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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
7
A jumble of odd phrases and stray quotes from a vintage newspaper page appears. It includes stray names and word fragments such as Sioux City News references and slang dialogue, with garbled lines about people and places, offering little coherent news.
Public figures from Secretary of State Lansing to former President Taft pay tribute to Col Roosevelt. They praise his patriotism, energy, and influence on public life, noting his leadership, courage, and diverse achievements from frontier exploration to public service.
A flood of praise comes from senators representatives and officials across parties mourning Theodore Roosevelt. Leaders like Chamberlain Knox and Hughes hail him as a magnetic force and nation builder whose death leaves a deep, worldwide void in public life and American leadership.
A survey of varied facts notes the first American Express company opening between Boston and New York in 1821 by W F Haroden, a French inventor of a battery‑driven electric lock, egg weighing for hatchery, a presidential role under the Constitution, and quirky items like a radish weighing over three pounds. It also touches on botanical fruit definitions, New Zealand’s trade shifts, and Australia’s paper supply issues with Albert Mulllett to visit the U S to buy paper.
The report blends a Tunisian forestry halt with a 1917 passport shift for a German envoy, American wartime steps, and an Argentine livestock show. It notes Japan's December census, population 57,008,373, and a 14 percent rise since 1916, alongside a quip about phone directors as trouble.
A reflective note on vanished civilizations, comparing their splendor to ours and noting they are now nothing but sand. The piece emphasizes how societies rise and fall, leaving no trace beyond memory. Included is a whimsical line from the Merry Meat Man about the butcher's display and a mock headline about Our Pork This Week.
Five room bungalow plans favor space saving wardrobes with telescopic fixtures. The design uses four wardrobes on wall space to free floor area, reducing closet depth to 20 inches and overall footprint to under 24 feet wide. The system promises cheap, wall-hung storage for coats, hats, dresses, and shoes, with adjustable drawers and a front vestibule.
A collection of brief items notes telegraph wire tones as possible weather prognostication with wind direction influencing pitch and tension changes from temperature. Also mentions Kandahar rosaries from silicate stone quarried north-west of the city with yellowish blue hues and opacity. Includes short excerpts from Daily Thought and Wise Sayings with remarks on ends and means and a light quip about Ward Furness and Cole.
A nostalgic look at traditional French Christmas scenes featuring nativity creches in churches. It describes the Virgin and Child, Joseph, shepherds, wise men with camels, and a realist shepherd dog, with households visiting Sainte Vierge et le petit Jesus after work. Families in simple attire attend, including grandparents and children in black sateen aprons.
A compact ad style note claims instant relief for indigestion. It mentions a fat one tablet product to ease lumps of undigested food, stomach acid, gas, sourness, and flatulence with immediate effect. The snippet reads like a vintage health ad promising rapid relief.
An advertisement proclaims Pape's Diapepsin quickly ends dyspepsia and indigestion with pleasant harmless tablets sold cheaply at grog stores. The note emphasizes fast relief for sick stomachs and minimal cost. Also a brief quip about addressing returning officers with military titles near their wives appears in the Herald.
An item promotes Barbo Compound a home remedy for darkening gray hair. Directions claim half pint water one Rum a small box of Barbo Grea and 4 oz glycerine yield a darkening glossy result without scalp staining. Also includes assorted ad lines for Cuticura products and a brief life kindness note.
The Tate state land Board withdraws from entry lands under the Snake River reclamation plan to place a dam at American Falls. Reclamation officials favor the project which would create a large reservoir that floods lands near Averlean Falls and extends 3000 miles west along the Snake River.
An old advertisement extols Boschee’s Syrup as a trusted American remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It promises restful nights easier mornings and natural recovery. The piece also includes a quip about retirement hours and a sample request to Garfield Ten Co Brooklyn. It ends with a moral note on helping others and a stray remark about confectioners making caps for bonbons.
Historical advert claims Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules ease kidney bladder liver and joint pain. Promotes old time remedy as safe, simple dose in capsules, with admonitions about elderly health and universal bodily aches.
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