Slightly Worse
Veteran commercial traveler recalls forty years on the road and sleeping in many beds. A rough exchange at Gradge tavern features a grim response about the hotel bed and a tale of sleeping in a mortar bed from Kunens City Star.
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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
3
Veteran commercial traveler recalls forty years on the road and sleeping in many beds. A rough exchange at Gradge tavern features a grim response about the hotel bed and a tale of sleeping in a mortar bed from Kunens City Star.
An old style advertisement describes California Fig Syrup as a remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels of children and promote health. It notes a teaspoonful today may save a sick child tomorrow and warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper labeling to avoid imitations.
A garbled OCR style montage mixes Bayer packaging mentions with a tale of keys, a dairy farmer, and a magistrate. It includes quoted jokes and stray lines about weighing butter and a veteran motorcycle car scene, ending with Bran’s remark on Christmas shopping.
In a brief vignette Walter curls in a living room chair reading a book and then limps out to play. He tells his father his feet feel awful stupid, a line reflecting a child’s discomfort. Dialogues hint at family dynamics and age related commentary.
Florence travels with Uncle Joseph as Herbert and Henry Rooter fret over the Oriole printing affair. Herbert debates confessing, while Florence aims to protect the scheme behind Aunt Julia’s engagement reveal. A tense, morally layered ride foreshadows a wary return to a press in peril.
In a tense family scene, Herbert reacts with revulsion to a scandalous paper copy. Aunt Virginia, Father Atwater, and Cousin Florence’s gossip ignite a heated exchange as the question of who provided the issue sparks concern. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger.
A Bohemian folktale cherished after Czechoslovakia's independence tells how Princess Lilissa selects a peasant to be king by throwing up a furrow with his plow. The tale links to Prague a frame of national identity and peasant welfare.
An essay on Chinese religious practice, describing how households deceive the kitchen god before his weeklong absence by stuffing his mouth with candy. The god is said to be too gluttonous to speak, allowing the household to conceal sins from higher deities.
A garbled驾 text ruminates on opportunity and folly urging readers to avoid blind alleys. It contrasts striving with wisdom, noting some rise to success despite hardship while urging realistic paths and caution against reckless ventures. The piece references advice, transcription necessity, and a law decree.
A collection of kitchen guidance and recipes including Baked Apple Dumplings with tart apples and pastry, Economical Plum Pudding, Vinegar Candy, Cottage Cheese and Nut Salad, Pistachio Apple Salad, Arrowroot Jelly, Rice Snow, hot chocolate sauce, Carrot Pudding, Beef Tea, and Minced Chicken. The items describe methods, proportions, and serving ideas with practical notes on texture and flavor.
A quirky clipping notes Agate derived from the River Arates near which it was first found. It also hints at the idea that women’s fashion and beauty trends arise from patient effort. Quoted reflections on achievement and memory appear amid scattered musings from various writers.
Run-down nervous mothers are urged to use Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription and Healing Sapic, with directions to obtain trial packages from local druggists. The notice promotes maternal health solutions, claiming vital benefits and offering free medical pamphlets.
A fragment describes radio instruments forming a wireless net and suggests multiple sets create a network to protect aviators in flight. It likens the concept to chicken netting preventing hens from straying, implying government systems could keep planes from straying in poor conditions.
A fragment from the New York Sun humorously notes a newlywed man dropping two tickets for his bride and jokes about crowd behavior at a transit box. A Red Cross Ball Blue ad praises clean laundry, while a general quip observes uplifts being fueled by the mood of those uplifted.
An era of overhyped products is blamed on failed promises by manufacturers. Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues with testimonials backing its claims. The ad notes mail order sales and drugstore availability while warning of unreliable competitors. Indiana plans fox breeding on multiple farms with ten breeding pairs bought for $21,000 from Hudson's Bay Company.
A well known Hoovsler clubwoman, devoted mother, plays with her children at night. Her eight year old guest joins, prompting the mother to humorously warn. The visitor vows to pray that God makes her mother as close as yours, the next morning.
Chicago plans the largest hotel in the world with 4000 rooms and 400 kitchenettes for guests who wish to cook. The project is estimated to cost 15 million dollars.
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