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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
3
An advertisement copy describes a cough relief product Dean’s Mentholated Cough Drops. The ad uses a church setting and a line about a pastor noticing a woman’s heart flutter, blaming a tickle in the throat for discomfort.
A playful dialogue features a doctor and a valetudinarium named valetu dinarian as they discuss meat intake and propriety. The quip highlights linguistic flourish and playful misnaming in a light exchange.
A brief ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills claiming to restore stomach health quickly. It targets sufferers of sick stomach biliousness and indigestion and invites trial by readers.
A quotation contrasts natural character with education, noting that while schooling may not change a inherently bad person, it could help keep him out of jail. The exchange highlights views on education as a social safeguard.
Important to mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature and note it has been in use for over 30 years. The message emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The Van Million divorce suit ends with a $25,000,000 division and a custody dispute over a pet dog described as a Bug dog. The tone notes quirky human behavior in a high profile split.
Washington runs a school for servants while London hosts a club for professional women. North Dakota reports a woman deputy sheriff and Finland's parliament includes twenty women. Dr Anna Shaw argues Jane Addams Carrie Chapman Catt or Mrs Joseph Powell could better lead the United States than any current party figure.
A lighthearted scene unfolds as a woman visits a doctor. She reports one cold improving since Tuesday but a worse cold from Thursday remains. The doctor responds with a cryptic long prescription and a sharp, humorous line about fashion.
A humorous Kansas City Star exchange has an Old Codger and Orrin debating the high cost of living. The vet notes his nephew Walden drank horse medicine by mistake and now supposedly climbs a tree when a car passes, prompting a plan to call him down by telephone.
An ANY woman recounts recovery after peritonitis three years prior and long hardship with nervousness weak heart and breathlessness. She describes gradual improvement and renewed wellbeing following treatment and support.
Julia Bottomley details a Paquin ensemble featuring a black charmeuse skirt, black velvet coatee, and a plaited chiffon bodice. The coat of skunk fur adds luxury while the gown emphasizes novel shaping and a wrapped front fastening with a tulle finish, complemented by a velvet turban.
The report notes a shift to white with black crepe in mourning millinery with white crepe favored in summer and combinations of the two colors in all white hats. Veil styles vary by season and design, while crepe manufacture has become affordable and durable thanks to waterproofing advances from English makers.
A weary traveler wrestles with a blocking suitcase as other passengers debate moving seats. A portly man resists swapping, leaving the owner fearing a dangerous mishap. The story centers on tension and risk aboard the crowded car.
An 1812 newspaper ad at the Duke of Marlborough’s Head in Fleet Street touts a new machine of moving pictures. It claims a hundred figures with moving heads arms and legs that imitate living beings. The notice notes daily viewings from 10 am to 10 pm, comparing early moving pictures to 1913 developments.
Philadelphia launched the American Weekly Mercury with its first issue on December 22, 1719. Andrew Bradford printed it at the Bible, Second Street, soon joining Boston’s two earlier colonial attempts. Bradford’s father William Bradford had begun printing in the colonies and faced warnings of imprisonment and confiscation for his work.
A garbled account describes a dog's owner and guardian questioning whether the pet suffered. The guardian claims the dog was isolated and not hurt, mentioning chloroform was involved, though the text is incoherent and unclear about outcomes.
A nine year old asks his mother how many cut-glass ice-cream dishes she owns and bets he has more than twenty three. She explains two dozen from Grandmothers Brown and Sullivan, but he breaks one dish prompting the unresolved wager noted by the New York Evening Post.
Cuticura Soap praised as the mother’s favorite for baby skin and hair care. Its purity fragrance and emollient properties soothe irritation remove redness roughness and chafing and promote skin and hair health. Used with Cuticura Ointment it treats eczema rashes and itching. Samples offered with a Skin Book from Cuticura Boston.
A New York jury faced a decisive question on Hamlet's sanity. The defendant answered confidently that the issue of sanity would not convict him, reflecting a dramatic defense stance amid the trial.
Advertisement fragment touts Bromo Quinine laxative with a claim of curing a cold in one day and grip in two days. Mentions signature of BE W Grove and price two cents.
Fragmented ad copy items include a fake remedy promising to erase tobacco taste with a refund if not satisfied. It repeats mis-spellings and dubious claims. The text also contains odd quips about domestic tasks and a medical product named Vermituge Dead Shot with exaggerated kill claims.
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