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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
10
The ad notes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine safe for decades with directions for headaches toothaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It mentions small 12 tablet tins at low cost and larger packages sold by druggists, and identifies Aspirin as a trademark of Bayer. The excerpt also includes light humor from Petunia and Kansas City papers reacting to a mock wager.
A reader asks how to ease high living costs and another replies the only known method is to hang profiteers. The exchange reflects radical rhetoric and calls for severe action against perceived price gouging. The dialogue captures wartime era frustration with economic pressures.
An old health ad claims facial pimples and body eruptions signal sluggish blood and promote skin disorders. It touts S. S. S. as the premier vegetable blood purifier with no minerals, urging readers to obtain a bottle and, if needed, free medical advice from the Medical Director in Atlanta.
An old man buys a grotesque beetle from a Christmas bazaar display. He explains he will place it on the dinner table to frighten others during drinks, as a warning that it will be time to go home when he sees two beetles facing each other.
A clipped dialogue shows Mabel and Marie debating apologies about a missed call to Mr. Boreleigh. Marie clarifies she apologized for being out when he called, not for his calling, noting his preference to ring when she is in. The exchange reflects social quirks and timing in polite conversation.
A fashion minded wife seeks new diamonds by offering to alter her hairstyle. Her husband opposes her ever changing clothes and hair, but she counters with a playful demand for diamond earrings as the price of changing. The exchange showcases their marital power play over style and status.
National Commander Franklin D Olier along with Francis A Kelly and Milton Foreman of the Illinois American Legion visited United States Public Health Service hospital No 80 in Chicago where 600 wounded and disabled soldiers and sailors are patients. They toured wards and addressed patients in the recreation hall, stressing service to country and comrades and praising aid to disability pay and claims. Father Kelly rejected claims the Legion seeks military rule at home, affirming the Legion stands for Americanism and national life for the country and the flag.
The American Legion inaugurates a plan with the federal board of vocational training to accelerate subsidized training for about 120,000 eligible disabled veterans. It aims to place tens of thousands in programs, appoint state and post officers, and coordinate nationwide efforts under Gerald J. Murphy of Rutland as national vocational officer, to restore confidence and speed up admissions.
Louis A. Carr of the American Legion of West Virginia notes Post No. 44 Phillippi held a minstrel show raising a large sum. Post No. 56 Kingwood plans a memorial service, women’s auxiliary, and a permanent post club rooms. Potomac Post Shepherdstown aims to enroll nearly all eligible locals. only five remain. Posts in Clarksburg Elkins and Parkersburg arranged baseball games with Boston and Detroit managements. Wheeling Post No. 1 staged a Pershing celebration adding over 600 new members.
The Rotary Club of Newcastle Pennsylvania repeated its minstrel show at the end of April to benefit the local Legion post. The event drew community support and showcased performers from the club and nearby groups. Proceeds funded Legion activities and community outreach programs.
An advertisement promotes Freezone as a painless corn remover. It claims a tiny bottle costs a few cents, cures hard and soft corns and corns between toes, with no soreness or irritation, and that one can lift the corn out with fingers after applying the product. It credits a Cincinnati inventor.
The Arch of Titus in Rome, erected in 70 A D to commemorate Titus and victory over the Jews, features relief sculptures and a depiction of Titus crowned by Victory. Reconstructed in 1882 after ruins and medieval additions. The Colosseum, completed in 80 A D as the Flavian Amphitheater, could seat 50 000 but is now ruinous.
In bankruptcy examination Mrs. Helen Hunt of Lee Bankroad Birmingham says she kept about £3,000 in a cash-box under the kennel rather than in a bank. She describes a faithful friend as the guardian and claims no bank was safer than the dog guarded stash.
Gently sarcastic tale recalls Mr Stone retiring at eleven thirty, waking to a ringing phone. A caller pitches a new car, and when asked if he inconvenienced him, Stone replies he was already seated by the telephone hoping someone would call.
A Baltimore Sun letter argues that only isolated colonial houses used English bricks, asserting that not a single house in fifty contained English bricks despite occasional cargoes. The claim emphasizes Townsend's stance on material provenance in colonial construction.
Mr Herbert M Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire reports long running stomach trouble. After trying many remedies he used Eatonic three quarters of a box and experienced rapid relief with no pain thereafter. He praises Eatonic and says he can eat normally and drink water without discomfort.
A young man questions Dustin Stax about building his fortune. Stax cites hard work and study, regular church attendance, and avoiding bad habits. The speaker clarifies the information was intended for leisure reading, not a magazine feature.
Herschel C. Parker, a geologist and mining engineer who first climbed Mount McKinley in 1912, reports that the Oregon mountains peak has subsided by at least 500 feet from its original altitude of 20,400 feet due to earthquakes and the weight of ages.
Mrs A finishes her daughter’s haircut and, when asked what she’ll do with the clippings, explains she’ll throw them away. The child jokes that perhaps the hair will be saved to patch Father’s, remarking it needs it badly.
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