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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1914
Page
3
Millicent returns to their former home and relives memories of her troubled marriage. She hopes to rebuild with Alec, who returns as the tenant, and they decide to reclaim the house together. The piece blends memory, longing, and a hopeful renewal in a sunburnt landscape.
A Contemporary Review analysis argues the Russian revolutionary party wields anonymity and selective leadership to mobilize millions. It describes a peasants league with a Moscow congress, manipulation of economic grievances, and professional revolutionaries turning strikes into politics. The piece notes officers and professionals can be drafted to the cause, with the end justifying the means.
Notes describe a vacuum trap for catching insects and a separate plan to weigh the Earth via pendulums swinging from the Great Pyramid. The earth weighing uses pyramid pull to estimate its mass, while a beetle trap uses funnels and a suction pipe then scalding death for the catch.
A woman who appeared in a London police court was described as a pawning agent. She earns by pawning items for neighbors and charging a commission, claiming she can secure larger loans than they could themselves.
The piece surveys engagement ring styles from diamond solitaires and square settings to alternative stones like opal and emerald. It notes birthstones, mixed-stone designs, moonstone sentiment rings, and typical inscriptions, plus a nod to coronation year jewelry lace as a sartorial undercurrent.
The Rev 8 S McComb notes Harper's Bazaar that the subconscious shows itself in brief periods before and after sleep. During these half waking states the mind readily absorbs suggestions. Use these minutes at night and morning to infuse thoughts that ease worry and promote peace and balance.
The piece recommends cold water shower baths hinder hair growth and suggests a wash from hot rainwater with lump ammonia a Brazil nut size and two teaspoons of soft soap solution. For soda use same ammonia amount. Dry hair with a rough towel. Light hair favors auburn hue. dark hair benefits from egg yolk with potash or borax.
A Philadelphia Record ad copy touts parnotis as a fat dissolver. It recommends dissolving the product in hot water and taking a teaspoon before meals. Readers are advised to weigh weekly for four weeks to see weight loss and improved wellbeing.
The piece argues that excessive salt use by many cooks and in salted dishes worsens conditions like gout rheumatism and bad complexion. Dietitians say salt helps blood purity but most of it is wasted down the kitchen sink with boiled vegetables, not kept in the body.
A Home Chat advises thinking pleasant thoughts to keep facial expressions friendly through the years. It recommends a simple daily skin routine using spurmax, glycerine, and water as a wash, then suggests a beeswax waxy mixture to apply to boils for drawing out impurities.
A boy in a bright red suit loses his school books to an eagle after a misstep near its nest. The eagle abducts Jimmy and his books to a tiny island at sea, then agrees to return him in exchange for his brass buttons. He earns the buttons back at the school door and learns to be careful with eager birds.
Trustees announce weekly office hours at various residences and townships. J W Knauer in Madison, Ernest Kivett in Mill Creek, Benjamin Walls in Jackson, Oliver Stringer, Dr Be Etcheson in Bainbridge, Todd in Floyd, Rector in Marion. Office hours: Mond or Fri in Madison. Wed and Sat in Mill Creek. weekly Tue and Sat for Walls. Wed in Bainbridge. Fri in Marion. Tues at Fillmore for Rector.
An osteopathy advertisement extols health as wealth and promotes Spaunhurst Osteopaths in Donner block. It claims osteopathy cures chronic ill health and incurables, urges timely treatment, and highlights patient benefits and practitioner diligence.
A North American reader from East Aurora New York reports lasting relief from indigestion after using Chamberlain's Tablets. Six years later he remains symptom free and recommends the remedy to others. For sale by all dealers.
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