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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1927
Page
10
The piece lampoons Mr Glumey who seeks relief from a midwinter malaise through a parade of dubious doctors and fad cures. A wide cast of quacks sells sensational remedies, from tonics to massages, while the patient endures comic misdiagnoses and escalating absurdities before eventual recovery.
In a Montague Glass Potash and Perlmutter sketches, Abe and Morris debate Edison’s predicted future noise and smell pollution. They joke about deafness from city life and the idea that taste and sight may fade as radio horns, cars, and musicals grow louder and brighter.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mutter and Mumble trading quips about marriage breakdowns. They joke about alimony, checks, travel sales, and the strain of long relationships. The exchange touches on trust, money, and reconciliation amid a comic, jittery tone.
An advertisement touts Hill's remedy as a perfect compound that stops colds within a day. It claims fever and headaches vanish, bowels normalize, and the body tones in 24 hours, with trials said to be widely trusted. The copy urges immediate use at first signs and promises lasting relief.
An old cobbler Peter in a distant land hears Christ’s voice promising arrival tomorrow. He prepares his shop with bread and milk and shares warmth with travelers. A hungry mother and her baby arrive, Peter’s charity grows, but no sign of the expected guest persists.
A Christlike plain man Peter shares milk and bread with a hungry boy. He fears he cannot welcome Christ until a vision reveals Jesus visited him three times that day as a man, a woman, and a child, and promises to stay where love fills the heart.
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