A Few Grins Injustice
A father, Colonel Smith, lamented after disciplining his son Samuel, asking why he punished him. The boy sobbed that the beating neared the life of the child, yet the reason remained unknown to the father.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
5
A father, Colonel Smith, lamented after disciplining his son Samuel, asking why he punished him. The boy sobbed that the beating neared the life of the child, yet the reason remained unknown to the father.
A counsel sternly urges honesty in a Rochester Times excerpt as a witness insists the matter was only oatmeal, highlighting a terse exchange and the paper’s archival tone.
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript questions why women accept engagements with several men at once while noting the risk of a single match going out. The wit contrasts social expectations with practical relationship dynamics.
Public notice style advert invites readers to mail a slip with 5¢ to Foley & Co. for a trial package including Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Names and addresses are requested. The ad is signed Potts The Druggist.
A lawyer questions a Scottish farmer asking for the exact meal he was going home to when an event occurred. The farmer insists on clarity, prompting the lawyer to press for a precise answer about the meal. The Scotsman concedes the inquiry.
Advertises Gets-It as the single reliable method to remove corns painlessly. Claims the product loosens the corn from the toe, allowing removal in one piece with no fuss. Features a money back guarantee and suggests widespread approval from buyers.
A Browning's Magazine excerpt notes two phrases about hiring caregivers. One line promises care for ten years of experience and another suggests merely evaluating whether the children will fit with a caregiver. The tone hints at editorial jibe on qualification standards.
Mrs Efaw of Bennett Wisconsin writes that Foley's Honey and Tar for colds is a family favorite. The children run to the bottle and ask for more, claiming it gives prompt relief to coughs colds croup and whooping cough without opiates or hazards. Potts The Druggist advert LM
The remark questions belief in Darwinian theory while noting experience bears it out to some extent. The speaker cites the idea that humans tend to imitate lower forms, humorously implying self-mockery as part of natural selection.
Spring Cleaning Time is here. If a house needs spring cleaning, how about the human body after a winter of indoor life and heavy food. Foley Cathartic Tablets clean stomach and bowels and tone up the liver. Potts The Druggist, Advim.
A corny exchange cited by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat describes a “little person in the kitchen” who controls heat, joking that thermometers can be sold today but not on other days. The gag frames household labor as whimsical authority in domestic life.
E B McDowell of Arlington Tennessee praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough medicine after influenza. He says his son suffered a severe cough until a friend gave the product and the cough disappeared in two days, per Potts The Druggist advertisement.
The exchange turns on a doctor’s bill rather than a prescription as the judge reveals the needed item lies in the bill. The dialogue contrasts medical care with courtroom packing and hints at the stubborn pursuit of urgency or strength.
An advertisement urges readers to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds as a pleasant, reliable relief. The City Drug Co in Adylin endorses its wide reputation for effective cures.
Cartoon panel recounts a Kentucky hillside worker story where families moved to factory housing. A windstorm toppled twenty dwellings and the contractor confronts his foreman for removing scaffolding before wallpapering. The foreman admits the act and is dismissed.
Thomas A. Edison recounts a classroom anecdote in which a girl answers a teacher’s question about the most wonderful thing a man has made. The child replies with a living for a man’s wife and family, prompting quiet astonishment in the class.
An old health notice warns that colds weaken lungs and invite serious diseases. It links prolonged colds to pneumonia and germs causing consumption diphtheria scarlet fever and whooping cough. It recommends quickly treating colds and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from City Drug Co.
A bashful hopeful asks if he can perform every stunt from swimming to dying naturally. The director cuts in asking if he can act revealing the rookie’s true skill. The exchange ends with the production’s engagement and a new star.
In a brief exchange a widow reads a letter from her son, believed dead, stating he is in the Holy Land. The priest questions the source as she reveals the War Office has not informed them. The Argo Naut notes the haunting dispatch.
A mistress asks for a maid who is faithful and not a time-waster. Bridget asserts she is scrupulous about time, promising to devote fully to either praying or scrubbing and doing one job at a time.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick Vermont proprietor of the Hardwick Inn endorses Chamberlain's Tablets as the best laxative after trying many others. The testimonial appears in a City Drug Co. advertisement promoting the product.
Patrick, a railroad yard worker, answered a ringing office phone thinking it was a standard exchange. The caller challenged him with a puzzled response, asking for a number and adding playful derision about mistaking him for a box car.
A fragment from the New York Globe describes a pocket watch borrowed from a woman who had won it in a poker game from her brother. The watch had been loaned to another after the mother took it from the father’s pockets and gave it as a birthday gift.
A humorous exchange quotes a child named Ethel claiming she did not have to behave because she was the teacher. Her mother questions the conduct as the child jokes about school play. The line attributed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch frames the comic exchange.
In Stray Stories, young Jimmy asks if he is descended from monkeys and receives a firm, humorous reply from Mrs. Growler about lineage within their house. The brief vignette captures playful family banter and storytelling cadence.
Evansville Indiana solicitor J N Tohill of Lottie Hotel reports six weeks of constant thigh muscle pain and says relief began almost immediately after using Fore Kidney Pills. The ad claims the pills stop backache rheumatic pains soreness and stiffness as advised by Potts The Druggist.
A bank reaches out to customers with a friendly note appreciating all account sizes and encouraging continued loyalty and use of services. The message emphasizes ongoing value and availability for clients.
An advertisement urges families to take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a thorough spring cleanse. It claims the medicine purifies the blood and cleanses stomach and bowels, improving health, mood, and family harmony. The note, signed A Potts, promotes the product as a best and surest spring remedy.
A Sunday school superintendent spoke for almost an hour and then urged the children to respond. A tired child from the front row whispered plea of playful lisping, saying Amen and sit down.
Daisy Bell of Savannah Georgia reports eight years of back pain and reduced work capacity, saying after taking Foley Kidney Pills she can resume all tasks. The ad features a testimonial from Daisy Bell and notes the product is advertised by Potta The Druggist.
Mrs Smith asks about steerage on her first ocean voyage and the captain explains it powers the ship. The woman expresses astonishment at the number of people needed to move the vessel, highlighting aboard life and maritime work.
Theodore Sanford of Fenmore Michigan had seven years of stomach trouble causing pain and sleepless nights. After using Chamberlain's Tablets he can eat vegetables and fruit without pain or restlessness. If indigestion or constipation troubles you, try these tablets. they are beneficial per City Drug Co. Ady-Im.
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