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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1894
Page
5
A miscellany of quips, moral maxims, and anecdotes spans ethics, youth, and society. It mocks boastful men, notes curious truths about families, schooling, and manners, and ends with a joke comparing swollen heads to rivers. Included are observations on emigration, Western promise, malaria risks, and a medical tonic praised for endurance.
The piece discusses nasal disease remedies arguing non irritating treatments are required and rejects douches snuffs and powders. It cites testimonials of radical cures from Eiys Dream Balm and Khiloh’s Conseription Care, while humorously noting an absurd claim about a printing office tower used to wipe the earth.
A New York Sun interview recounts a gentleman’s view that apartment living without cafes acts as a reforming force. He notes men stay in, women gain relief from servitude, and families in such buildings show happier, steadier domestic life with less street presence.
A rebel attacker pretends dead during a Shab Najeef assault near Lucknow. Sergeant Findley halts fire and urges mercy. The Pandy then salutes, lowers hands in respect, and departs as Highlanders cheer. In a separate anecdote, a tall orchestra patron provokes a joke when asked to sit.
A nervous woman asks John if a burglar prowls their home and insists on search. He doubts intrusion, since he heard no sound all night, while she fears any quiet movement could signal danger. She urges him to wake and inspect the house.
A collage of notes and anecdotes from a newspaper page: advertising copy for Royal Baking Powder touts its strength and economy, interspersed with humorous quips, local vignettes from Central Village and Auburn, Me, a Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial, brief biographies of public figures, a cold remedy, and small city miscellany. Several items mention Salem seeds, a Maine derrick, and a Virginia railroad president, with jokes about cats, furniture, and a beecham pill reference.
The article notes opportunities from B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond offering pas08 positions and suggests writing to them. It also includes a humorous dialogue about a lawyers office exchange and advertising lines for Hansons Magic Corn Salve, a remark on magazine poetry as insomnia cure, and a quip on women versus men.
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