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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
8
Soothe Itching Skins With Cuticura. Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry and apply the Ointment. This usually affords relief and points to speedy healment. For free samples address Cuticura Boston. Some quips about Calvin and Butler college reflect small town humor and moral observations.
Elizabeth Ann finds a brilliant silk scarf in Miss Minerva's attic sparking a confession from Jonathan Dobbs. He reveals sending the scarf years earlier with a marriage proposal that Minerva mistook as a misgift. The pair confront past Baptism debates and acknowledge affections.
A jumble of intimate notes shows Patricia DeWitt announcing engagements to William Blake and plans for a New York wedding, while correspondents react with affection and intrigue. The letters reveal family ties, social expectations, and personal decisions shaping a web of relationships and secrecy.
A compact reflection on equal pay for equal work citing Agnes Repplier and Sir Thomas More. The text argues fairness in wages, equal opportunity, and the broader justice of recognizing women’s labor. It ends with a note on a bird’s wings and plumage as a separate image. Voluntary, wide-ranging excerpts with historical quotes and natural detail.
The piece argues the condor is the largest bird of prey, larger than the eagle, native to the Andes in Peru and Chile. It inhabits snowbound altitudes from 9 000 to 16 000 feet, with males reaching about 48 inches in length and a wide wingspan.
The article recalls a boyhood cure using pork rubbed on the wart and, if needed, a corn kernel placed in a tree bore and filled. A graveyard tree was preferred for the second step, with the wart expected to disappear afterward.
A female duckbill lays two to three eggs about three quarters of an inch long in white shells and the young are suckled by the mother. Ducks have been kept in Melbourne gardens but attempts to transport them alive to Europe and America have failed.
A London Tit-Bits quip portrays a condemned man fearing a platform hazard as the hangman waits. A married man quips that his wife’s elbow is the best alarm clock, noting offense is common yet supply remains steady.
The Chicago News notes a promising young man is valued for potential, yet a proven paying worker is considered the stronger choice for success and stability in the current era.
A neighbor girl tells a small lad that nearly every person in their family is married except her. Bill replies with a sly joke that she would be married too if he were older.
European electricians report improved arc lamp performance after testing with carbon electrodes placed horizontally in two layers, one slightly above the other, in their experiments.
An advertising piece promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a universal kidney liver and bladder remedy. It cites testimonials and a sample bottle offer by mail from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and urges readers to purchase large and medium bottles at drug stores. Swedes will colonize one of the South sea islands owned by France.
An old circulation ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for aging symptoms including weak kidneys and bladder. It claims relief from joints backache rheumatism lumbago sciatica and other diseases of the bladder kidney liver stomach and allied organs. It urges readers to buy from a druggist with a money back guarantee.
A collection of aphorisms about marriage love and bicycles in Constantinople. It notes couples struggle to share decisions and hints at social quirks and urban limits. The tone mirrors a humorous bygone newspaper column.
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