U.S. Dental Association (1895 Advertisement)

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Jan. 25, 1895, p. 3.

Smashes His Fist In Dream

1916

Dentist Thinks He's in a Fight and Punches Wall.

TORRINGTON, Connecticut. — No teeth are being drilled, filled, drawn or quartered in the office of Dr. Arthur E. Guildford today because his right hand is all out of shape.

Dr. Guildford dreamed that he was horsewhipping another man, but his blows were so violent that he soon wore out the whip. His victim realized the predicament and sprang at the dentist. Doubling his right fist, Dr. Guildford lunged such a terrific blow at the horsewhipped man that he almost knocked a hole thru the wall next to the bed.

The blow awakened every one else in the house and a physician had to be called to apply arnica and bandages to Dr. Guildford's battered tooth-pulling hand. Every one in Torrington would like to know who Dr. Guildford dreamed he was horsewhipping and why.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 7.

Gem From Mouth of A Corpse

1916

Dentist Removes $100 Diamond From Dead Man's Tooth.

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania. — Just before the funeral of Caramel Bave, a jewelry salesman, his $100 diamond which he had set between his two upper front teeth some years ago was removed by a dentist. His family had not thought of disturbing the gem in his mouth until it was suggested that grave robbers might attempt to recover it.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 4.

The Garden of Eden

1911

Joking Around with the News

Now we are told that the Garden of Eden was located at the North Pole. Possibly we shall learn also that Adam and Eve were Eskimos and ate of the forbidden blubber instead of the forbidden fruit.

A Boston young woman has been visiting dentists' offices and stealing money and other valuables from the wraps of the patients in the torture chamber. Here's another excuse for not going to the dentist when you ought to.

The New York doctor who asserts that overripe eggs are as nutritious as the fresh kind will not meet with violent objections if he tries to get a monopoly of eating the ancient vintage.

The hobble skirt and high trolley car steps have clashed in Trenton. The steps may have the logic of the situation, but the hobble skirt has the eternal feminine end of the discussion, and all human experience is a unit on what happens when logic attempts to tackle the eternal feminine.

One of the worst things under the sun is a shady reputation.

The following testimonial was given to a servant girl: "This is to certify that the bearer has been in my service one year less 11 months. During this time I found her to be diligent at the back door, temperate at her work, prompt at excuses, amiable toward young men, faithful to her sweethearts, and honest when everything was safe under lock and key."

She Stops Traffic To Light Her "Fag"

March 1920

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Street car traffic on a busy street was tied up while a young woman smoked a cigarette. It wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't chosen to sit down on the street car track and light her "fag." She made matters worse when, after an argument with an angry motorman, she blandly asked him for a match to light a second cigarette.

Dick Allen, former policeman, removed the young woman from the track and escorted her to the police station.

"You're stewed," remarked the booking clerk.

"You tell 'em; I stutter," she said, as she was led away to the matron's room to sober up.


Inmates of Jail Escape

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Sheriff W. T. Baker woke on a recent morning to find the county jail empty. Some time after midnight the eight prisoners sawed and cut their way to liberty.


New Electric Dental Engine

A new electric dental engine runs on either direct or alternating current or on that supplied by dry batteries where no other supple of electricity is available.

Is Bride Only 11 Years Old? Dentists Helping Find Out

Nebraska, 1921

TO EXAMINE BRIDE'S TEETH

Believe That Maria Gollardo Is Eleven Years Old, But Facts Are Lacking

HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 3. — Examination of the teeth of Maria Gollardo by Hastings' dentists will be resorted to in an effort to determine her age. Maria, a Mexican girl, was married to Jose Gonzales on November 21 and because the school authorities are convinced she is only eleven years old, the county attorney has been trying to establish the girl bride's age with a view to beginning action to annul the marriage.

Miss Clara Altman, teacher of Spanish at Hastings college, has been drafted as interpreter in the investigations but nothing definite of the girl's age has been learned. She is the foster child of Butamio Gollardo and all they can say is that when they got her in Oklahoma four years ago, Maria was losing her first canines.

Meanwhile Maria and Jose are seemingly happy and can't understand what the officials are wrought up about.

—The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Dec. 4, 1921, p. 8-B.

My Secrets of Charm

1922

By Marilyn Miller

In a woman's smile lies her charm. And the woman who knows how to use her smile may attain the heights.

It is not so much knowing how to smile as it is to keep the proportion balanced. For it is as equally uncharming to see the automatic, insincere smile that plays constantly on the faces of some women who have misunderstood its true asset as it is to see the droll countenances of others who do not know how to smile.

The secret of the charming smile lies in the spirit behind it. And unless it bubbles from the heart, unless the emotion of pleasure is truly aroused before its evidence may be expressed sincerely, the smile will not be genuine.

Perhaps next in importance is the mouth and teeth. They should be made as attractive as possible. And the foundation of this result is immaculate cleanliness.

The lips should be watched constantly to keep them smooth and lubricated. Sometimes a fault in diet will cause those ugly, cracking lines that roughen the surface of the lips. They not only destroy beauty but stifle the natural impulse to have the lips roll back easily over flawless teeth in the true smile that charms.

