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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
5
A reader testimonial credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with improving a chronic organic trouble and enabling heavy work, noting six hundred chickens raised yearly. The message urges others to try the remedy and share experiences through the paper.
The Williamsville North Dakota paper apologizes to Mrs. Orville Overholt for printing a headline about her "Big Feet." The correction notes the intended word is the French term fete meaning a celebration, a stylish usage misrepresented in print.
Colonel Breckinridge of the Navy League describes a stern father figure and a son in trouble after a New York trip. The son telephoned to wire $200, claiming to be in a hole. Also promotes Cuticora Toilet Trio with soap Omfinent and talcum.
An advertising blurb claims GOLD Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules restore vitality by aiding kidney function and delaying old age. It urges readers to buy the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand and consult a druggist if results are not immediate.
A school incident recalls a student asking her father to write an excuse note. The father crafts a joke that backfires when the teacher reads it aloud and delivers a humorous line about Betty needing a checkered apron. The anecdote highlights a mix up from a May absence.
A correspondent recalls a laundress’s young son delivering laundry in a wagon. He left his baby sister aboard while he brought the basket inside, and the baby cried, telling him she wants to come along since she never stands for being parked.
An archival line from Life magazine humor references roughing it with champagne in Burgundy glasses and cavalry delays, signaling a light, satirical take on frontier manners and travel comforts.
A fragmented quip set discusses selling methods at a bazaar and compares friendship to credit. The speaker notes fair pricing and the idea that less used items are better, reflecting a cynical, aphoristic mood.
A social gathering ends with a cake left baking in the oven that burns to a crisp. The narrator, alone at home, boasts of culinary skill before a guest detects the aroma indicating the cake is ruined. No injuries or further consequences reported.
In March 1918, while stationed in northern France amid persistent rains, an unnamed Irish soldier joked that anyone avoiding pneumonia in the damp camp must have strong lungs. The quip captures soldierly humor amid hardship during World War I.
A girl at a candy counter notes a married man’s change in buying habits. He used to purchase a three pound box of candy twice weekly, and now buys only a half pound once a month. The remark highlights a shift in his spending pattern.
A consular report notes new coal deposits discovered in the Andean foothills of Argentina. The finding highlights potential energy resources and regional mining prospects.
A self described honest bird ends a deal by cutting the deck, signaling the conclusion of a table card game. The scene centers on the bird as narrator and arbiter, with players noting the symbolic act of fairness.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California denounces the league of nations covenant as an infamous document and warns adoption would yield an international confederation and loss of independence. The remarks come amid a West tour with Borah and Johnson advocating reservations to the pact.
A tiny bottle of Freezone costs little at drug stores and drops on the corn or callus stop pain instantly and allow the user to lift the corn or callus out, root and all, with no soreness. The ad reiterates personal improvement saying obstacles are often self made.
A note on ordering ribbons advises clarifying the gender designation for the ribbon, either for a person or the machine. It warns miscommunication may occur if the description is unclear and recommends confirming compatibility and intended use before purchase.
A column of humorous quips notes that clothes do not define a man, a reputation for wit may backfire, honesty remains best, and even romance faces legal risk. It observes pessimism, adversity, and the married life with a tongue in cheek tone from the Philadelphia Record.
The Royal Astronomical Society of London faced a legal barrier as by law a person was deemed masculine. After charter changes the society admitted women fellows who had distinguished themselves in stargazing.
A dialogue contrasts a practical man who says resolutions won’t reform the world with a professional uplifter who asserts that strong resolutions publish to the public lift morale and inspire action. The Birmingham Age-Herald is cited.
A Windsor Magazine excerpt notes a scene where a young man takes a hand offered by a woman, then departs as described by the Boston Transcript.
Fragments suggest a proverb about wealth and marriage from a Chicago News item. The terse line implies a man seeks wealth before taking a wife, reflecting social views of the era.
The saying highlights that prudence comes from learning not only from one’s own trials but also from others’ experiences. It emphasizes humility and careful judgment derived from collective knowledge.
The jumbled text asserts French law on doctors collecting inheritance, etymology of Yankee, a thousand year old Japanese shipping yard, and a misreported museum inscription. It contains multiple inaccuracies and garbled names, producing unreliable historical claims with no clear source.
A collection of translated proverbs offering guidance on planning, temper, kindness, temperance, conflict, and decision making. It covers strength in planning, folly in arguing with fools, the value of good deeds, early work, and avoiding excessive credulity.
An archival excerpt presents quirky, disjointed observations about men trusting daughters, entomology, women’s attire as advertising, a hermit in a remote lodge, aging, and the phrase Sweet are the uses of vivid imagination. The text reads as a collage of aphorisms and marginal notes without a single cohesive narrative.
Former premier Joseph Caillaux, imprisoned over a year for treasonable dealings with the enemy, has been transferred to a private hospital at Neuilly, a suburb of Paris.
An explosion at the Burlington grain elevators in North Kansas City partially wrecked the facility. One man was killed, fifteen injured, with at least one believed fatally hurt. Rescue crews battled the scene Saturday afternoon.
A fragment from Cartoons Magazine weaves lines about Charles II eating and drinking, Sarah Bernhardt defying age and custom, Joe Willard longing to touch a cheek, and Father Time acknowledging a formidable foe.
The report notes India boosting coal output surpassing others, locust trees shipped to Europe, peat fuel use by Swedish railways, pineapple industry growth in Hawaii, and pineapple cultivation expanding to about tam axeres. It also mentions dew condensation for drinking water in Gibraltar and England, with dew ponds filled by straw and clay.
In the Falkland Islands five invoysmen work as laborers while ancient Persian murder was not punishable at first offense. Among Bornea young ladies elongated earlobes are not beauty marks. Switzerland spends more on poor relief relative to population. Madrid sees a lucrative industry in making women’s heirs through tanning snakes.
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