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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
6
In a no condition to slide scene a woman overhears children mock a boy who refuses to slide down a coping. A boy says he has had six spankings that morning, explaining his reluctance and prompting the taunt.
Doctors report grip illnesses strain kidneys with back and urinary troubles. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root herbal remedy marketed as healing and strengthening kidneys after grip. Sample bottle offered for ten cents with paper mention. Regular sizes sold at all druggists.
In 1927 George Pipwhistle returns home with a mountain of parcels. His wife had given him money for the morning errands and he celebrates a haul of corkscrews, a stuffed owl, brushes, a cloth-bound book, walking sticks, a toasting fork, tin openers, and a roasting jack from a bargain sale.
A humorous domestic exchange centers on a boy named Johnny who keeps his thumb in his soup. His mother frets about etiquette while he insists the soup is not hot, highlighting a lighthearted family moment.
In a New York Red Cross workroom a mother declares pride and sorrow as she explains giving her son to the war effort. A frail woman recounts Jack’s service and sacrifice, while coworkers reflect on patriotism and personal loss.
Cincinnati markets report grain and flour prices for Flour-Winter patent 10.90 to 11.36, hay No 1 timothy 22 to 23.76, corn White ear 85c to 1.50, butter 46c, eggs prime firsts 32c, live poultry prices by weight, cattle and hogs ranges from 6.75 to 16.50 for cattle and 10 to 17.90 for hogs, sheep 6 to 11.75.
A family scene in a Los Angeles Times excerpt shows children pointing out stars and a dipper, while the father notes the dipper stands on its head and a faucet is seen. A spigot near the kitchen door and the children’s use of a hanging dipper are described amid light rain. Cuticura ads promise eczema relief with free samples and prices for soap and ointment.
A Canadian reader recalls a four year old boy tired from a day of recruiting. He reports recruiting for the Bantams and claims to have gathered 500 bantams and one rooster, mixing humor with a childlike view of effort.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio declares his firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. He certifies the firm’s address in Toledo and promises the medicine internally treats mucous surfaces. Druggists offer testimonials.
A military office letter to Brigadier surgeon Lt. Col. Brown about a teething child elicits a witty reply. Mary Jones writes a correction and adds a final jab about bringing a sword to lance baby's gums, as quoted in Tit-Bits.
A notice urges careful examination of each bottle of Castoria for infants and children to ensure it bears the signature mark In Use for Over Children Cry for one, reflecting a long standing remedy endorsement.
A Birmingham Age-Herald exchange shows a polite clerk and supervisor failing to locate a book of synonyms among thousands of volumes. The boss is consulted after the clerk notes they may not have the requested work by “er-Synonym.”
A congressional hopeful recalls starting life by working in a grocery earning three dollars weekly and saving. A heckler in the audience asks if this was before the cash register invention, drawing a sharp retort from the crowd.
A Baltimore News item recalls a girl who, in her third week of school, returns home with slate and books saying she quit because she knows more than the teacher. The girl says she wrote her name on her plate and the teacher could not read it. An advertisement for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills follows.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald quip, a keeper calls it Inventors row as eighty patients in a padded ward, each with a different rumored solution to the submarine problem, highlights the wartime fear and humorous chatter about U boats and innovation.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a domestic dispute where plans to separate households were foiled when the cook refused to leave, blocking the move and delaying the breakup.
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