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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1924
Page
2
Advertisement for a 19 Roamer Phonograph Co offering a Faro S200 10 83009 portable phonograph at factory price. Mentions a sample phonograph at their field office in Wisconsin and a mailing address for inquiries.
An old style ad features a neighbor and a policeman from Iron Mountain Michigan endorsing Dean's Pills as a remedy for kidney and back pain. It details a user’s relief from morning stiffness and dull kidney ache, urging readers to buy from Foster Mill Co in Buffalo New York.
The ad argues Studebaker prices from 975 to 2685 reflect heavy costs in engineering, research, testing, and quality, including 12,500 machines, 580,000 tests yearly, and Timken bearings. It defends lavish spending as boosting car value, noting employee benefits, and states the goal is to offer maximum value while cutting costs where possible.
Studebaker holds top place in the fine-car field with 145000 buyers last year and 200000000 spent on them. For 72 years the Studebaker name has stood for quality, backed by assets of 90000000. Don’t pay over 1000 dollars without knowing what Studebaker offers and the advantages it provides.
A small town tale follows Miss Lesby as she resists marriage to an aging farmer and an undertaker, each proposing on consecutive nights. Her resolve hardens to remain single, not by choice but by circumstance, amid two suitors and societal pressure.
Representative Ogden Mills spoke at a Washington dinner claiming the rich once held sway but the poor now do. He noted unions claim parity with the rich, then invoked a quip about a woman treating her daughter and stepdaughter alike to illustrate perceived fairness, ending with a tired, unfinished line.
Wanted 7200 salespeople to sell Watkins household products with a nationwide reach. Established in 1868, the firm has significant resources and branches across the U S and Canada. Rare chance for city sales dealers, full or part time, in Wakefield and beyond. Write for a practical money making plan. J R Watkins Co Dept 97 Winona Minnesota.
Hatten Lumber Company of New London Wisconsin seeks winter cut basswood logs. Please advise the quantity you can furnish and provide address for response.
Advice urges Americans to guard kidneys by reducing rich foods and drinking water. Recommends a grape and lemon juice lithia salt remedy to flush and neutralize acids, noting it helps relieve bladder and kidney discomfort and urges regular physician checks.
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a rapid cure for rheumatism and sore joints. It promises concentrated penetrating heat, relief within minutes, and urges buyers to demand the genuine product labeled Rowles.
An old time hair darkening remedy suggests brewing sage tea with sulphur to darken fading gray hair. A ready-made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drugstores for convenient, natural looking color in one or two applications.
Advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm opens nasal passages in a minute, relieves hawking, dryness, headaches, and nighttime breathing struggles. Describes fragrance and antiseptic formula that penetrates air passages to soothe inflamed mucous membranes for quick relief.
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