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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1916
Page
3
Dobson claims severe insomnia while a co worker disputes the condition noting Dobson never shows signs at work. The exchange implies skepticism about the ailment and jokes about what the boss would prefer to see.
An advertisement touts Cuticura for babies with itching and eczema. It urges hot baths with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, claims instant relief, and offers a free sample by mail. Also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver and stomach regulation. An added quip references a Mexican general about a bandit.
An advertisement extols Hanford's Balsam as a fast healer for sores burns and lameness claiming it is a valuable household remedy every home should keep on hand.
An exchange mocks a dull weekend with a jab about a secondhand car that looks better after a paint job. The speaker notes the engine hasn’t run in five years while asking $500, comparing the slick exterior to its true condition.
A four year old, John Ragland, son of Vanderburg County schools superintendent Floyd C. Ragland, presents his mother with a geranium for her birthday. He tells her that when anger tempts a spanking she should look at the flower and remember how well he behaved.
The exchange references how conflict spawns new language and an altered sense of ultimatum. It suggests that diplomacy reshapes speech, producing novel terms and meanings in a tense international climate.
A Me sister recounts scarlet fever recovery aided by Grape-Nuts after poor feeding worsened stomach and kidney problems. She gained ten pounds, resumed chores, and credits breakfast and supper with steady improvement. She advises friends with similar issues to try the product and notes Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Betty Pake advises home gardeners on seasonally appropriate planting and care. She stresses staking tall flowers, daily flower picking for bloom, pruning lilac seed clusters, avoiding overfertilizing dry ground, pruning roses, weed removal by hand, and vigilant pest control. Mulching with grass clippings cools roots, while timely sowing and spacing of cosmos, Kudzu vine, Madeira vine, and wild grapes promote continuous bloom and rapid growth.
Advice on soil readiness for winter and spring, noting soil should not be worked when moist. Frost leaves soil in manure mulch around shrubs roses and perennials. If winter mulch is absent apply fertilizer, such as bone meal, around plant bases.
Advice on transplanting seedlings as soon as handleable. Move to pots or boxes with space, use hands or a forked stick, provide shade for a few days, water carefully, and increase air as weather warrants to harden plants for open ground. Avoid moving plants from conservatories or hotbeds too soon.
American readers are urged to guard against kidney trouble from overindulgent eating. The ad promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce, claims it removes uric acid, promises relief from backache rheumatism gout and related ailments, and offers a trial package for 10 cents and full treatment for a dollar.
The Cincinnati Enquirer narrates a fragment where a patient questions a doctor about reassurance and a clerk debates glove washing and shrinking. The scene features a fussy woman examining undressed kid gloves and a weary clerk answering queries.
Dialogue fragments show witty exchanges on equality and social roles. References to Hanford's Balsam and safety tips appear alongside a landlady and new guest exchange. A pursuasive line hints at in advance payment for covert escapes and a remark about men unable to move past hard jobs in love.
A damaged text fragment references an auction or sale action. Readable details are limited to a vague notice of a sale and local officials, with uncertain names or dates.
Georgie confesses indulgence in a chocolate pie at supper caused internal disturbances. He slept late the next morning, looking worn. His aunt asks about him and Georgie replies that he is better now, saying Mamma gave him an epidemic.
A fragmentary note hints at Jonesy's alertness and asks if it reflects a new make. It recalls Senator Townsend of Michigan as a former champion in boxing and wrestling from his college days.
Joplin mothers endorse Vap-O-Rub as a safe external treatment for children's colds and croup. Personal letters praise rapid throat and chest relief, noting use on infants and families with better results than internal medicines. Sold in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00.
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