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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
8
A collage of old advertisements and taglines covers health cures, tonics, and home remedies. Items include Allen's Foot-Ease powder, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Garfield Tea claims, Putnam Face-less Dyes, Piso's Cure, and various farm sale notices with generic endorsements and testimonials.
A Welsh reader lauds St Jacob's Oil for sprains after ankle injuries left her unable to stand for months. The notice cites medical experts' praise, medal awards, and claims of rapid relief, alongside assorted anecdotes about remedies and public opinions.
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as a scientific dandruff cure that kills the dandruff germ and firms hair, claiming it prevents itching and irritation and leaves hair soft as silk. Sold at druggists with no substitutes, plus Russ Bleaching Blue from grocers.
The German army has devised a simple, safe boat built from a frame of lances and a tarpaulin shell. It can carry twelve to sixteen men, is propelled by oar blades tipped with adjustable lances, and can be assembled in minutes. tests have been favorable, with no major accidents, though it is not seaworthy.
The Kaahumanu school in Honolulu plans to publish a paper named Maile Lehua to raise funds for a gymnasium without city aid. Older students will set type and run a printing office as part of a practical training program, producing a real newspaper for the school and other Honolulu institutions.
Gunton's Magazine argues the coffee house in England substitutes for the inn but fails to replicate the saloon’s social urge in the United States. Instead it resembles a restaurant, lacking Americans’ leisure social drive for such venues.
A Paris liquor merchant in Faubourg Montmartre sold an 1869 Ville de Paris lottery bond for cash, only to learn after the draw that the bond had gained $40 000 for its new holder. Officials report safeguards were taken to prevent the merchant from harming himself.
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