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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
2
A 1923 feature argues that a city without newspapers creates social isolation and disruption of cooperation. It highlights the newspaper as market place for commerce advertising and public life, unifying communities and fueling economic progress while forging a national press network.
In a fifth grade geography recitation a pupil named Madge offered a humorous answer about fishing along the New England coast. She claimed fishermen need "several good mountains" and finally added they must have seats, prompting the teacher to realize the joke as a misheard reason for seats for tired fishermen.
Advertisement advises using Cuticura Ointment on dandruff and itching, then shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Encourages daily use to achieve clear skin and soft hands.
The Arc de Triomphe at Place de Etoile on the Champs Elysees was dedicated by Napoleon I to honor the Grande Armée campaigns. Groundbroken August 15, 1806, it was completed in 1836 under Louis Philippe. It stands 152 feet high, 188 feet wide, 68 feet deep, with high relief carvings and inscriptions naming 96 Napoleon victories and 384 generals.
An old fashioned medicine advert touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a simple remedy still effective today. It promises regulation of the stomach liver and bowels and markets the product as time tested since 1837.
A Canadian firm proposes a practical method to dewater peat for industrial use, enabling the Alfred Ontario bog to be developed. The vast peat reserve, estimated at two to three million tons, would supply manufacturers in the Montreal to Winnipeg corridor, an area long coal deficient.
An advertisement from an owner seeking to sell or lease an orchard or alfalfa ranch near San Jose California. Requesting details to be sent to Box 772. The brief cites a local real estate opportunity and contact by mail.
A South African chemist’s invention lets an image be captured directly on sensitized paper instead of film or plate and developed in seconds. A street scene can be photographed and printed in about 8 minutes and 15 seconds, potentially transforming how amateurs take pictures.
The out skirts of Sydney Australia will host a two mile long track about 100 feet wide at Blacktown. The project plans to create the largest motor speedway in the world, drawing attention to the development in the suburb of Sydney.
Two national groups the Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls work side by side for healthy happy intelligent women. Wise mothers push daughters into adolescence to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Alice Louthan attests it helped her fifteen year old daughter return to school after four months away.
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