"LINSEED COMPOUND" for. coughs and colds. Of proven efficacy for chest comnlainta. - *dvt. Occasionally one reads that when human bodies are thought to he in ■rivers and cannot be found "a loaf of bread ha« boon floated down the stream." But very few people liave the least idea what connection there is between, bread and the finding of bodies. When the river has been dragged without result, a loaf of: bread is .cub • in' two, a place, hollowed out in. the middilo, and a quantity of quicksilver inserted. The two halves' of the,loaf are th^Ji fastened,together j again, "and'the bread is thrown into' the water in the placs where the body is supposed to bo. • Without fail the loaf floats along' until it reaches the vicinity' of. the body, and then revolves quickly, hovering over, the spot. ••■•'■ '"'LINSEED COMPOUND" fo* coughs and colds Kelievos asthma and ,-'inirn!f nrostbinir. — Artvt. ••LINSEED COMPOUND"—Trade marY of Kay's C<v;npound Essence <*t | Lmaoed for coughs and colds.— Advt.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 17 August 1912, Page 6
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163Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 17 August 1912, Page 6
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