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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
2
The advertisement touts Gold Medat Haarlent Oil Capsules as a 200 year old safe remedy for kidney liver bladder and stomach troubles claiming restoration of health. It urges taking three or four capsules daily with a money back guarantee if not satisfied and warns to obtain the original product only.
Edward Jones of Jefferson City Missouri, blind, tends his flock by touch and has hatched and raised all his chicks. He culls his birds for market as broilers or winter layers and attends poultry meetings. He seeks to form a poultry club for the blind with local home demonstration support.
A humorous exchange questions the idea of an ideal husband with a reply about a man who lets his wife have the last word in his outfits and arguments. The quip reflects light domestic banter and social norms of marriage.
Police raided a suspicious photograph gallery amid a suspected illegal liquor operation. Officers described the scene as a case of arrested development as they investigated the premises.
The star declares she cannot bear anything gross near her in a jab about grass receipts, reflecting a lighthearted exchange on stage. The comment hints at ongoing onstage humor and audience engagement without revealing further context or outcomes.
In a dialogue between Mr and Mrs Bat they ponder why some people love sad things and how affection defines care. The bats plan a quiet life away from bright lights in a dark cave while a child asks if Clemenceau saved France, likening him to Joan of Arc.
A bishop addresses the Sunday school, lamenting that Africa holds 10,000,000 square miles without a single Sunday school. He urges collective action and donations to establish religious education for African children.
A Dubigus motorist faces a speeding stop where a constable hints at a payoff. The American protests and denies bribery as the officer presses for payment, while the man awkwardly backtracks in a tense exchange drawn from a historic account.
A Yonkers Statesman blurb records a terse exchange about a person named Greene and a group of boys. The note mentions someone who “always wants to try and start something” and a plan to bring him around tomorrow to “warm upon that flivver of tame.”
A humorous note recalls early photography then the bold shift to motion pictures in British East Africa. It notes photographers must be brave to film lions and tigers in jungles, contrasting mild beginnings with adventurous reporting. A club anecdote ends with a punch about saving laughter for home.
A benevolent lady offers a volume of Shelley to a wounded soldier and urges him to read To a Skylark. He responds with awkward honesty, expressing a wish to read to himself rather than aloud.
A fragmented reflection notes that stirring a pot of soup cools it and suggests that public opinion mirrors this: a person may seem great only as long as private matters stay unobtrusive.
The piece emphasizes how losing temper spoils pale happiness and casts a heavy weight on the heart. It urges control, describing a clean heart filled with song that vanishes when temper takes over, and asserts self mastery as the key to lasting joy and contentment.
A terse exchange pits a chronically quotable speaker against a skeptic. The man with the furrowed brow insists the unjust hide behind umbrellas, while the other quoter notes rain falls on all. The dialogue riffs on fairness and hypocrisy with a dry, ironic tone.
A fragment quotes a man asserting a train robber is being pursued, depicting a harsh stance on punishment and justice as the conversation centers on a forthcoming prison sentence.
A proverb states the wealthiest person is the one who derives the most joy from their labor. It emphasizes fulfillment over mere riches and links happiness to purposeful effort.
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