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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
4
A survey of planetary conditions and interstellar communication explores Mars Venus Mercury and Jupiter, and extends to Alpha Centauri Sirius and distant dark stars. The piece weighs the likelihood of inhabited worlds and the feasibility of messages across vast cosmic distances.
The speaker notes Arcturus as a nearby star while speculating about unseen realms beyond our universe. They propose that space may contain infinite universes with gaps between, comparing the number of universes to the vastness of stars in an endless creation.
A historic recount notes extraordinary claims of gigantic skeletons. It cites Vera Cruz reports of a skeleton over 32 feet long, legendary feats from Josephus and Pliny, John Middleton born Hale, and Chinese legends of 15 foot men. It also mentions Trinity College Dublin housing a tallest known skeleton at 8 feet 6 inches.
A vintage ad explains making a full cup of hair shampoo from canthrax and digrolte bought at a drugstore. Mix in hot water to cover scalp and hair, rinse, then dry for fluffy volume and rich luster.
A doctor and others warn against immoderate tobacco use after forty five. The ad promotes Nicotol tablets with a positive money back guarantee, urging readers to quit and resume any time, claiming druggists can explain the product’s success.
Advert describes a home remedy for catarrhal deafness head noises and ordinary catarrh. It claims a constitutional treatment using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar, to be taken four times daily, promising relief as eustachian inflammation subsides. The copy urges handing the formula to sufferers and notes easy preparation and low cost.
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