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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
3
Alexander H Stephens, once vice president of the Confederacy and Georgia congressman, objected to a newspaper item saying he weighed 90 pounds. He asserted weight of 94 pounds and demanded a retraction. The editor noted Stephens’ habit of long editorials and blamed a scale error for the discrepancy.
A WWI era Cockney private recalls using tact after accidentally entering a French lady’s bathroom. He describes backing out and saying Par don, monsieur to defuse an embarrassing situation. The tale is shared as a cautionary wartime anecdote.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece honors a farmer's mother who raised 13 children and plowed by hand among rocks and stumps. The quote recalls her strength and quiet heroism without modern tractors or easy work.
Henry IV of France reached Amiens after a long journey. A local orator began with praise but the monarch cut in with a witty retort about being very tired.
A brief exchange features a bold claim test of sewing capacity followed by a boastful offer to demonstrate selling Fite seam. The dialogue hints at a sales confrontation over household textile tasks and a confident leverage of seam material.
A fragmented comic dialogue notes future antitrust laws with biting sarcasm and a scene of a clerk negotiating salary. The exchange includes a boss promising patience and a warning that a man who is right today may be wrong tomorrow.
Ad copy describes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from 40 years ago claiming to regulate liver and bowels. The fragment emphasizes faith and enthusiasm as life worth living, attributed to Holmes.
A 1918 Western Newspaper Union prose piece follows Nell, a girl visiting her grandmother in a quiet village. A stranger, Mr Southworth, arrives with a guarded past, and Nell shows calm trust that softens a tense evening. She guards the bag of the station proceeds and quietly secures the home before sleep.
An advertisement promotes a lemon skin lotion made from two lemons and three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It claims to whiten freckles and tan, soften rough hands, and beautify the face, neck, arms, and hands with daily massage.
Mrs Newlywed proudly announces her first plum pudding as Charlie remarks it looks nice yet wonders why it contains no plum. He quips the word plumb meaning a small mass of lead, citing the dictionary as a joke.
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy for constipation liver trouble and low spirits for decades. It claims to relieve indigestion headaches heart palpitations and other symptoms with a few doses. It is described as a gentle laxative and recommended by druggists in civilized countries.
An Age Herald quotation debates choosing a woman with a mission over a misunderstood woman for an hour of talk. The excerpt suggests the mission-driven woman would do most of the talking, while the other seeks confidential advice. An ad promotes Cuticura soap with free samples and pricing details.
Two women view a poulterer’s window in Smithfield showing two ducks, blackened and dried by Yong ringing for cold storage. One woman points accusingly at a duck and asks if the seller has been gassed, a remark reported by the Westminster Gazette.
Warzone hospitals order Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for troops. Sprinkle in shoes and foot-bath for comfort and easier walking. Sold everywhere 25c. Try it today. Adv. Tough Luck. "Poor Louise! Just as she met her ideal he" "Died?" "No, he met his ideal."
A quip notes some men favor dogs over wives because dogs do not growl. The remark points to domestic tensions and pet affection in social humor.
The article surveys government influence in daily conduct from a woman’s remark on law to a judge approving nat uralization after a Tacoma resident jokes about time in the United States. It notes Holland’s 1916 wartime–era failures, Philadelphia as a major shipbuilding center, and large U S spending on education with wool stocks totaling 562 million pounds as of December 31, 1917.
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