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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1914
Page
4
In a discussion about zinc for coffin manufacture two metal men note that bullets do return to the market. The first says consumption is final, the second adds bullets do come back as soldiers reclaim lead after target practice in Germany.
This Kansas City style ad promotes “Syrup of Figs” as a safe laxative for children. It claims to cleanse stomach, liver, and bowels within hours, with dosing for babies and children of all ages. A 60 cent bottle is advertised with full directions.
An advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin claiming digestion in five minutes with 3000 grains of food digested. It promises relief from indigestion, heartburn, gas, and other stomach distress, urging readers to buy a fifty cent bottle from any drug store. A social anecdote about Mrs Farleigh is included.
A fragment from a 19th century miscellany recounts a boy in Liberty belonging to the Band of Mercy who loses his star and torments a cat, a drug ad for Wright’s Vegetable Pills, a moral vignette about Willie’s mischief and a political ad noting a Rent paid by New York City for polling places totaling 260 dollars.
A garbled collection of quotes and phrases from newspapers notes on Sweden's efforts to revive an industry, a terse police office exchange about locating a man, and a remark about American mountain sheep as great leapers. The lines resemble cartoonish or placeholder text rather than a cohesive article.
An advertisement extolling a blood remedy described as a pure mood enhancer and health tonic. It claims rapid antidotal effects on blood disorders, rheumation, throat issues, weakness, and fatigue, promising regeneration of cellular nutrition and long life.
A string of humorous vignettes and misread phrases from newspapers and letters. A minister’s maid tale ends with an insurance agent as life and death caller. A preacher boosts faith after lions, a German cobbler explains dog hieroglyphs, a late excuse from a teacher praises Pierce’s Pellets, and a nosy landlady recalls a houseful of skeletons for the lodger.
Reader letters praise Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney relief from Walter Shiver of Hope Arkansas, sworn notarization dated March 25 1912. The issue also notes General Electric’s half watt nitrogen filled tungsten lamp by Langmuir and large 1918 electrical capacity milestones including 25000 kW Chicago plant and 8750 kW Canal Road plant. It mentions Thury system at 90000 volts for 20000 kW Trollhattan to Copenhagen transmission and offers free Murine Eye Remedy book and samples via mail order.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a 26-cent remedy that instantly dissolves dandruff and conditions hair, claiming one application doubles beauty and prevents hair loss by stopping scalp feverishness and root starvation. It emphasizes rich, glossy hair free from dandruff as the result.
A Cleveland Plain dealer style line quotes a philosopher of folly praising a win in court after a house was taken. The speaker says the lawyer will move next week, asserting the case was won again against the scoundrel responsible.
Richmond Pennsylvania woman recounts relief from internal troubles and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved nerves and energy to the treatment and urges other women to try it.
An article on making salted nuts at home compares store bought varieties with homemade options. It explains using unroasted peanuts, shelling and skimming skins, then browning with olive oil in a hot oven or in a chafing dish, followed by salting and cooling for easier handling. It notes peanuts are cheaper than almonds and offers blanching guidance for almonds and pecans.
A vintage kitchen roundup presents a spice box shelf for cupboard doors, prunes and cream puffs recipes, stale bread revivals, fondant candy notes, and practical fixes like flannel blanket tucks and mashed potatoes with onions, all shared in a compact home arts style. The piece blends device ideas with simple cooking methods and cost-saving hacks from everyday domestic life.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for liver and bowel purification with claims it works while you sleep and costs ten cents a box. The piece also notes a Duluth Herald debate on femininism, questioning if it means balance rather than dominance and calling for human progress.
A Young's Magazine piece recounts a forceful kitchen matriarch stirring turmoil at home in California. During an afternoon quake, pictures, crockery, and furniture rattled as the mistress called upstairs for Lizzie, prompting a resigned exchange amid the tremor.
The Equal Suffrage league complains that school histories ignore women's roles, noting Eve Xantippe Lucrezia Borgia and others. Exports of Bahia coffee from Brazil last year totaled about 24 million pounds, with roughly half shipped to France.
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