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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
10
A travel vignette reveals Europeans mispronouncing and guessing American state names misfiring on rivers and towns. Sailors joke about Russians and Poles while admitting they cannot identify Tom Turkey River or Brooklyn food terms, highlighting language hurdles in cross cultural navigation.
An Italian client argues for incorporation after expressing a desire to become incorporated. Leo Guernsey questions the client about details as he interprets the request, noting the client's plans to advertise and involve private influence. The client insists on incorporation and offers payment if it counts.
A fragmented note explains Staten Island as Indian for Long River, Maine from a French province, and Massachusetts as Indian for Mare of Great Hills. the English form Hampanity from Hampshire. It mentions Rhode Island and a disagreement about a prominent settler.
A man recalls being promised a lush 200 acre garden of statuary by a landlady but discovers it was a cemetery instead. The odd misassociation leaves him bitter as he narrates the strange exchange from London Ti-Bits in Toledo Ohio.
Tybalt Totter claims eighty three and jokes that age is not a bar to civility and respect. The scene shows elderly men debating Great War era issues with quarrels, mirth, and lingering protests at a Petunia tavern as Kanans City Star notes their talk on manners and the League of Nations.
An article by William A. Radford argues that a well designed modern barn is a profitable investment for horse breeders and farmers. It promotes comfort and health for horses and notes that modern farm life, with gas engines and electric conveniences, can attract and retain younger workers.
A quirky note on how jokes were taken seriously, featuring a Tas farm barn with gambrel roof and 72 by 90 feet plan. The article describes a Morley life of Gladstone anecdote and a Boston citizen misread, then details a frame barn with 18 single stalls, two doubles, two boxes, feed and harness rooms, central feed alley, litter alley, overhead carrier for manure, and steel stall partitions.
A detailed description praises a versatile barn with movable watering rigs and nine windows per side for ventilation. It explains stalls suitable for horses or dairy cattle, ample mow space, and efficient feed and litter layouts. The piece argues good, weather tight buildings boost productivity and profits amid labor and feed costs, noting many farm improvement clubs emerge nationwide. It also quotes a reader praising a book about farm innovation and humor about misinterpreted jokes in everyday talk.
A young deer wandered into a Provincetown fish well and was recaptured after creating a racket ashore. After tying its legs for release, the animal vanished into nearby woods, sparking a brief dramatic chase. The piece then shifts to notes on animal odors and early salt production by Delaware Indians and settlers near Syracuse, with a remark on salt's global abundance.
Mrs. Rogers laments the lack of awareness in a horse bound to carriage life. She argues that a horse is driven blindly, without purpose or understanding of distance, destination, or fate, and questions the emotional experience of such labor.
Mr. Rogers laments the futility of shopping with a neighbor while discussing human nature. Jones comments that people believe astronomical facts but distrust a sign like Bresh Paint without a personal check, highlighting skepticism and curiosity in everyday life.
The article surveys cheese dishes and honey based sweets as essential kitchen staples. It details macaroni and cheese variations, cheese omelets, Welsh rarebit, cheese balls, celery and cheese salad, and cheese soup, plus honey centered treats like Blanc Mange, candy, and fruit cake. It notes a homemade cough remedy using horseradish and honey.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for colds and grippe. It promises nostril clearing after the first dose and relief from headache fever and sneezing with two-hour dosing until three doses. It notes no quinine and low cost at drug stores.
An old ad style text promises relief from bodily poison and foggy skin by using Cascarets. It contrasts with harsher remedies like Calomel and salts and claims the product works while you sleep. A brief Chicago Tribune style humor note about a boy’s questions concludes the excerpt.
An OCR fragment touts Bayer as genuine Aspirin with Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package. It mentions nineteen years of physician use, 12 tablet tins costing a few cents, and links to the trade mark Bayer Mannia. Also includes ad lines about jewelry, cosmetics, and a shaving soap ad.
An old advertisement extols Danderine as a miracle hair beautifier that cleanses dirt and oil, leaves hair soft with gloss and golden sheen, restores youthful color, and claims to prevent dandruff and hair loss. Sold cheaply at drug or toilet counters.
A Birmingham Age-Herald cartoon snippet jokes about moving Niblick from ribbons and faces to the hardware department due to sentimentality with female patrons. It contrasts a republic versus an absolute monarchy, noting public versus private opinion.
An expert will qualify as a witness as the courts decide weekly if a man may get drunk on 2 percent liquor. The exchange notes the absurdity of such legal questions and the push for expertise in trivial matters. A health department note from Brooklyn Eagle warns against sleeping babies with dogs, suggesting separate beds and nightly sheet changes to prevent microbe transfer. Cecil Newbert of North Waldoboro Maine owns an organ that once belonged to the White House in President Grant's administration.
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