"One of the compartments was found to contain some forty compressed tabloids, which on analysis proved to be potassium bromide."
— 1890 November 15, “Medicines Supplied to the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition”, in Thomas H. Wakley, Thomas Wakley, Jun., editors, The Lancet, volume II, number 3507, London: [Thomas H. Wakley and Thomas Wakley, Jun.] […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1037, column 1:
"A large number of tabloids are contained in a very small bottle, and only require crushing and dissolving in the stated quantity of water to produce a large volume of solution."
— 1908 October 17, “Our Note Book. Photographic Tabloids.”, in The Boy's Own Paper, volume XXXI, number 3, London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office […], →OCLC, page 64, column 3:
"‘It's those tabloids!’ Conroy stamped his foot feebly as he blew his nose. ‘They’ve knocked me out.’"
— 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 70:
"You have a couple of thousand pounds in exchequer bills, 50,000 shares worth tenpence a dozen, and half a dozen tabloids of cyanide of potassium to poison yourself with when you are found out."
— 1913–1916 (date written; first performed 1920 November), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes”, in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War, London: Constable and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, Act III, page 100:
""Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously-treated and disgusted patients have left him doubtful, and he casts an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief. There's no taste in tabloids, anyhow, and he reckons the doctor "ain't a bad poor something, after all!""
— 1914 October 11, “In camp: The day’s work of a W.A. soldier”, in The Sunday Times, number 875, Perth, W.A.: E. W. Finn for “The Sunday Times” Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 8: