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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
7
An advertisement urges readers to buy a 10 cent box of Cascarets to cleanse the stomach and liver, remove sour food and constipated waste, and promote clear head, sweet stomach, and healthy bowels overnight while they sleep.
A farmer recalls writing his name on an egg before market. The egg was bought by a man who then proposed marriage, prompting a joke about the suitor being fresher than the egg.
An old newspaper ad extols consuming ample water and the four ounce Rad Salts to cleanse clogged kidneys. It links uric acid from meat to kidney strain, urges less meat, and claims the beverage neutralizes urine acids, easing bladder weakness and promoting normal activity.
Sergeant recounts a riot sparked by a Hindu snake trainer in the Bengalong cantonments. He and Casey exploited the chaos, scattering serpents and dispersing the crowd as Blue Nose the major faced a dangerous cobra near the colonel. The episode leaves the unit chastened but intact.
An advertisement urges farm development in Western Canada, highlighting low capital needs and strong yields. It cites Carl Dickan of Russian Poland who bought land near Wetaskiwin Alberta, built a mixed farm, and thrived with crops, livestock, and debt-free holdings. The Buck Lake to Pigeon Lake area offers homesteading prospects with timber, water, and abundant fishing and game.
A humorous note on a costly exhibition watch featuring a wheel that turns only once every four years to display years, months, and days. The joke contrasts such a device with South American politics where people would not wait four years for a revolution.
Letter carriers in Portugal deliver on Sundays to save walk time but this may interfere with church duties. The exchange mentions the balance between postal service and preacher activities.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children to treat feverishness headache and upset stomach. It includes a moral line and stray jumbled text about US goods and a camel traveling long distances.
Edison joked about humans not sleeping but nature requires rest. The piece notes the misery of sleeplessness, invokes Macbeth to illustrate murdered sleep, and ends with a brief dialogue asking if a woman is too fat to be beautiful and if her father is wealthy.
More than 30 years ago Salzer's Catalog boomed Alfalfa and now Salzer excels with strains Grimm Dakota and others. For 10 cents postage, mail a request for a large catalog and six seed packets, including Early cabbage carrot cucumber lettuce radish onion and other vegetables, to John A. Salter Box 709 La Stoneen Wis.
The Boston Evening Transcript cites a query about Rogers earnings weekly asking how much he earns and noting the phrasing all he earns he a bachelor.
A vintage ad extols Dean’s Mentholated Stoned Drops as a quick cure for throat troubles. The copy praises effectiveness and urges purchase at druggists, noting many men trust their own judgment.
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