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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
3
A storefront quip about a regular female patron who spent heavily, including buying 11 one cent postage stamps in a week. The druggist laments loss of change from a ten dollar bill and notes the patron’s longstanding frequent visits.
A playful dialogue features Hewitt noting his wife lost her voice and Janett quipping she is now a non combat ant, turning wartime banter into a light domestic joke. The fragment hints at a satirical or humorous column style.
Directions advise boring multiple foot deep holes near an ant nest center and pouring about an ounce of bisulphide of carbon into each hole then sealing. The vapor travels the galleries and kills the ants, with a second treatment rarely needed.
Antiseptic powder to shake into shoes relieves sting and pain of coins and buttons, making walking comfortable. Sold everywhere for 25c. Address for trial package provided as A, 8 Olmated, Le Roy, N.
A reflective note on self focus and progress. The world admires men who tend to their own business and avoid a backward gaze. It warns that many fail to advance due to looking back.
Lord Knollys, retiring private secretary to King George and the late King Eoward, has rejected offers to write his memoirs. An American publisher once offered a blank check for a 50 000 word book, and Knollys replied his terms would be five million dollars. He suggested his frank revelations would be even more valuable.
A Kansas City minister visiting an Idaho Indian reservation asked a government agent for the missionary. The agent directed him to the chief, who replied in excellent English and warned he would confront the clerk who sent the minister there. The exchange shows wary humor in a frontier post.
A naval expert asks what readers think of the new battleship while a plain business man praises it yet fears risking the handsome and expensive vessel in battle. The note hints at charity masking broader issues and calls for exposing hidden truths.
A 1863 chronology reports Union and Confederate actions across Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Key events include shinings near Suffolk and Bayou Teche, the Escort blockade run, Burnside orders, and Donelson’s death in Tennessee. The narrative notes naval bombardments, river battles, troop movements, and captures with multiple engagements and reinforcements.
A passage discusses whether industry should serve man or man serve industry. It argues that industry misuses people and suggests reform or abolition if it harms health and happiness. It cites Jesus to urge industry be made for man and notes a Parisian court ruling on brand substitution and damages.
A mother in Redwood California recalls applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment to a two year old’s leg burns after hot water contact. She reports rapid healing with blisters opened and bandages reapplied, claiming complete cure and the child sleeping well afterward. The notice promotes Cuticura products and offers a free sample and Skin Book from Boston.
A historical snippet mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as familiar tonics. It references social commentary on a presidential chair and a clipper, plus aphorisms about temptation and blunt customer dealings.
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