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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
4
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims calomel salivates and upsets the bowels, while Dodson's Liver Tone cleanses the liver and bowel, improves energy, and carries a money back guarantee with a pleasant taste. It targets bilious or constipated readers and notes a 50 cent bottle sold by druggists or stores.
At least four sovereigns contest the title of king of Jerusalem the sultan of Turkey the emperor of Austria the king of Spain and the former king of Portugal.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a club steward praising smooth operation and content members, noting nothing of grievance or drama within the organization.
Fragmentary clip notes advise self control and caution as readers reference Hanford's Balsam and reflect on the spread of gossip in everyday life. The lines evoke personal reflection and communal scrutiny.
A line from the Indianapolis Star quotes attorney Charles Pettijohn questioning a woman client who insists she is thirty-nine, then adds she is "thirty-nine, going on fifty" in a restrained exchange about age.
An old advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic purifies the blood and strengthens the body to endure summer heat. It targets the elderly and the weak and sells for 50 cents.
A humorous exchange about ants in Dalmatia producing bread by chewing seeds into pulp and drying loaves in the sun, suggesting an odd ancient or abroad culinary fact.
A Nashville Medicine Co advertisement touts Lung Vita as effective against consumption asthma whooping cough colds and croup. It quotes a Tennessee reader claiming rapid improvement after one dose. The copy offers direct ordering and a $1.75 price plus a booklet upon request.
A witty exchange reveals a banker’s bias as the Credit Man judges a couple by appearances. He notes the woman’s face suggests good credit though the Bill Clerk doubts it, joking that a young handsome husband seals the deal.
Mr. Allen Gales Jennings of Washington DC reports years of nostril scabs and sores ending after using Hancock's Sulphur Compound Ointment. He praises the remedy and says he uses it twice monthly with lasting relief. Hancock Sulphur Compound Ointment is sold by all dealers Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co. Baltimore. Write for Booklet Adv.
A witty Birmingham Age-Herald quip frames social gossip about a man who kisses and tells. The debutante counters that telling is harmless if limited to praising the kissers pleasure.
A Washington DC mother reports her 10 year old daughter stopped chronic chills and fevers after using Elixir Babek. The ad claims the syrup cures illness and lists price and ordering details from Kloczewski & Co. Also includes unrelated humor and product mentions.
Meadowlarks reach about 10.75 inches with a range across the United States Canada and Mexico to Costa Rica. They feed heavily on beetles caterpillars grasshoppers and seeds and are valued as insect eaters despite being hunted as game in some areas.
The bobolink is a seven inch songbird with a striking male female color contrast. It breeds from Ohio to Nova Scotia and Manitoba and winters in South America. In spring it arrives in the Carolinas around August 20 to feed on sprouting rice kernels and pests before migrating south with its young.
The passage notes that even with constant watchfulness and many bird deterrents, about ten percent of the rice crop is typically lost to birds.
The White-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis is about six inches long with a gray back, white underside, and black head. It ranges across the United States, southern Canada, and Mexico. It climbs trees head downward, wedges nuts in bark to crack them, feeds mainly on insects and spiders, with mast making up over half its plant diet, and causes little to no harm while providing benefit.
The Bullock's oriole grows about eight inches with a black crown and throat and orange cheeks. It breeds from South Dakota to the Pacific and winters in Mexico, inhabiting orchards and city parks. diet is mainly insects 35 percent beetles and weevils, 15 percent ants and wasps, caterpillars 41 percent, fruit 19 percent. it harms fruit when common but declines when scarce.
The earliest steam use by Hero of Alexandria is noted, but practical steam engines for pumping water appeared late in the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. Newcomer’s engine operated in English mines around 1711.
A collage of quips and local notes references a former baseball manager seeking a civil service post and misreads on an exam. A cartoonish line about the largest bone being the head is cited from the Cincinnati Enquirer alongside scattered trivia about Kansas population and Yokohama residents.
An old ad-like excerpt argues Castoria prevents infantile deaths and calms fever. It asserts a time-use could save many babies, claiming the product opens pores and aids health, with a signature line for authenticity.
A university outcome tale follows two graduates who seek work at a shipbuilding firm. One offers to do clerical tasks while the other says he can do anything a green hand can. The latter proves versatile, rising to head a department within two years.
Mrs Distingay, a society leader, begins a model dairy on her country estate. The Way of It notes she expects to command top quality. A race tip is discussed as Jiggins’ machine turned turtle on the track.
The note explains a business partnership where He Here Jones retired while the other founder remains active. A separate line asserts Jones is not a mule, and a citation mentions the U S yearly production value of buttons at twenty million dollars. Other items include Hanford's Balsam and an ad about Japanese in Seattle using ferns as food.
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