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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1922
Page
7
An old fashioned advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a quick remedy for a sick child’s bowels. It claims a teaspoonful clears constipation within hours and urges mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with age directions on the bottle.
Five workers toppled a 348 foot smokestack on Staten Island in five minutes using a new method. The 47 foot base diameter, 350 ton structure was lowered by opening three base holes and inserting wooden shoring blocks. A 4 foot high gap was created around half the circumference by brick removal, two shoring blocks were removed and the center block burned out. The stack crashed, bricks buried two feet, many remained intact for reuse.
A spoken quip notes a failed opera outing where times printed on the program misled attendees. The speaker jokes that many box holders were absent, prompting a wish to reclaim tickets. The remark underscores audience misalignment between program accuracy and actual attendance.
Fragmented text appears to be a caption style exchange from Life magazine. It references a question about eternal love and a Perry remark about being stuck on himself, with incomplete phrases suggesting a humor or lifestyle insert. No clear event or people beyond the quoted lines.
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer stamp for protection against mites. A Ireland royal justice tale shows Sir Peter O'Brien in a Munster circuit, addressing a witness with a quip about dignity. Also mentions Cuticura remedies and a two hour hand watch fad for global time.
Uncle Eben jokes about submarines and Noahs ark while reflecting on rural work. He asks how many town men would return to farming if they could earn ten dollars a day, implying a lure of dependable wages over city life. The line blends humor with a critique of urban work.
A miscellany of home canning and dessert recipes with notes of Wordsworth, poetry fragments, and practical hints. Includes Apple Butter With Raisins, Spiced Prune Marmalade, Polychrome Conserve, Harlequin Marmalade, Baked Lima Beans, Fig Marmalade, Prune Souffle, Oysters With Rice, Raisin Drop Cakes, and Cottage Pineapple Salad with stepwise instructions and seasonal ingredients.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a proven kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming wide customer testimony and sworn statements of success. It offers a sample bottle by parcel post to readers who mail ten cents and ask the paper, with bottles sold at drug stores. A humorous anecdote follows about a man considering wireless wiring at 3 a m.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for any fabric from wool to linen and even draperies. It claims the kit guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running and encourages purchase through druggists.
The Himalayan find of a “new human race” is debunked as a langur, a stuffed monkey exhibited in a museum. Scientific reports by Goodwin-Austin in La Nature clarify the Tibet monkey’s true nature and dismiss sensational claims of humanoid status.
Humorous exchange reveals a father asserting the newborn inherits his traits and jokes about disinheriting a son while discussing legal advice with a wife. The light domestic dispute centers on family lineage and the idea of a rightful inheritance.
A cryptic exchange has a druggist ask a law clerk about selling a certain elixir to drug a horse. The line hints at a possible attempt at procuring a substance for harming an animal, prompting scrutiny by authorities.
A London column notes Lundy Islanders enjoy tax exemption with a £60 yearly stipend offered for any clergyman to lead spiritual life there. The tiny island houses around two hundred residents, with no poor and no police, having been twice captured in history by foreign powers. Nearby, Sardinia plans vast artificial lakes to support irrigation and hydroelectric power, with zinc and other mining outputs poised to benefit from local manufacturing once power becomes available.
A playful exchange questions Sunday golf etiquette, noting the activity described as hardly golf and suggesting anticipation despite the debate, with quiet reason remaining in support of the stance.
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