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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
6
In a rural exchange, a speaker notes summer boarders are content though one item was overbooked. The discussion jokes about missing post cards for topics like the henhouse and the pump.
Readers under nervous strain are urged to request a free booklet on Nervousness from Winchester & Co. at 783 Beekman Building New York Est 54 years. Adolph Behre MD endorses their Specific Pill for Nervous Debility. Special offer includes trial packages of Pile Suppositories Specific and Liver Pills for 10 cents plus postage before March 10 1913.
A critic of Wells novel Marriage notes the hero’s desire to control all, possess a woman with charm and caprice, and gain spiritual insight when needed. Ad reads advertise Kimo selling wonder with big commission and agent outfit for 35 cents, by Wm Leopold in Sobieski Wisconsin.
Three pints boiling water poured over three pounds white sugar. When cool add two ounces tartaric acid and three well beaten egg whites. For each pint of sirup add one teaspoon flavoring, bottle and cork tightly. To serve, mix three tablespoons in a glass with two thirds water and one third teaspoon soda.
Howard E Burton Assayer and Chemist offers specimen prices for silver, lead, zinc, and copper with mail-in envelopes and full price list on request. Mentions reference to Carbonate National Bank and solicits controls and pire work.
Cyril Newman, a schoolboy hunter, lies dying in Hackettstown Hospital after his shotgun discharged while he freed a captive rabbit. He had set the gun on the ground to open a trap when the rabbit jumped and pulled the trigger, firing both barrels.
A short humorous exchange notes a character claims readiness to go downstairs while another quips that the attire suggests going upstairs. The line showcases a playful domestic banter typical of early Boston Courter humor.
A physician tells a patient to seek higher altitude for relief, while the patient laments dizziness when traveling by airship. The exchange captures a cautious medical suggestion and a humorous avoidance of travel.
A noted London wit at a long dinner appears amused as a candle near him begins to smoke. He is asked to blow it out and replies with a witty, approving remark. The piece also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
Instructions advise wrapping the hot water boiler with a sawdust filled box, extinguishing the fire after breakfast, and checking for hot water in the tank at ten p.m.
On the back of each seat in a new London theater a coin in the slot telephone will let patrons with defective hearing listen to the stage. An advertisement notes Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as many clothes as any other blue. Do not put money into any other.
The quotation praises motherhood as divine and powerful, describing God’s creation of the mother as rich deep and soulful. It emphasizes the beauty and strength of maternal role and influence in a concise reflective note.
Brief ad style seed discusses Democritus and Heraclitus with contrasting lifespans and a humorous claim that laughing is best. Claims gods laugh at humans and offers a cold cure product LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and E W Groves signature on the box.
A Push editorial critiques self styled conservatives who miss real needs and possibilities, arguing they are dead to practical options and urging a broader view of policy and progress.
The speaker reflects on human dignity as universal while walking in the very eye of heaven feeling its presence everywhere. The line emphasizes inner worth beyond circumstances and place.
The dialogue suggests a character seeking endorsement for a note with a suggestion to approach strangers. The snippet is a humorous exchange reflecting social interactions and impression seeking as depicted in the Houston Post.
Egyptians at feasts placed a skeleton with the inscription Remember you must soon like it to curb excess. An epicure retorted that it applied only if they did not eat. An ad notes that water in bluing adulterates liquid blue and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for whiter clothes.
A state office candidate called a Leavenworth man asking him to look up election returns. The man replied he was very busy because his $40,000 business block was burning down, delaying the lookup. The remark appears in the Kansas City Journal.
An advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with PAZO OINTMENT and offers a money back refund if it fails. The ad emphasizes 50 cents price and druggist guarantee.
A chimney sweep’s boy enters a baker’s shop for a twopenny loaf and questions its weight. The baker jokes you will have the fees to carry. The boy pays three halfpence and departs claiming he has left enough, while the baker notes he has not. The boy quips you will have the less to papt.
A compact editorial style remark by Stevenson stresses personal duty to improve oneself and to seek neighbor happiness if possible. The ad asserts Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigars are of better quality than most cheap cigarettes.
The great bell at Moscow measures 86 feet around at the base, rises over 21 feet, and is 23 inches thick at the crown. Weighing an estimated 217 tons, it has never been hung.
A fragmented snippet shows a speaker praising self-reliance with the line If you'd have a thing done well do it yourself. The passage then briefly shifts to a name Dix and a cryptic four year reference, leaving the rest unclear.
An advertisement promotes Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a back pain and urinary bladder kidney remedy for women. The Mother Gray Co offers samples and mail order from Le Roy New York with pricing information.
In a quotable exchange the column notes that domestic politics resemble a power struggle between a conservative father and restless younger members. The snippet frames household politics as a microcosm of national factions.
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