Childlike Complaint Over Pie Demand
A small girl sobs that she wants more pie while saying she is too full to eat another bite. The scene captures a child’s plaintive request and the mother’s response in a domestic moment.
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
7
Papes Diapepsin Promises Instant Indigestion Relief
An ad proclaims Pape's Diapepsin ends indigestion gas acidity and heartburn after meals. It claims instant relief on taking one pleasant tablet sold by druggists. The closing line shifts to a courtroom observation about people never seeing inside a courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Adv
How to Fight Spanish Influenza By L. W. Bowers
Advice on handling Spanish influenza emphasizes fresh air exercise cleanliness and robust health. It promotes Dr. Pierce products including Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery, plus home remedies like hot lemonade and Anuric tablets, with instructions for dosing and self care during onset and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
St Louis players shine in big games wearing unfamiliar uniforms
A Clarence Lloyd feature notes St Louis natives scattered across champion contending teams from 1909 to 1918. It highlights Charley Dollocher Walter Holke Art Tietcher Ollie O Moyna Sam Agnew and others, who played for Cubs Giants Braves Athletics Red Sox Pirates and Dodgers in championship series, proving St Louis talent without a local pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Browns
Clarence Lloyd
Hollacher
Charley Dollocher
Chicago Cubs
Mound City
Braves
Athletics
Walter Holke
Giants
St. Lawsana
St Louis
Art Tietcher
Collinsville
ABC
Ollie O'Muaia
Cassave
Nule
Brooklyn
Red Sox
Sam Agnew
Sant
Goas On
St. Louisans
Chet Thomas
St. Louisan
Fletcher
New York
White Wants A Commission For Boxing Instructor
Charlie White the Chicago lightweight has trained at Fort Sheridan since June 14 and earned a commission recommendation from Colonel Burkhardt. Colonel Chapman also urged Washington to grant him a lieutenant's commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Charlie White
Burkhardt
Chapman
Washington
White
Leutenant
Victory for Lady Douglas in St Leger Triumph
Lady James Douglas' mare Gainsborough won the St Leger at Newmarket securing the owner a place among a few who have won the Triple Crown in the same season by capturing the Two Thousand Guineas the Derby and the St Leger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Douglas
Gainsborough
Newmarket
Baseball Players Lose Soft Shipyards Berth
Ball players failing to perform in shipyard work are drafted into the army. Three major leaguers Dutch Leonard ex Red Sox Al Mamaux and William Shaefer are ordered to service from an eastern shipyard. More players who chose soft berths may be sent to the front if unable to do the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwastern
Dutch” Leonard
Red Sox
al Mamaux
Brooklyn
William Sxopf
Roseben's mark remains a landmark for seven furlongs
Story recalls Roseben's 1:22 world record over seven furlongs at Belmont with Willie Shaw aboard the 126 pound gelding. Bookmakers faced heavy losses after bets on beating the track record tied to the performance, eclipsing prior records from Bella B. at Monmouth in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseben
Willie Shaw
Rosehen
Bella B
Monmouth Park
Restrictions Tighten On Athletic Equipment Production
The war industries board announces new limits on athletic supplies with higher taxes and restricted manufacturing. Tennis and golf face the harshest cuts, with only 40 percent of recent output allowed and stock material exhausted before any new production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Industries Board
Maroon Football Stars Reported Safe in Paris Prison Camp
Lieut Garry Lobdell reports Shorty Des Jardien and John Breathed from the Maroon team are alive and well in Paris, in charge of a German prison camp with a raft of prisoners. The two players are stated to be in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty Des Jardien
John Breathed
Maroon
Lieut
Garry Lobdell
Paris
Percy Skillen Goes Abroad as Y M C A Sports Director
Percy Skillen former Dartmouth pitcher and baseball captain, now a YMCA sports director, will go overseas. His home is Chicago where he has run a sporting goods business for seven years and played with Logan Squares and West Ends as a semi professional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Skillen
Dartmouth
Skillen
Chicago
Logan Squares
West Ends
Inca
Mike Jefferson’s new car runs wild on country road
Mike Jefferson bought a new automobile and tested it with family aboard. The machine ran well until he misjudged a turn and could not reverse on the country road. After 14 miles he finally found a town to turn around, while the family watched in disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Jefferson
Flo
Mike
Mr. Jefferson
Is It Sound to Discuss Work With a Wife at Night
Bir Gadspur explains that a man returning home tired from troubles may benefit from sharing his business matters with his wife. He argues this routine discussion can prevent a wife from venting every grievance she has gathered about neighbors during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir. Gadspur
Tin Wedding Tales At A Ladies Bridge Party
A lighthearted exchange notes a tin wedding as a couple discusses a ten year marriage anniversary. One husband explains he attended a bridge party because his wife fell ill and the hostess lacked a substitute, highlighting social norms of companionship and duty.
