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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
7
The article traces the term pope from its earliest use by Heraclius in 222 for Alexandria’s patriarch, noting it remained common for eastern parish priests. In the western church it initially applied to bishops but was restricted to the Roman pontiff by Gregory VII at a 1073 synod in Rome.
A clipped quip on women, mocking complaints of being misunderstood and implying harsher outcomes for the speaker’s targets.
A Chicago News opinion riff questions women in the president's cabinet, joking that a female appointee would place scalloped paper on shelves, reflecting era political humor.
George Fitch argues in the Kansas City Star that college life breeds fraternal networks as a clearinghouse for ability and ambition, making students more frivolous yet shaping future business leaders.
A brief humorous note from the Christian Science Monitor quotes a woodchopper camp meal: pork and potatoes served as chops and chips, reflecting rustic camp fare.
A hunter displays bold optimism by borrowing funds to cover the cost of shipping a deer home by express, planning to secure earnings from the hunt.
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Aromatic for women's pains including back and urinary issues. The product is described as safe and effective, available through Druggists or by mail, with a sample package offered for five cents from The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy N Y.
A compact reflection on how beauty, like summer fruits, tempts and can corrupt youth. If guided rightly it can illuminate virtues and make vices blush, while carelessly indulged it ages character and dulls judgment.
Ad copy touts turquoise as special protection for horsemen and accident prevention. Another ad claims Red Cross Ball Blue washes twice as many clothes as alternatives and warns against other blues. A third item suggests using a shoe horn to help mothers put on children's rubbers, saving fingers and nails.
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 60c.
A doctor at a Southwark inquest warned that constant kneeling in church could give a person house maid knees. A bishop with such knees would be a delight, the Cardiff Western Mail reports.
A brief humorous exchange notes that a cousin put nothing into his new firm’s capital stock, calling it a vacuum business. The remark appears as a quote featured in the Baltimore American.
A Washington Post note hints that a St. Louis social figure known for wearing an ankle bracelet arouses curiosity about where she would place an engagement ring. The remark pivots on style and social attention in a fashionable circle.
A compact reflection quoting Thomas Zouch on how the important end of historical knowledge lies in its prudent application to ourselves to regulate and amend our own conduct. It stresses self-improvement through study.
A small supper of rolled sandwiches features celery strips lobster fingers saltine crackers cream cheese with Bar le duc currants salted nuts candy and cider described as very appetizing.
In a Brooklyn Citizen brief a wife reads old love letters from Harry and recalls his past affection. The husband, hungry, shifts focus to finishing supper as the moment passes.
The passage notes France and Sweden showing interest in American college games. France would compete in baseball and Sweden plans to study football, aiming to introduce punts and mass plays. It reflects on whether American sports, like government, will attract admiration from older nations as they spread internationally.
A remarriage tale unfolds as a wife explains her departure while the husband confronts self questioning. The essay-like piece draws a parallel to reading a patent medicine catalog of symptoms, implying guilt and deserved remedy.
Excerpt notes social mockery of marriage and male behavior from The Browns by J. E. Buchrose. Mentions teething and Mrs Winslow s Booth ing Syrup as a children s remedy. Contains dated language and advertising tone typical of early 20th century prose.
A reflective quote attributed to Thackeray notes happiness arises when one stops chasing it and instead focuses on earnest thought and duty. It suggests fulfillment comes from engaging with the beautiful and sublime realities of the universe through purposeful effort.
A four year old girl walks with her mother when a caterpillar crosses their path. The child exclaims in amazement and points out the caterpillar causing a playful moment. An advertisement for Red Cross Ball Blue claims water from bluing adulterates liquids and promises whiter clothes.
An advertorial notice promotes Murine Marine Eye Remedy with claims of quick relief for red weak or watery eyes and granulated eyelids. It notes the product is compounded by oculists, not Patent Medicine, and sold by druggists at 25c and 60c per bottle in aseptic tubes.
A father asks Tommy how he stands in school. Tommy replies, in the corner most of the time, humorously reflecting on his grade status in this brief comic exchange.
A reflection on how a man may judge a woman by the mood in which he first sees her and by the clothes she wears, drawing on the poem Tamsie by Rosamund Napier.
Adrian Texas woman describes four years of severe cramps chills sickness and hemorrhages then says seven boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two bottles of Sanative Wash cured her. She gained weight from ninety six to one hundred twenty six pounds and offers to answer letters.
The Church of Greensted in Essex, built from an oak tree and split in part fifty four years before the Norman conquest, marked its nine hundredth anniversary with a proposal for a special celebration reported by London Mail.
Advertisement claims a one day cold cure using laxative bromide quinine tablets and offers a money back refund if it fails. Box bears E W Grove’s signature. Listed price 265c.
A historical quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin from the 1765 Stamp Act era warns that idleness and pride are heaviest taxes, heavier than kings and parliaments. It suggests removing the former makes bearing the latter easier.
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