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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for colds and grippe. It claims first dose clears nostrils and eases headache, with dosing every two hours up to three doses. The product costs only a few cents and contains no quinine.
A Diamond Dyes advertisement touts guaranteed rich color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. Each package includes a direction book for dyeing over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card to match any material. Also notes a close student of human nature avoids giving money to friends and Garfield Tea endorsement. A dental joke ends the clipping with a quip about a large cavity and study.
The Torpidity Torch of Liberty and Tocsin of the Times editor warns his public that he will terminate his activities soon and plans to hand the publication to a successor on Friday afternoon. He says he will begin to speak frankly to citizens by word of mouth on Saturday morning.
An advertising blurb promotes Danderine as a hair treatment that stops falling hair and removes dandruff. It promises scalp relief after several applications and claims hair will grow strong thick long soft and glossy. Available at drug or toilet counters.
A cautious scene shows a girl asking about safety in a canoe as a companion warns that canoes tip easily and jokes about moving chewing gum to the other side of her mouth.
A playful critic questions modern charity and corporate charity, asking why acts of goodwill often feel impersonal or mass produced. It suggests a disconnect between genuine care and bureaucratic process.
A fashion forward piece notes a postwar shift to simpler youthfully styled dresses. Doeuillet suits with one piece lap front and copper brown velours de laine are highlighted, with broadtail fur and plush trims. Taffeta dresses gain midwinter popularity foreshadowing spring, in black and navy, with varied hats including glazed chintz and shellacked fabrics.
A traveling party camping near a highway describes a roadside incident when bright car lights reveal a wife in a boudoir exposing embarrassment and laughter from passing drivers. The tale contrasts modern American reaction with a Pekin custom cited by Professor Pate.
A quotation from the Journal of the American Medical Association notes that medical science has advanced greatly in five decades while the average man clings to an infallible cough cure.
Mae asks for monthly access to their child if they divorce. Rae notes this would break Mae’s record, highlighting a tense custody moment.
The Wall Street Journal notes the core issue for American perfumers: should the future master be an artisan or an artist. The debate centers on whether fragrance should come from floral scents or laboratory derived chemistries and branded synthetic odors rivaling natural blooms.
A humorous exchange features a new germ said to hinder talking almost completely. Mr. Meekton reacts with disbelief asking where to buy it as the joke unfolds.
A fragmentary dialogue pairs a wounded speaker and a distressed Miss Keen. The bullet incident suggests a peril at sea or in a nautical setting, with a cryptic remark about a bait exceeding its catch and a prompt to cease fishing.
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