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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
5
A brief verse by A. T. Grannis from 1928 urges workers to find pleasure in toil. It compares sewing and farming to singing and dancing, claiming mystical rhymes can transform ordinary tasks into joyful activity.
A collection of simple vegetable dishes and mint based sauces. Includes Green Peas With Peppers and Tomatoes cauliflower with onions and a mushroom soup. Also offers mint centered ideas such as mint vinegar mint and peas mint epicurean sauce Normandy sauce mint to liquors and mint in stuffing and a mint cup with cider and honey.
Six hundred thousand dollars in gold coin was sent from the United States to the Straits Settlements to be used as wedding presents for local natives who prize them as trinkets. The coins bear Liberty heads and images of Queen Wilhelmina and Holland, though the recipients rarely regard their monetary value.
Advertises Joint-Base rub for rheumatic pains and muscle soreness with quick absorption. Promises rapid results for sciatica, lumbago, sore muscles, back, chest cords, nostril burning, and burning feet. Priced at 60 cents with a 12 day trial offer from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
A Radcliffe College census in Cambridge Massachusetts finds four of every seven honor students are blonds among the first list, while the second honor list shows five blonds for every four brunets, highlighting hair color distributions among top students.
The largest fish hatchery in the United States is located at Springville Utah. Placed end to end the ponds would extend for nearly a mile.
Springfield Massachusetts tells the story of Josiah Stoddard who invented the steam calliope. He funded a first organ, worked nine months, and launched it in 1855 amid public uproar and religious denunciation. A stock company formed but failed, and Stoddard earned no money from the invention.
A Detroit exporter recalls a Genoa trip where a local agent feared losing face with fascists for forgetting insignia. The anecdote highlights Fascist vigilance as he postponed travel to fetch the required badge. The story underscores social pressure in Mussolini era Italy.
A playful exchange centers on Doris Rose with a quip about her being “a colt.” The dialogue suggests flirtatious banter and a lighthearted, teasing tone between speakers.
Fresno claims a testimonial on Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery restoring health after run-down condition. The ad touts the pills Pleasant Pellets as effective, notes a 30 cent price for 60 Pellets, and offers a trial package by sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
A terse, ironic device contrasts a man seeking little with a woman pursuing everything at a reduced price, suggesting a domestic or social sentiment about desire and bargaining. The line hints at gendered expectations and economic cleverness without explicit narrative detail.
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