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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
7
A quotation discusses gender roles noting that a half grown man is a tyrant and that male rule has long equated to women’s serfdom, framing a historical view of patriarchal dominance through Edward Carpenter’s observation.
An early Marine Eye Remedy advertisement promotes Murine eye care products including Marine Eye Remedy eye balm and eye drops. The copy claims no smarting and suitability for red, weak, watery eyes with granulated eyelids and notes illustrated booklets with each package. Sold in aseptic tubes and bottles at three to five cents, by Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
A London Opinion quip casts Elvira in worry over a wife who has spoken little about leaving. She fears the woman may be in love with her husband.
Leadville Colorado ad lists specimen prices for gold silver lead at 1 dollar and 75 cents and 50 cents respectively with zinc or copper at 1 dollar. Mailing envelopes and full price list available on application. Credit reference to Car bonate National Bank. Control and umpire work solicited.
A fragmentary piece notes English humor with a quip about the saying he who laughs last is an English man and cites a phrase Ten dollars and costs. It references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children, presented in period voice.
An insect similar to the June bug found in large quantities on the high plains around Quito is toasted and eaten as a delicacy by Ecuadorians. They are sold in streets like chestnuts and taste much like toasted bread.
A Belle Vue Ohio woman reports severe backache nervousness and weakness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy as effective for inflammation ulceration displacements tumors irregularities and periodic pains and urges others with similar complaints to try it.
Two three year old girls received a pet bird and eagerly watched it bathe in water for the first time. The younger child exclaimed with wonder that the bird was getting right in the water with all its feathers on.
British India now has two agricultural colleges and plans to establish several more. The government aims to prepare natives for scientific work in agriculture, expanding higher education in the sector.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet. It cures painful swollen smarting sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE Address A. S. Olm sted Le Roy N Y
A Dorset farmer enraged by a local sanitary committee notice to inspect his cowhouse covered the floor with linoleum hung rugs and pictures on the walls and installed a harmonium. He invited the committee to wipe their feet on the door mat before entering.
The theologian Paley devised a clever method to shield his thinking time. He would sit on the river bank with a fishing rod and pretend to fish, deterring interruptions as curious onlookers kept their distance to avoid disturbing the fish. A portrait showing him with a rod added credibility to the ruse.
Summer annoyances like prickly heat ivy poisoning insect bites and offensive perspiration are quickly relieved by Tyree s Antiseptic Powder. 25c at druggists or write J S Tyree Washington DC for a free sample.
In a grammar lesson, the teacher asks Edgar for the plural of tomato. The student unexpectedly answers ketchup, prompting amusement in the primary class and illustrating playful logic.
A brief dialogue scene portrays Jones claiming a literary bent while a friend teases that ambition will lead to being broke. The exchange is quick and humorous, highlighting friendly ribbing over writing aspirations.
The method calls for dissolving two ounces of borax in two quarts of water and adding one tablespoonful of ammonia. Use half this quantity in each bucket, avoid soap, wash a small area at a time, then rub dry with a clean cloth.
In a brief dialogue, a ready made philosopher cites language as a tool to seal thought while Miss Cayenne counters that scientific terms often mask impropriety with their multi syllable weight. The exchange highlights skepticism toward scientific pretensions in everyday speech.
A simple device lets you verify if the telephone rang in your absence by placing carbon paper between the bell and clapper. When the bell rings the clapper leaves a mark on the paper, signaling a missed call.
An early analysis explains heroin as morphine derivative in hydrochloride form. It details rapid onset similar to cocaine, progression from exhilaration to deep depression, and risks of overdose. The piece notes facial pallor, pinhead pupils, mental decay, and eventual physical and moral decline among users.
Jean Pierre Bossu, 71, lives in a mud and wood cot in Paris with 30 children from two marriages. He raised 10 of them. seven boys and five girls from the second marriage. Wages barely seven shillings weekly from market gardening. state pays ten francs per child beyond three until sixteen. His brother Claude also has a large family of 23.
Candy like sugar coated granules claim to regulate and invigorate stomach liver and bowels without griping. Presented as an easy to take tonic style advertisement from a historical page.
The editor cites Wordsworth and mocks overused couplets with playful notes from the Hamilton Advertiser and London Punch. The exchange highlights enduring literary lines and the habit of reusing famous couplets in newspaper banter.
A College de France professor announces a new explosive called Carsonvillite. It is ten times more powerful than dynamite and derived from liquefied gases. Lab tests near Paris indicate satisfactory results using a lampblack and liquid gas mix.
The Sir Ashton Lever collection, shown at Leicester House in 1774 with 16 rooms of curiosities, was later moved to the Rotunda near Blackfriars Bridge after a lottery winner. It continued until 1806 when auctioned in 7,879 lots and dispersed widely. Sir William Lever later offered Stafford House as a national home for a London museum.
An electric heater designed to warm animal feed in cold weather is described, intended for use with horses and cattle to maintain feed warmth during freezing conditions.
An advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood purifier to cure rheumatism skin disorders and other impurities. It claims the botanical formula stimulates cellular tissues enabling proper nutrient uptake and repair. The Swift Laboratory in Atlanta produces S. S. S. and offers medical consultation via its address.
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