches to twelve men who sat together, then those twelve were taken to a dark room to be developed.
Reports from druggists show many people suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as successful in easing these conditions. An insurance physician notes kidney disease causes many life insurance refusals. Sample bottle available for ten cents by mail from Kilmer Co.
A teaching excerpt describes how falling rain bright sun and dark clouds create a rainbow as sunlight refracts through raindrops acting like prisms, then the note adds a somber line about removing a concert would leave nothing to bury.
Fashion notes highlight fall skirts with plaited and plain models, featuring plaid and striped fabrics. Designers vary skirts with fabric ornaments and buttons, and introduce small fabric decorations along alternate plaits. Woolen skirts mix dark colors with multi color stripes, while satin and silk models show fringe embellishments for fall and winter.
The article celebrates making decorative home items from common materials like crepe paper tissue and sealing wax. It highlights two craft examples a fruit basket and a parakeet mobile made from paper and wire with bright colors. It also notes vivid fall colors for children's fashion and a striking boy's suit featuring bright trousers.
A widow claims £5000 for her husband's death on a railway line while a company lawyer, after the funeral, urged settlement. She rejects the offer as unreasonable, recounting a decade of pursuit and a sharp wit in her reply. The piece weaves in brief miscellany on lawn dice, a Popular Mechanics note, and a joke about divorce.
A comic exchange unfolds as a doctor insists on surgery, the patient balks at the cost, noting he cannot pay until after his death when the estate gets the money. The doctor cheerfully reassures that insurance will cover the bill, easing the tension with humorous wordplay.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer cross on tablets and instructions to follow package directions. It asserts long physician-tested safety and lists ailments including colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes handy tin boxes of twelve tablets and larger packages from druggists.
In a Philippines scene a Marine reads a note from his wife who urges him to extend his enlistment after stating she does not seem to miss him much. The other Marine reports the wife’s advice to stay in the Philippines for the rest of the cruise.
An old advertisement explains catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It claims Hall Catarrh Medicine reduces mucous inflammation by acting through the blood to restore normal conditions, offering circulars free and urging druggists to stock the remedy.
The Japanese Supreme Court comprises seven members with the chief judge serving for life or until removal. Baron Kuniomi Yokota recently filled a near-emperor berth, while Dr. Shotaro Tomiya, a respected jurist from the Imperial University of Tokyo, has been positioned among the top judges.
A notice urges mothers to inspect each bottle of Castoria for infants and children, emphasizing the remedy’s long standing use and the signature of its maker. It underscores Castoria’s 30 year history and the claim that children cry for it.
In a dimly lit bunker scene two miners watched a novice billiards player. The sand flew as the eight ball dropped cleanly into the pocket ending with a double take from the men. The crowd exclaimed and one miner whispered the new player had drawn a deuce of aj.
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