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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
3
A vintage health item claims kidneys filter poisons and urges readers to buy a 50c Anuric package from drugstores. It advises drinking water before meals with Anuric BIOT and promises relief from morning stiffness, rheumatic pains, backache, and neuralgia due to uric acid build up.
Eliza Hodge of 1266 Sweitzer Ave credits Favorite Prescription with curing her month long female troubles after one bottle. She also reports asthma relief for nearly a year using Golden Medical Discovery. The remedies, marketed by Dr Pierc e, promote herbal medicines available in liquid or tablet form and cost one dollar per bottle.
An art gallery attendant, a secret baseball fan, quips that Shakespeare’s statue on the pedestal marked Scott must have got his base on an error when a director bursts in and questions the display. The exchange blends sport humor with gallery life in a light anecdote.
A wry exchange questions how a floating debt is paid with equitation as a pun on equity. The dialogue notes love for enemies yet rejects handing a weapon, signaling a stance of wary restraint in conflict.
Hussar claims a bullet saved him in war and remains his luck mascot. He recalls the Marne wound, pulling the bullet from his thigh and suspending it from a cord, crediting it for surviving many later battles including the Somme.
A terse exchange asks if a married daughter and her husband live with the speaker. The reply indicates they are living on the speaker, implying dependence or shared accommodation in the household.
A fashion piece describes a satin overdress with cascading back plaits and a complex front bodice. It covers the blouse varieties, notable for the kimono style over georgette or chiffon undershirts, peplums, embroidered front details, and contrasting color embroidery.
Genuine reader testimonials from Aurora and Cincinnati claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased months of female troubles and back pain restoring ability to work. Messages urge others to try the remedy and seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medical Co. Lynn Massachusetts. Also a brief note promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation.
A playful dialogue shows a father warning his daughter about using too much powder while she retorts that her powder is noiseless. The exchange humorously contrasts perception and reality in a domestic scene.
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as making clothes white and bright with no greenish tinge. It promises a large grocer friendly package for five cents and urges buyers to try it on the next washday.
An Englishman who took a senior post in China marries and attends a wedding. A Chinese merchant, recipient of wedding cake favors, reveals an outstanding debt by joking he would burn the cake and eat it if unpaid. The exchange ends with the creditor crowing about his English insight.
A light social quip notes two months at the seashore last summer with no proposals. Patrice replies that she will try her hand in Florida this winter. The saying about risk hints at optimism and taking chances as a lively woman’s outlook.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a drug product line brom o quinine laxative with partial names and a company reference, indicating an old advertisement or labeling brief.
A witty exchange frames an officer as blue and then reveals he is a submarine. The banter plays on misperception and naval humor amid tense era undertones.
The antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes and sprinkled into the foot bath relieves painful swollen and smarting feet. It takes the sting out of corns and bunions and is described as the greatest comforter for foot aches. Bold eye 25c Trial package free. Address Alien S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Automobile makers adapt to rail congestion by using drive-away deliveries. Cars depart factories and reach destinations under their own power. A recent run of 62 cars from Cleveland to Chicago hints at a summer trend toward this fashion in self driven freight.
A Life magazine exchange between two surgeons discusses high medical charges and a forecast that Bulger’s appendix could generate large future profits. The dialogue satirizes greed in professional finance and medicine.
Stage manager drills an actor in trumpet tone delivery before a performance. The dialogue focuses on precise speaking style and rehearsal discipline shaping onstage communication.
A brief item notes how television coverage should focus on fines from a speeding trip, emphasizing penalties over other details. It reflects a period stance on crime reporting and media emphasis.
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