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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
2
A vintage advertisement urges girls to try Danderine to revive lifeless hair. It claims the tonic can double beauty with long thick gleaming hair, restoring color, vigor, and vitality. A 35 cent bottle is offered at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp and prevent shedding.
The total gold supply in the United States fell by 73 million dollars last year due to exports. The decline stems mainly from countries selling more merchandise to the United States than they buy domestically.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing a baby’s red rough itching skin. It highlights Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, scented dusting powder and mentions Cuticura Talcum as part of the indispensable trio.
In a brisk exchange from London Answers, an employee laments rising prices that outstrip his salary while the employer asserts business priorities over personal need. The terse dialogue captures a clash of livelihood and enterprise pressures.
Boschee's Syrup promotes relief from colds bronchitis and lung troubles claiming a century of use in America and homes worldwide. It emphasizes nights of quiet sleep and easy morning expectoration while warning that influenza causes many deaths. The ad closes with a quip about wisdom and self praise.
An old fashioned herb remedy promotes Garfield Tea as a universal stomach aid and constipation remedy. The advertisement casts it as a trusted family medicine in grandmother's era and today, aligning with nostalgic health practices.
Pansy Pyetin lodges a formal objection as the father uses refined English. The exchange highlights strict grammar and decorum, with Pyetin insisting on proper discourse in public spaces.
A home hair darkening mix uses half a pint of water with 1 oz Bay Rum a small box of Barbe Compound and glycerine to apply twice weekly. It darkens streaked gray hair and makes hair soft and glossy without coating the scalp or being sticky.
A terse dialogue hints at covert liquor production. One speaker dismisses the claim as moonshine while the other questions if illicit spirits will be made secretly. The exchange underscores rumors around illegal distilling.
President Wilson demands a solemn referendum on the League of Nations, urging ratification by the people, while William J. Bryan argues for Democratic compromises or presenting the issue to voters. The exchange capped Jackson Day discussions on party strategy and policy toward the Versailles treaty and world peace.
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany and Democratic candidate spoke at a twin banquet urging a world peace compromise on the treaty. He said he would yield in the deadlock and proposed reviving the Bryan arbitration treaties of 1914 if needed to prevent war.
Paris fashion note outlines how Parisiennes favor straight lines and natural silhouettes over extreme hip extensions. It highlights Czecho Slavic inspired dresses by Lanvin and Lanvin coats, Paquin velours coats, Premet embroidery, and continued popularity of monkey fur trims in a refined Parisian style.
Belts become semifitted and may wrap the figure twice. Poison green is a favorite shade with cherry red and pearl gray in millinery. Feather dresses are in vogue while afternoon gowns hint at fevers. Bright tussah linings appear in suit coats as plaiting and dotted swiss trims enhance blouses.
Winter fashion notes predict many coats with detachable capes. Some fur capes may be worn with cloth coats as removable parts, offering versatile styling options for warmth and elegance.
Instructions advise soaking fabric in a half teaspoonful of cream of tartar per quart of water overnight to whiten handkerchiefs towels and similar white goods.
A testimonial from Birchler of Fulda Indiana recounts severe kidney trouble in 195, three doctors giving up, and recovery after using Dodd’s Almanac based pills. He claims lasting cure for fourteen years and relief during a later flu episode after using three boxes for his family. The notice urges sending 60 cents to Dodd’s Medicine Co. Buffalo NY to obtain pills.
A long standing home remedy sold by Ss. C. Wells & Co. promotes Dr Carter's K and B Tea as a purely vegetable tea that cleanses the liver and bowels. It claims to reduce bilious attacks headaches and sallow skin and to be useful for children and adults alike.
The ad testimonials claim Peterson's Ointment cured years of eczema and itching piles. Mary Hill of Pittsburgh thanks the product for clearing blotches. A B Ruger of Racine says after 16 years piles relented. The notice urges use for old sores salt rheum and skin diseases with druggists recommending it.
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