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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
3
The article notes a performer quits after being asked to wear tights by a show manager. It says the resulting free publicity boosted her profile, and she is now bidding for a higher salary in vaudeville as a living picture model.
A bold ad touts “California Gyres of Figs” as a 60 cent bottle with full directions for babies and all ages. The copy urges readers to ask at the store for this remedy promising today’s relief for a sick child tomorrow.
The dialogue captures a conservative stance: one man dislikes the president's speech without reading it. He asserts that political disagreement suffices to form a negative opinion, reflecting skepticism toward engaging with opposing viewpoints.
An advertisement claims resinol ointment and resinol soap relieve eczema ringworm and rashes fast. Prescription by doctors for 20 years with druggists selling ointment at 60e and 1.00 and soap at 85e, urging readers to try the products for clear healthy skin.
A reflective line condemns moral inconsistency as a man’s attempt at goodness is met with his wife’s skepticism and warns that harming neighbors harms the doer himself. The aphorism emphasizes personal ethics and social reciprocity.
The walnut once deemed supreme cabinet wood has returned to popularity under the name American walnut. It features a shiny finish that masks its deep purplish brown tone, but remains the same material cherished by previous generations. The piece hopes to reclaim its historic name and prominence.
A man asks for five cents to buy bread for his starving family and receives a nickel in response. He returns, requesting a dime more, seeking more aid. The exchange highlights hardship and aid in a simple street scene.
A dialogue detailing inmate complaints about both the former and current pastors. The warden notes the prior preacher was dry and historical while the newer clergyman is emotional and tearful, describing the change as affecting the church’s tone.
The Pan American Union unites 21 American republics with offices in Washington. Its director general is John Harrett and a governing board includes each nation’s diplomatic representative and the U.S. secretary of state as chair. The marble palace home cost one million dollars, funded mainly by Andrew Carnegie with three quarters of a million and a quarter million from governments.
A Boston mother writes about her children Bob Jack and Dick and their use of Grape Nuts. She claims the cereal aided growth and health, noting improvements in appetite and energy. She mentions sharing with a neighbor’s child and praises both husband and wife for using the product.
The article notes strong demand for three year old working mules across markets and advises on mule production. It discusses pairing good grade mares with a pure bred jack, extended service capacity of jacks, and the potential for public service use and profitable returns on farms with suitable facilities.
From New York Theodore Vail’s office Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson spoke across the continent. The first coast to coast call followed forty years of telephony work as Bell and Watson connected distant ends 3,400 miles apart, echoing Bell’s Boston origin 1875.
Instruction by C F Hewitt of Losses county Iowa on building a hog and cattle gate in a fence. Two stout posts in the fence way raise about high with a top board. Add two short posts eighteen inches from the fence on the hog side, sixteen inches high, with a top pole aligned to first posts. If cattle are large, make it two feet high. Pole on the hog side prevents hogs from jumping the fence.
Guidance on farm cholera safety. Tie dogs, isolate livestock, disinfect wagon wheels, dip shoes, scour boots in water and creatin solution, lime infected buildings, bury dead pigs four feet deep, burn carcasses, eliminate hog wallows, and replace with a hog bath tub and clean water with coal tar.
The readable line suggests discussion of cattle and sheep adapting to a new area or condition with notes on their ease of adaptation compared with other livestock. It mentions peculiar local conditions and varied experiences of those who tested them.
Boston and San Francisco lay thirty feet apart in the line as the nation marks telephones. More than twenty-one million miles of wire unite nine million telephones in 70 000 cities, towns and villages while the world has under five million telephones.
An old home recipe known as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold in stores for about fifty cents. The ad claims it darkens gray hair naturally in a few applications and also stops dandruff and hair loss.
The New York Sun recalls Josephus Daniels and Franklin K. Lane avoiding golf until rules improve. Daniels declines, joking he will not play until the rules become shinny friendly. Lane once attempted driving with every club in a round causing laughter and a quip about playing his hand out.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and companion emollients for skin scalp hair and nails. It claims quick effective economic relief and notes use for toilet bath and nursery. Free samples offered by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A biting remark accuses Professor Grouch of a plan to abolish distress by starving the poor, labeling him a man of few days and condensed meanness.
A playful dialogue features two dentists sharing remarks about talents and excuses. One compliments the other and suggests he would have made a fine press agent if not a dentist, followed by a quip on a girl’s dislike of a male unless he flirts.
A Montpelier Vermont reader, Mrs Mary Gauthier, reports improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts forty years of cures and invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential female guidance from a woman.
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