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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
8
An advertisement style piece promoting morning hot water with limestone phosphate to neutralize uric acid and cleanse the alimentary canal. It argues daily intake prevents rheumatic pain and headaches, claims numerous health benefits, and cites the practice as an internal sanitation routine. Also includes unrelated jokes and product pitches.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleanser and alterative that stirs liver and stomach to vigorous action. It claims to help manufacture rich red blood feeding the heart nerves brain and organs, leaving the body feeling clean strong and strenuous as bad blood purportedly passes out. The piece ends with a playful dialogue about snow.
Anuric Tablets by Dr. Pierce promise to eradicate uric acid, relieving backache neuralgia gout and rheumatism. Version of the ad urges readers to buy or send 10 cents for a trial package to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo while noting a humorous aside about a character named Flubdub.
Letters from St Louis and other Missouri mothers praise Vicks Vap-O-Rub for colds, bronchitis, headaches, throat and chest pains. Advert says external treatment safer and quicker than internal medicines, suitable for babies and small children, with three sizes available at druggists.
Smocking returns as a chic option for dressing sacques using figured fabrics. Advice covers best materials like Japanese silks and cotton crepes, care tips, and cost considerations for ordinary households.
A guide to making a neat writing table from a square cigar box. It describes covering the box with watered silk, filling it with sand and cotton, adding velvet, a silk cord edge, and a brass hook for a watch. It also notes storage loops for tools and a pincushion top.
The article advises using gray walls with purple accents for boudoirs or bedrooms. It highlights hand printed cretonnes and simons with purple motifs, purple cushions on gray wicker or enamel furniture, and two toned gray or lavender rugs. It notes people often strongly favor or dislike these pansy shades.
A style guide for women past youth emphasizes using colors to flatter aging skin and hair. It cautions against browns with gray or yellowing complexions and suggests dark blue to soften gray hair and greens for pale, pink-cheeked faces. It stresses choosing gowns to conceal aging while enhancing favorable features.
A judge comments on an actor's spirit and a man seeking shared custody by stating the divorce allowance aims for the child to have half the time. The exchange highlights differing views on talent, custody, and paternal rights in a concise, period voice.
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