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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
3
An early overview notes the interchange of tree species between continents, citing shifts such as Europe receiving Douglas fir and black walnut while the others export eucalyptus and Norway spruce. Mentioned remedies include Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Allen's Foot-Ease as popular consumer products.
A speaker notes that early contact between settlers and American Indians revealed over 200 edible plant varieties. The writer regrets that such knowledge was not preserved for lessons to future civilized society.
A collage of old medical ads and quotes urges selecting a trusted doctor, consulting him about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds, keeping Ayer's Pills for biliousness, and trying Kilmer’s remedy with mail-order sample offers. It references Mary’s Revenge anecdote and Carlyle’s quote on perseverance.
A fragment references a joke about ice scarcity attributed to Mephisto as recounted by a shade of an ice baron on a river trip with Charon. It shifts to a labor meditation and ends with an advertisement for The Paraffine Paint Company promoting Malthoid Roofing and a free bungalow booklet from Los Angeles.
A columnist cites a Wallachian peasant counting on fingers to multiply 8 by 9, showing digits on hands yield 72. The piece closes with a minister’s marriage service interrupted by a groom declaring he has been married before in dialect.
Maria declares the change of door number has caused missed mail and she plans to register a kick at the post office. John agrees and his wife mentions a higher registration fee announced in the paper. The exchange pairs household finance concerns with impending post office costs.
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