Inside bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate myth
A public health advertisement extols morning inside bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims daily waste removal prevents sickness and fatigue and promotes rosy health, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate from druggists.
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Bath
Society Fun in Plunkville Amid Hollow Idle Talk
A witty column notes society circles in Plunkville livens gatherings despite critics who call the scene hollow. The piece highlights residents enjoying events, social chatter, and local amusements as a lively contrast to naysayers.
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Plunkville
Cascarets Comic Health Advertisement From Boston Evening Transcript
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for headaches biliousness and digestive ills. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and poisons and promotes liver and bowel regularity by morning.
Dandruff Ad Promises Hair Growth With Danderine
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a remedy for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims treatment restores luster and strength, makes hair wavy and fluffy, and notes new hair growth after a few weeks. The copy ends with a quirky line about the corkscrew and typewriter.
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Knowlton
Adv
Pritchard Heads New Chorus Club at Black Mountain
National Festival Chorus Club of America forms in Black Mountain N C to build a 200000 auditorium seating 21500 with 2000 voice Damrosch directed chorus. Jeter C Pritchard elected president G W Henshaw vice president board includes J Elwood Cox J B Blades Walter Thompson H D Shutt Thomas Woodroffe. Louis Asbury to design project.
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Black Mountain
National Festival Chorus Club of America
America
Grand United Chorus
Walter Johannes Damrosch
Jeter C. Pritchard
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
G. W. Henshaw
Winston- Salem
Judge Pritchard
Mr. Henshaw
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
J. B. Blades
Newbern
Walter Thompson
H. D. Shutt
Winston-Salem
Thomas Woodroffe
Mount Airy
Louis Asbury
Charlotte
F. S. Westbrook
Music Board
California
Robert E. Lee
Montreat
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Dyspepsia Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe fast cure for indigestion gas and sour stomach. It claims relief in five minutes and a stronger stomach for enjoying favorite foods, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case at stores. The blurb ends with a joke about Foolish Bill.
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Pape
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Malaria Relief
An old advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless chill tonic claiming quinine and iron purge malaria and strengthen the body. The ad notes a 50 cent price and features a joke about heating a building by pressuring a landlord.
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GROVE
California Syrup of Figs Ad Promotes Childrens Health
An old time advertising column extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle fruit laxative for cleansing stomachs livers and bowels. It claims it pleases children and prevents illness with a 50 cent bottle featuring directions for all ages and adults.
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California
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Kidney cleansing with Jad Salts ad urges meat avoidance
An advertisement claims meat causes kidney strain and back pain. It promotes Jad Salts as a grape acid lithia drink to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder weakness, urging daily intake before breakfast.
Stephen Defends Faith and Faces Death in Sanhedrin
A sermon outlining Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin, his reverence for Moses and the temple, and his charge against leaders for resisting God's law. It covers his vision of heaven, the conflict with Satan, and his steadfast witness as persecution disperses early believers.
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Paul
Stephen
Jesus
Temple
I. Stephen
Seriatim
Israel
Moses
Jerusalem
Satan
God
Sauls
Wesleys
Westminster Abbey
Not Gray Hairs but Tired Eyes
A garbled ad style notice promoting eye remedies and an eye book from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. It mentions not telling age and hints at rejuvenation. A separate stray line offers mattress upholstery by a “tricky upholsterer.”
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Recipe for Gray Hair Treatment Ady Note
A vintage ad proposes a hair dye mix using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine blended with water. Apply twice weekly to darken gray streaks, reduce dandruff, promote soft glossy hair without coloring the scalp or leaving a greasy residue. Gerald and Geraldine exchange quippy lines at the end.
Swamp Root ad testimonial and alimony joke notice
A 1914 testimonial letter from Jerome H. McCormack of Johnson City Tennessee praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney medicine and requests a sample by mail. The page also includes a comic alimony joke about Mrs Frittersby and her poodle.
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Jerome H. McCormack
Ivy Street
Johnson City
Tenn
Sam T. Millard
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Pellagra Cure Promises Relief From Illness
Ringgold Louisiana resident S A Cotter reports becoming well and gaining weight after using a Pellagra remedy promoted by American Compounding Co. The ad touts symptoms and urges readers to request Baughn's free Pellagra book, promising money refunds if the remedy fails.
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Baughn
Address American Compounding Co
Jasper
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound credited for nerves
A West Danby New York woman testifies to long standing nervous trouble and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes improved health for herself and her daughter and recommends keeping the remedy in the home. The ad touts the product as a tonic for female derangements backed by forty years of use.
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West Danby
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dewitt Lincebaugh
Lydia F. Pinkham
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Boston Evening Transcript
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North Carolina National Guard
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First Methodist Church
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Washington
Harry Tally
Washington City
International Sunday School
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Moody Bible Institute
Western New
Union
Gerald
Geraldine
Hanford
Samuel Pitchers
The
Centaur Company
New York
Gastoria
Wra
DR. Thacher
Seatch
Gowan Medical CO
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