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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
5
A string of satire touches aviation finance fashion and crime with quips about eight aviators killed seven and a half, flirting with headlines. It notes rising ostrich plume prices, auto ownership as status, and a German man’s exchange of wife for a pig, all in playful newspaper flavor.
A Gotham guest proves a sober test by ordering two taxicabs to his hotel room. Aviation advances are rapid, with aeroplanes already flying 60 miles at over a mile per minute and flights from France to England no longer remarkable.
About 1500 schoolboys gathered in Kansas City to sweep and clean Sixth ward streets without pay. Upon completion one boy suffered a broken collarbone and bruises requiring hospital attention.
A reader guide outlines starting as a carpenter helper with low pay and limited duties. It explains how advancement may lead to roles as building foreman or superintendent and possibly to independent building ventures. The piece weighs steps, chances, and corresponding wages at each rung, authored by C W Jennings.
A 1910 guide outlines steps for a boy starting as a carpenter's helper at about $5 a week. It follows a five year path from inside bench work to foreman and superintendent, stressing hard work, practical study, and evening courses to master drawing, geometry, and building knowledge.
Port Lesne in Jura is a small village of about a hundred residents all of color. It traces origins to Toussaint L Ouverture’s brief stay near Fort de Joux and a nearby camp by the Loue river, with descendants remaining in France after his death.
The United States plans a dam at Troy to harness the Hudson water power. It would flood factories and mills, generate about 6000 horsepower, and supply power to regional mills at cost while the power house cost falls on the companies. The anticipated power use would triple prior levels.
Boston wants Walter Wellman to fly from that city. The response reflects local interest in the proposed aerial attempt and anticipates the outcome with optimism.
Dialogue plays on gender and authority with a quip about the Pope saying whatever is right. The exchange contrasts belief in women’s correctness with a jokey, satirical line in a Chicago News context.
The quoted fragment shows Byron musing on sea imagery with a humorous prompt about a steam roller. He avoids political topics, focusing instead on a lighter, poetic subject and a playful exchange about machinery.
Bishop Charles W. Smith in Portland spoke on the harvest spirit noting thankfulness despite critics. He recalled guiding a farmer who boasted of a record harvest yet feared for young calves amid broader abundance.
A Ky. family recounts infant eczema on the scalp that resisted doctors until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent were used. Within two weeks scales shed and hair grew, with full recovery after about five weeks of regular use. J Fish and Elia M Fish Mt. Vernon Oct 12 1909.
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin for 50 cents at local drug stores claiming relief from indigestion fermentation sour stomach and related stomach troubles within five minutes. Promises cure for chronic dyspepsia gastritis and indigestion with one dose and full bottle effectiveness.
A fragmentary notice references Mrs. Austins Buckwheat Flour and her ready to bake cakes. The text also parries a quip about sharpness and prize winning, noting a quarrel shows equal lack of sense between parties.
The lesson traces Peter from Simon to Peter the Rock as Jesus forewarns denial, then watches Peter falter at Caiaphas court and weep in repentance. It highlights Peter’s sifting, the look that pierced his heart, and his transformation into a renewed follower through trial, teaching, and later epistles.
At a Cincinnati dinner during the recent church congress J Pierpont Morgan extolled advertising. He closed with a motto that if a dealer neglects to advertise the sheriff will do it for him, a statement he called a practical truth for every businessman.
Advertisement notes a remedy sold by Cheney & Co in Toledo Ot claiming bold relief for constipation with testimonials. It presents a marketing pitch typical of era patent medicines and lists no verifiable medical evidence.
Marmaduke asks Bertie what the barber said after shaving him. Bertie replies with a puzzled "I don't know." Marmaduke recalls the barber mentioning a childhood game named Hunt the Hare.
Consumers urged to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature of its 30 year trusted use. The notice reiterates Castoria as the safe remedy for infants and children and reminds buyers they have always bought this product.
The Barber and Victim exchange a dubious soap recipe from the Yonkers Statesman as a grotesque dialogue about milk and corn meal soap. The brief item presents a strange kitchen-table moment framed as a local quip.
A vintage advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes with soothing no sting formula. It lists liquid bottles 25c 50c and 1.00 and eye salve in aseptic tubes 25c and 1.00 with Eye Books and Eye Advice free by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
Mrs. Knocker urges waking early to light the fire while Knocker dismisses the need, saying he never smokes before breakfast in a plain domestic moment.
An advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipation by treating the underlying cause. It states the remedy is easy to take and promotes overall health.
A mother cures her daughter’s habit by buying a hobble skirt. The piece notes a shift from romance to practical concerns as a young woman matures. It reflects period attitudes about fashion, behavior, and social expectations.
Minneapolis readers are urged to publish a letter from Mrs. Joan G. McLean praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The note claims relief from female ailments after three months and invites others to seek confidential advice from Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
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