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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
16
The czars four daughters are at the center of a web of rumored arranged marriages and palace intrigue. Olga, Titiana, and Marie attract international suitors as diplomatic plans unravel amid revolts, assassinations, and royal pressure.
The London Saturday Review notes fashion favors slimness for both men and women, citing Kaiser and Taft’s weight loss and tracing a shift from pride in corpulence to social disfavor. It recalls historic views from Dickens to Gibbon while critiquing the era’s moral judgments on fat. It also quotes George Ade on marriage economics and independence.
Joliet tale follows Mike Jones of Crossville school who owns a glass eye. He plays nibs with classmates and enjoys keeps. In a schoolyard contest he shows a sporty disposition and goes to the limit.
Mis opponent won all hns marbles and Mike acted in desperation by dropping his eye into the ring. The pupil declared the eye a symbol of fun and flung it away. Miss Rogan noted the injury and ruled the gambling debt invalid, ordering the other boy to return the eye to Mike.
Dorman of Rome aged ninety nine plans to visit his cousin Henry Dorman in Liberty Missouri aged one hundred fifteen holder of a claimed oldest man in the U.S. born January 10 1798 in Steuben County New York. Henry served in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry and was born under John Adams. Dudley Jardine of New York supposedly died penniless but left an estate over two hundred thousand dollars after decades in poverty.
Misa Henrietta Hoegh a twenty seven year old woman has become the world’s first female diplomat by being appointed secretary of the Norwegian legation at Mexico City. Her historic appointment follows the enactment of new policies allowing women to hold diplomatic posts in Norway. Hoegh’s rise marks a milestone for gender equality in international service.
A lunacy commission in Ithaca New York ruled that 60 year old Misa Jennie Butts keeps 27 cats and should have a guardian appointed.
Expression extols digestion by stressing liver health as essential. The text promises vitality by stimulating liver function with a claim that waking the liver prevents systemic fatigue and decline.
A quip filled economy bit features Miss Noodles flying an automobile, a married chauffeur, and a bashful guest at dinner. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets pitch comes through as a nostalgia wink. A lineup of humorous jests about menus and musicians closes the fragment with playful banter.
The French government purchased for the Luxembourg gallery the original Arthur Rackham painting "Jack Spratt and his Wife" from a series in St. Nicholas Magazine. This honor is reserved for living artists, with the Louvre only accepting works after an artist’s death.
A physician advises baths as a tonic and promotes Epsom or Varlabad salts for invigoration. Use no more than twice weekly, one ounce per pint for a sponge bath, or a pint per tub of warm water. Buy salts at wholesale drug houses. typical price is four cents a pound. The saline water acts as a tonic and helps carry impurities through the skin pores.
A testimonial praises Postum as a coffee substitute for nervous stomachs and weak nerves. A young woman recalls digestive relief and renewed strength after switching to Postum, noting improved appetite and stamina, and endorsing it as a replacement for coffee. The ad mentions Regular and Instant Postum with preparation tips.
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