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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1909
Page
3
A compact collection of humorous quotes from 1920s papers. The Houston Post notes a playful remark on a bathing suit and sea level while the Baltiimore Amore American mocks marital defense with dry humor.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for liver trouble and its symptoms. It claims the product starts digestive juice, laxative and tonic, with testimonials from J W Lee and Mrs. Inchum. Readers can request a free sample by mail to Dr. W B Caldwell.
Speaker Cannon at Valley Forge argues milder profanity can act as a safety valve. He jokes about home can openers and a Danville man’s loud can opening, ending with a wife asking if he was opening it with prayer.
A guide to treating sprains with Chamberlains Liniment promising rapid relief and a drug store advertisement notes The Leo Haydon Drug Co. Also highlights Max Darewski a prodigy who at seven conducted a band of 400 at Crystal Palace and was praised by Patti.
A miscellany of quotes and jokes from Blue Grass Clip to The Milton News includes jabs at Prohibition, a riddle about a ground object leading to the North Pole telegraph gag, and various witticisms about marriage, work, and human vanity. Also notes Chamberlain's remedy praised by Portsmouth druggist Frank C. Hanrahan with local sales info.
A dog in Metcalf county found and ate a sack containing eighty seven and a half dollars in checks and bills. Witnesses sourced affidavits, the Treasury required three fifths of fragments, and a formal claim was paid with new bills after twelve days. The event drew clippings from several Kentucky papers.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for constitutional catarrh. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces to cure the disease and restore strength. The makers offer a reward for any failure to cure and invite readers to request tests.
A 1944 drug store ad touts R4-11-44 poultry tonic as a preventive for cholera gapes roop canker and limberneck. It claims to keep fowls healthy and thriving with a 50 cent cure price and payment on delivery. The ad directs readers to Haydon Roberoon and asks for a booklet on poultry diseases.
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