True eloquence is not in verbal ffloth, Mere lingual flow excites the hearers wrath. Silence' is best when silence serves as well, Those who have most to say have least to tell. A message in a cryptogram has lain More eloquent Khan volumes could contain— For coughs and colds one phrase will ease assure, If it means "Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.*
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Shannon News, 5 August 1924, Page 3
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61Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Shannon News, 5 August 1924, Page 3
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