Cold cream should be applied nightly. The lip cream is left on all night, and in the morning only the excess that has not been absorbed need be carefully wiped away. If this practice is followed faithfully you will find your lips sufficiently lubricated to move easily and gracefully and they will have lost their roughened surface.

The gums, too, need attention. Healthy gums are a light red in color. Sometimes, of course, the individual constitution alters this general rule, and one finds perfectly healthy gums, in some instances, retaining a pinkish hue. But once the gums begin to lose their brightness and take on the whitish appearance it is long past time they received the attention nature is demanding.

The mouth ought to be rinsed every night before retiring, after the teeth have been thoroughly washed with a boracic acid solution. In this way the crevices that the toothbrush cannot reach will be cleansed. Examine carefully the gums around the base of your teeth from time to time. See that the reddish tissue clings tightly and retains its healthy color even to the edge. If you find those telltale white spots, or if the gums are soft and have a tendency to fall away from the teeth even to a slight degree, I would suggest that you consult your dentist at once. Many women allow this stage to go by unnoticed until at last the damage has been done and the dentist to whom you go for treatment will tell you that pyorrhea has developed. Dentists claim that this insidious disease is the cause of the loss of tooth vitality. It is brought on by the incorrect cleaning of the teeth. Sometimes using too stiff a brush that breaks the gum tissue and opens the way to the original infection or a general condition of the health may be responsible.

When cleaning the teeth daily they should be brushed gently in an up and down motion, never crosswise. It is best to moisten the brush first, sprinkle a little powder or a length of paste along its surface and proceed to brush first the outside of the teeth. Then, with a fresh application of the cleanser, the inside of the teeth should always be brushed just as carefully. The mouth rinse is used finally and dental floss may be then employed to remove any accumulations between the teeth that the brushing has failed to touch.

Night and morning cleansing is the general rule. And the rule should be followed faithfully to obtain the reward of a charming smile. It is more disastrous to retire with soiled teeth than it is to neglect the morning mouth bath.

—Appleton Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, January 3, 1922, page 12.

Native American Chief Gets Dentures, Renamed "Grows New Teeth"

1920

INDIAN RECHRISTENED AT 92

"Many Tail Feathers" Is Named "Grows New Teeth" After a Visit to the Dentist.

San Francisco. — Chief Many Tail Feathers, ninety years of age, and prominent in the Indian colony at the exposition, possesses a single tooth — gnarled and battered by many years' service.

"The white brother may have his teeth replaced — why not the Indian to whom the Great Father in Washington promises all things that are good?" pondered the aged chief.

Many Tail Feathers conferred with Chief Bull Calf, and now that Many Tail Feathers has been measured up for a new set of pearlies his tribe has rechristened him "Grows New Teeth."


MANY INDIAN BODIES FOUND

But No Trace of Princess Nachoochee or Prince Sautee in Georgia Mound.

Nacoochee, Ga. — Representatives of the Smithsonian institution have unearthed 42 bodies from an Indian mound in Nacoochee valley, one of the largest Indian, mounds in the United States. Its base covers nearly half an acre and it is 40 feet high.

The mound is supposed to be the burial place of Princess Nachoochee and Prince Sautee. So far there have been no evidences found to warrant that assumption.

Many broken pieces of earthenware have been found. Only one whole earthen jar has been excavated, and it was accidentally broken by a workman.


TO RESTORE INDIAN NAMES

Bill to Be Introduced in Congress to Make Change In Montana

Seattle. — Blackfoot Indian names are to be substituted for the white men's names in Montana in a bill to be presented to Congress this year, according to James Williard Schultz, author of books on Indian life.

For 26 years Mr. Schultz lived among the Blackfoot Indians and was adopted with the name Api Kuni, or Spotted Robe. He has seen the Indian names disappear and the mountains, rivers and peaks receive the names of white men.

"One day this summer," he said, "a rather prominent man and his little daughter were stopping at Glacier National park. He wanted to name something. A falls there had as yet received no name. So the name of his little daughter Frances was used.

"One beautiful lake, McDermott lake, would, according to the new order, receive the name of the Fighting Women's lake, because of old traditions. A mountain would be called Little Dog Mountain.

"The white names mean nothing," explained Mr. Schultz. "while the names the Indians would give would be explanatory, besides being beautiful."

—The Appleton Daily Post, Appleton, Wisconsin, January 7, 1920, page 3.

Mind Your Own Business

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Pleasure and Business
The man who makes his business a pleasure is likely to live a good deal longer and get a good deal farther than the man who makes his pleasure a business.
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The Consultation
First Physician - "Can you make anything out of the patient's trouble?"
Second Ditto - "I think if we manage right we can make about five hundred apiece out of it."
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More Work For Dad
A local dentist is a father for a second time. His older child gazed at the new one for a few minutes and said, gravely: "Papa, here's some bridge work you'll have to do free."
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No Chance for Fraud
The German postal authorities have decreed that in the future, whenever an employee asks for a blue pencil, he must first present the stump of the old one, as a guarantee against fraud.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911.