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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
7
Nostalgic ad recalls hoop skirts and the Genuine Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. Pierce from sixty years ago. It claims medicines still use the same dependable ingredients and were widely sold. A trial package is offered for ten cents from the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo.
A short scene centers on a mother and child exchanging playful regional dialect. The child responds to the mother with a simple. no-strong narrative arc or external events, focusing on everyday family speech and characterization.
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau invites farmers to explore opportunities in the Lime Land Belt. It highlights rich soils, cheap land, low taxes, highways, consolidated rural schools, rail facilities, markets, and dairy live stock potential. For details write Montgomery County Farm Bureau Division 1 215-16 Bell Building Montgomery Alabama.
New York society notes describe women coloring cigarettes to match dresses as a fashionable fad. An ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills claiming quick relief from stomach trouble and nausea with a trial box offered from 372 Pearl Street New York. The Way of It column recalls a quip about fever and a joke about potted fever.
Ad copy touts Garfield Tea as a pure mild laxative that is pleasant to take and health giving.
A Brookline reader recalls how her young son retorted to a Christmas moral by noting Santa would not hurry to deliver gifts to naughty children. The quip highlights holiday humor through a child's mischievous reply.
An advertisement urges women to use Diamond Dyes for wool silk cotton linen or mixed fabrics and warns that poor dye streaks fades or ruined material can occur if improper products are used. It notes a druggist carries a Color Card.
Slapstick director asks for a novel to adapt. Comedian jokes about "Alice Threw the Looking Glass" as a remembered title in a light exchange from Film Fun.
The Baltimore American quotes John expressing an unusual dislike for potted plants. The item notes a rooted aversion as a curious characteristic.
In Paris Governor Captain Molyneux designs a striking evening gown for Sultana Menelik of Egypt. The low cut gown features a gold cord shoulder hang and a dazzling sequined fabric. Materials cost 2500 dollars.
Mrs M, a strong Democrat, watched returns with disappointment then woke cheerful next morning dressed for Sunday. Her husband, a Republican, puzzled by her mood asks what it means. She replies she is getting ready to enjoy Republican prosperity with her husband.
A terse social note hints at a marriage rite missing the word obey. It suggests the bride controls wealth or power, with a wry line about its meaning. The remark about hair combs contrasts fashion use with practical symbolism.
A Mexico City legend tells of Dona Maria Ysa bel de Vallejo y Vezca who died around 1650. Two lovers waited at opposite street corners for her, then died guarding their posts. Ghosts in cloaks are said to haunt the shadows of the street at night. The tale ends with a moral about hidden wrongdoers and a unrelated Roman emperors note on land loans.
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