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more often than not, was found in the neighborhood social columns, which were extensive. The columns and authors were colorful: “Raindrops from Cloud’ by Sunshine, ‘Around Amissville by John Quill, and ‘Sperryville Sparks’ by Uno. Additional pen names included True Blue’ and “Nay Say’. Often these columns were much more lengthy than those of today. Were people then really that much more interesting?
Ads, humor, and philosophy were smartly interspersed in another of the formats:
“If your back aches, or you are all worn out, good for nothing, it is general debility. Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make you strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good appetite -tones the nerves” (Geritol, anyone?)”
“When gossip beats the drum of the ear, the tongue tells the tune”
“Frazier Axle Grease is the standard... of the US without a rival”
“While one woman is quiet the other ninety-nine are asking her why she is.”
And a quaint variation on an old chestnut:
“No sympathy is felt for the man who is a fool twice”
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