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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
10
A young visitor, Little Dorothy, visits her country grandfather where chickens captivate her attention. The item also notes mothers favor Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children.
A Denver Republican quotation questions a magazine writer who returns to farming and challenges readers to judge his honesty. An array of short ads promotes Red Cross Ball Blue, a health caution about choosing life work timing, a notice for women’s interests, and Mother Gray Aromatic Leaf as a cure with free sample offer and 50 cent price.
Snubbed “Iron Duke” Wellington asks David the artist, famed for Napoleon’s portrait, to paint a likeness of himself. David declines saying he paints only historical characters. An old ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE for cold cure with money back offer. E G Groves signature on each box. 265c.
The excerpt features a flirtatious exchange about performance and appearance with a playful line about Miss Playne. It shifts to a health tip praising Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a remedy for constipation and related ailments, highlighting its petite sugar-coated granules.
A brief quip from a judge notes a gender stance about women in authority and leisure. The exchange contrasts beliefs on leadership with the idea of a woman in control during a sleigh ride.
The brief item notes a joke about a marriage decision tied to money as seen in a New Orleans Times-Democrat column. It mentions a character named Bessie and Jessie discussing a bride observed by the speaker.
A new automatic restaurant in New York features a nickel slot that dispenses ice cream. The row also includes fruit slot machines with melons and oranges kept cold by a refrigeration system.
Old-time advertisement states Pazo Ointment cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days. Drugstore backs refund if failure to cure. mentions Milligan and casual banter about cure.
A teacher recited The Landing of the Pilgrims and asked pupils to draw what they pictured. One boy asked if Plymouth Rock should be a hen or a rooster, revealing humorous misinterpretation among students.
The United Shoe Machinery Company advertises a leasing plan for small manufacturers to start or expand, offering machines on terms based on production at about 23 cents per pair. The company claims equal treatment for all sizes and warns that without this system many small factories would not exist.
In the Foston Transcript Maud questions lasting engagement with Jack while Ethel concedes it may be years before marriage. The dialogue hints at uncertainty and practical obstacles to a lasting commitment.
An advertisement touts anchovy filets pounded with butter cavennsa pepper and nutmeg strained and spread on thin crackers baked to serve before a meal. It urges thrift and cautions against water for bluing while promoting Red Cross Ball Blue as good value blue.
A humorous dialogue depicts a woman asking about a bachelor friend and learns he has not been ill but is slowly mending by sewing fresh buttons on his underwear. The exchange highlights wit and domestic humor.
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes with granulated eyelids. Each package includes an illustrated book and claims product efficacy through physicians and patent medicine branding. Sold by druggists at five to six cents per bottle from Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
A teacher questions Willie about missing results from examples he took home. The boy pleads for easier problems, saying his father finds the tasks too hard and asks for simpler assignments. The exchange is relayed in a period tone from Woman's Home Companion.
Frank Brown, a Marblehead grocer, keeps a large flock with many birds housed in paper structures. The paper coops, painted red outside and white inside, stay warm and ventilated, with Brown's son patrolling at night to deter pests. Incubators hatch thousands of chicks each season using hot water and gas heat.
In Liverpool a visiting man o war sailor forgets his friend's house number. A rag and bone man with a bugle passes by and the sailor borrows it to blow the navy call. A window opens and his chum appears. The scene ends with the sailor realizing his deception about being a teetotaler.
Guiana's rich placer fields attract 20,000,000 francs in gold losses to Dutch and English Guiana Trinidad and Saint Lucia. marauders from the British Antilles replace prospectors. Panoramas recount Robert Barker's 1786 panorama invention in Edinburgh and London's Leicester Square exhibitions continuing after his 1806 death.
A child quotes 40 cents for a dozen eggs asked by Mrs Subbubs. The neighbor’s child says mother would accept 35 cents if there is grumbling. The exchange reflects local price bargaining over school-age commerce.
From St Nicholas the article notes animals rarely endure isolation. It argues both wild and domestic creatures dislike being alone for extended periods. Birds especially, including parrots, grow listless when kept in solitary captivity.
A humorous sketch features Stubb commenting on Penn’s frustration with buttoning his wife’s waist. Penn jokes that his wife laughed so hard at a joke he told her that the buttons flew off. The men discuss the futility of telling jokes to women.
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