Nonsense Dialogue Reveals Odd Musical Quips
Mrs Glippering asks what the orchestra plays. Mr Glppering glances to the balcony and names a string of whimsical instruments. A light, quirky excerpt shows household chatter about rationing and breadmaking in a playful tone.
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Mrs. Glippering
Best of Em Rattle Cir Rounds Up Restored Item
A buyer notes a circuit was completed before purchase and the item appears like new. The seller confirms finish and asks how it sounds, suggesting inspection and assurance of condition.
Do You Wish It Delivered Madam Asked Clerk
A stray line shows a drug store clerk asking a customer if she wants delivery. The woman declines and says she will stop in to pick up the bottle herself.
A Metallic Myth in a Silver Lined Sky
A fragmentary literary passage hints at a metallic myth with a cloud’s silver lining. The line suggests a prospector would seize the sky and sell stock if conditions were favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getuch
When Prudent and Signs Stir Odd Guarded Warnings
A cryptic dialogue questions belief in warnings civic or commuter signs. The speaker jokes about signs reading Look out for the Locomotive or Beware of the Dos, highlighting cautionary phrases and urban humor.
A Natural Supposition on Pharaohs Army Drowning
A quip reflects on the biblical drowning of Pharaoh and his army. The speaker attributes the event to all involved lacking swimming ability.
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Pharoah
Ell
Local reaction to vaccination drives sparks public debate
A fragment notes dissatisfaction as many express frustration over vaccination efforts. A reader comments that living with the link to illness is difficult while others report strong opposition to the program.
Missing Link in Drowning Rescue Sparks Chatter
Regular Beach Nut and Algernon recount a near rescue as a man drowns, with a crowd forming a human chain before Miss Deering arrives. Alice quips that Algernon was the missing link in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon
Miss Deering
Alice
The Lawyers Split Hairless Case Into Bald Facts
A quip notes that the case rests on bare, indisputable facts with no finer points to argue. The exchange satirizes legal disputes over trivial distinctions and highlights the rigidity of the record.
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for health recovery
Fremont Ohio resident shares relief from nervousness heat flashes backache and irritability after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Reader appeals for advice while promoting Cuticura soap and ointment free samples and notices medical advertorial style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Rome
Lydia E. Pinkham
Napoleon St
Ohio
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Jiblay's Fortunes Mend as Mrs. Jiblay Holds Munition Job
In the Birmingham Age Herald, prospects for the Jiblay family improve as Mrs. Jiblay keeps her position at a munition plant. The piece hints that if she remains employed another month, Jiblay may shift careers to tailoring.
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Jiblay
Medicine hoaxes and changing fortunes in town
In the papers a new patent medicine claims universal cure. Aunt Rachel notes Jed Larkin’s two sons entering medical college, while Uncle Abner remarks that rising professional training can spoil a field’s profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner
Rachel
Jed Larkin
Quotations on marriage and temperament in early 20th century prose
A Birmingham Age-Herald item discusses marriage disappointments and male temperaments with a line on how a stupid husband may be docile. A separate note cites United States 1919 quicksilver production at 17 576 flasks in the first half of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballant
Counted Dead Huns By Hiding In No Man's Land
In a World War I style anecdote a company commander reports a battalion order asking for dead enemy counts. He returns 2002, explaining he counted only one corpse and estimated the rest as healthier to avoid risky field counting. He joked about counting in No Man's Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Q
No Man's Land
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