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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use on wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics with guaranteed perfect results even for first time users. A druggist offers a color card and the ad emphasizes dramatic benefit for worn garments and draperies.
Keep them bright by using Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. Five cents at grocers.
In Andalusia writer Hamilton Fyfe visits an inn near Los Boliches and notices the innkeeper has many daughters. The innkeeper explains a 1917 incident where a chimney collapse killed all but eleven of his daughters, leaving him with a small number.
Mildred's mother scorns the Smith boy saying he has no brains. Mildred's father counters with a playful remark then sobers as his wife recalls her own past courting and admits she was foolish not to listen to elders.
A public domain-leaning observation notes that a chorus performer’s success often hinges on her grasp of the craft. It links talent with perceptive learning and discipline, implying that knowledge enhances stage presence and career longevity.
An advertisement urges buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin tablets for safety and effectiveness in treating colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism and general pain. It notes the Bayer Cross on packaging and claims physicians have prescribed Aspirin for over eighteen years with affordable 12 tablet tins and larger sizes from druggists.
An advertisement touts Othine double strength as a guaranteed facial treatment. Readers are urged to use an ounce applied nightly and morning to fade freckles, with claims that even dark spots disappear and overall skin appears clearer. The ad stresses a money back guarantee and cautions buyers to request the double strength formula.
A citizen pressures a railroad official to restrain the express through Elm Grove at 11 55 on Sundays. The official calls the request impossible as the pastor preaches until he hears the whistle and the express was late last Sunday.
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge tells editor there is no special news. He notes Lafe Sagg recovered from a two month influenza attack after using a quart of bone-dry Hecker. The editor quips that luck may never end for Sagg.
A reader quote captures a short exchange where a patient questions cucumbers affecting everyone and a doctor replies that only those who eat them are affected. The wry line reflects light medical humor in a medical setting.
Spalding Nelson visits his great uncle Rufus Gaston for a dinner invitation and, while waiting in Central Park, meets Barbara Bradford who fears danger linked to two men, a scarred assailant and a plot involving red carnations and papers. Nelson agrees to escort her home and learns of deeper peril as he nears the Gaston residence and the family.
Up to date readers are invited to explore a mysterious city apartment in The House of Whispers. A daring heroine navigates perilous ledges and secret walls while a pearl necklace vanishes and reappears. The loyal romance resolves in a classic happy ending.
A small boy was given a penny to give to the Lord at church but upon returning home he reported not seeing God nearby and instead handed his penny to the man with the charitable plate.
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