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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
2
An old advertisement text touts Cascarlts marketed for liver and bowels with a box price of one hundred. It mentions ailments like constipation indigestion and general sickness. Product appears in drug store contexts with garbled branding and misspellings.
Short dispatches report on Idaho events from Bonmett to Twin Falls. Topics include dam work at Black Canyon, legal moves by an Rupert attorney, personnel changes in federal offices, a juvenile court verdict for Marie Ost, a memorial monument for Franklin Steunenberg, coyote bounty earnings near Rupert, and upgrades to the Oregon Short Line through American Falls. Also noted are a cheese factory opening at Thornton, lumber operations near Boise, and various state-wide public works and agricultural items.
A vintage kitchen column offering recipes and instructions for dishes like Charlotte Russe Croquille and Jellied Chicken plus desserts and pantry guidance. Includes tips on serving hot meals and economical ideas to create tasty meals for families using common ingredients.
An imagined paymaster and two assistants rode a bullet sprayed armored motor car at Otsego and Lorraine streets in Brooklyn. Police nearby noted the three bandits firing were also imaginary. The test showed bulletproof glass and two gas tanks for tear and sneezing gas to deter bandits and alert chauffeurs.
The article notes a two decade rise in platinum values and reports partial success of substitutes. Platinum-clad nickel steel wires suit incandescent lamps, nickel alloys replace costly dental wires, asbestos threads replace platinum in gas mantles, and fused quartz ware replaces platinum utensils. Yet demand remains rising despite substitutes.
A joke about two travelers debating success in a hotel. The Englishman recalls a youth who rose to own a big city hotel, while the Scotsman notes that cash registers changed the game, implying money isn’t earned by cleverness alone.
A brief historical note outlines James Chalmers of Dundee patenting adhesive postage stamps in 1844 1884 and Rowland Hill's 1840 proposal for a universal penny postage. Envelopes with impressions appeared but public uptake lagged until Chalmers adhesive stamp aided penny postage. Stamps arrived in America in 1847.
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