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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid to prevent rust spots from inferior bluing. The ad also references Cuticura products and a political-leaning note about having two presidents to meet the public, attributed to the Portland Journal.
A series of testimonial snippets describe women praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backache headaches and nerve troubles. The letters note improved appetite, strength for housework, and general well being. Public notices mention a petrified apple claim and assorted light humor items amid the clippings.
The text describes Abyssinia as a large, highland African empire with a cool climate, abundant water, and potential for agricultural and economic development. It notes its independence from European powers, strategic location near Arabia, limited sea access, a feudal society, and an army capable of mobilizing up to 250,000 soldiers if developed, with trade via the Addis Ababa-Aduti railway corridor and exports like coffee, hides, beeswax, and ivory.
An old black preacher at a Louisiana camp meeting retells the parable of the ten virgins. He stresses watchfulness as the bridegroom approaches and notes that only five of the ten virgins were prepared with trimmed lamps.
A Buffalo Express item notes cases of regained sanity at death, including a man once confined in an asylum who wished to vindicate his mother and a woman who recovered enough clarity to arrange affairs and bid friends farewell. The passage contains graphic profanity and truncated phrases.
London Answers recounts a comic incident about Mr Higge buying a motor saw and the family reacting with disbelief as a child claims they sawed a height with ease. A separate tale features Ted-Tom performing as a ghost to surprise a professional medium, causing Ned-Tes to convulse.
A fragment from Bar ver's Magazine traces the progression of early Creek writing from right to left, noting five versions of wisdom and readiness. It describes the shift from insints to the term bausthophedan and concludes with writing adopting a universal left to right direction.
The record notes about 33 612 miles of Canadian air activity with few minor crashes and one slight injury. Civil government aviation operated under a Canadian board’s direction. In 1920 18 67 inches of lighting and 656 technician hours were recorded with a new method. A gang of girls burglars has been found in Des Moines. Citizens urged to keep a mouse instead of a watchdog.
An advocacy piece by John D. Rockefeller Jr. praising the Boy Scout movement. It emphasizes the scout oath and law, the value of service, duty to God and country, obedience, respect for authority, and the role of leaders as moral exemplars. It urges boys to strive for helpfulness, courage, and moral strength.
Scouting groups stage a show titled A Strenuous Afternoon for ill neighbors in Montana. Other entries note Harrisburg youths planning a canoe trip to Sunbury and Concord scouts sending a message to the mayor. They will visit New York and Philadelphia and meet in Washington with the President, honorary BSA president.
A forest is a complex community of living things beyond trees with many other giants and animals living in close relation to the trees. The piece notes there is a proper way for scouts to learn what a forest truly is through study of its inhabitants and surroundings.
Scouts of Oswego New York planted more than a thousand spruce and pine trees in a vacant spare near the city reservoir. The quick workers finished digging and planting in less than three hours, the boys working in teams. Hartford scouts aided police and guard duty at a munition meet held recently in that city.
A humorous exchange shows a prospective bridegroom favoring a quiet home wedding while the prospective father-in-law jokes that the quiet will end after marriage. The playful dialogue hints at family expectations and humor surrounding wedding plans.
An alert cautions buyers that only aspirin bearing the Bayer name on the package or tablets is genuine and safe. It notes aspirin treats colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and other pains, with small twelve tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
A chaotic piece mocks a war profiteer who abandons Baptism for Episcopalian worship and seeks refined religious texts. The man browses a bookstore, asks for human volumes and the Book of Common Prayer, and rejects them as unsuitable, preferring something more select.
Jugzins mocks new neighbors who lack household goods. Muggin asks how he knows they own nothing and recalls the day they moved in and asked to borrow lawn mower, hose, stepladder, saw, fishing rod, ice cream freezer, and new books.
The article describes swell fishes inflating their bodies to globular forms to deter attackers, noting porcupine and trunk fishes with spines and shells. It mentions cowfish with hornlike spines and warns that back muscles can be poisonous, despite being a delicacy when cooked in the shell. Canada remains a strong U S trading partner with Great Britain as top buyer and U S imports rising to 1.24 billion dollars on a 100 per capita basis.
A matron gently consoles a seasick passenger in the cabin and asks what she can do to help. The passenger requests to be carried and set down under a large tree outside, a quirky moment noted with humor.
Thousands of women suffer kidney trouble without recognizing it. Back pain headach loss of ambition and nervousness signal kidney issues. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root, a physician’s prescription, is advertised as a remedy from drug stores, with a stray dialogue about security.
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