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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1913
Page
7
A long string of period advertisements promises beauty fixes, lamp improvements, seed money and home remedies. Listings advertise quick profits selling El Paso real estate, silk patches, egg separators, sanitary goods, corns remedies, vaudeville coaching, and beauty treatments.
A conversation notes Joen as a patient man who faced many demands. It mentions he kept a drug store as his business. An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation, labeled a favorite family laxative.
Beat three eggs with a pinch of salt and three tablespoonfuls maple sugar. Pour over three cupfuls hot milk and a quarter cup thick cream. Fill wetted custard cups, set in a dish of hot water, bake slowly until set. Milk and cream optional if Mked.
A tale recounts a prominent Englishman writing a letter in a restaurant while a Scotchman reads over his shoulder. The closing line claims the Scotchman reads every word, prompting the reply that the man has seen nothing. The anecdote hinges on witty misunderstanding and social bravado.
Foreign Guide highlights a health resort hotel serving passengers tourists and sportsmen with excellent cooking and wines. It promises a magnificent outlook and a free view at a lovely lake, with daily six trains to destinations worldwide, though the hotel is not adapted for health resort use.
A political boss concedes reform is needed while noting reformers push costly legislation. He says practical men must weigh how much people pay for the privilege of evading reforms.
A home tonic made from Bay Rum Lavona de Composee and Menthol Crystals promises to combat dandruff and falling hair. It claims to renew dormant pigment cells restoring natural color and to stimulate new hair growth without dyes.
An 1880s column warns wringing table linen by hand prevents stubborn creases and notes Mothers will find Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup best for teething children. A Schwab quote defends aiding released convicts as economical national value, joking about a man who cannot afford a calendar.
A doctor reassures a worried husband that the baby needs only good milk from the same cow and the mother has slight weakness that will improve with daily beefsteak. The husband quips about the same ox, highlighting the odd medical guidance.
A group of English ladies picnicking near Hell's Gate in Kama dha South Africa were confronted by a lion. The animal fled after roaring briefly, allegedly startled by steam from a tea kettle.
A humorous note from the Chicago Journal recounts Willie delaying prayers at night. His mother scolds him while he questions the need to wake the Lord at such an hour, uttering a cheeky reply.
Currant production remains a Greek monopoly. Despite attempts abroad many efforts fail. the small, sweet seedless grapes are mainly grown in select Greek districts where they form the chief agricultural industry. An average annual yield runs about 160000 tons.
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a safe regulator for back pain urinary bladder and kidney troubles. Sold by druggists or mail order from The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York with a 50 cent price and a free sample offer.
Mayor Grant warns diaries can be dangerous as 1913 begins at a dinner in Oklahoma. He cites a quip about a couple debating recording family quarrels, noting a diary could be mistaken for a scrapbook by many readers.
The guide instructs to act quickly by rubbing the stain with a rough rag dampened with turpentine. It states this method removes the mark and leaves no trace on the fabric.
Fiveyearold Helen and her grandmother held the chicken wishbone and wished aloud. When the bone snapped apart Helen danced and cried that she would get her wish. She triumphantly told her father she wished their dog hadn’t died.
In a rare custom the Lewa Kunbi community of Gujarat holds marriages only when their goddess allows. This year over 400 weddings were celebrated after the goddess declared the day auspicious for unions.
Louisville resident Mrs. Mizze Willis reports renewed strength and daily activity after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In Romayor Texas Mrs. Viola Jasper says displacement and bladder trouble improved with the remedy. The company invites letters for confidential advice from women, answered by women in Lynn Mass.
Founders, machinists, pattern makers offer steel tanks boilers engines furnaces and related services at Pioneer Boiler and Machine Works located at the corner of Palmetto and Carolina. PIPES AND PIPE REPAIRING promote largest stock and mail orders via W F Ball founder of 80 years. Tit-Bits adds a humorous exchange about a family addition.
Marine Eye Remedy offers a liquid and antiseptic tubes for red watery eyes and granulated lids. The ad promotes Murine marketed by Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago with prices 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
Mr. McCorkle guided visitors through a residence stopping at the nursery where he announced in formal tone that the room was the bawl room. The remark plays on a Victorian spelling of ball room during a house tour.
A persuasive ad urges readers not to accept store substitutions for S S S blood purifier. It claims S S S is pure native botanical medicine free of minerals or iodide, promotes its benefits for blood diseases and related ailments, and invites readers to request an advertising list from The Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
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