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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
3
Sandy complains about hotel charges in London after a Croburgh Burghs trip. His father agrees it was not cheap but claims he must have had a grand time viewing sights. Sandy laments paying for a room yet not getting proper use or sight of the wrong place.
A humorous Houston Post exchange notes a parent mocks a child’s singing as a phonograph imitation and jokes that sending him to vaudeville would not yield a hit but beats keeping him at home.
Donald, attending his first church service, asks many questions until his parent urges him to decide for himself. When the collection is taken he whispers that he already has some money and declines the offering.
A man recalls boasting he could beat his weight in wildcats but his wife challenged him. She made him beat double his weight in rugs, turning the boast into a comic domestic curb.
A dialog snippet shows onlookers attracted by curiosity as they move toward a focal crowd. The exchange labels the gathering as driven by spectacle rather than necessity, highlighting social voyeurism.
In a brief exchange the father doubts the suitor can sustain his daughter’s accustomed lifestyle. The young man contemplates the request and offers a compromise to accept help.
Dialogue features a man and woman debating the saying six of one and half a dozen of the other. He proposes six of each while she asks how would you have it, highlighting playful wordplay on numbers.
A narrator recalls a week in Charleston in 1883 and a dinner table discussion with John W. Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Garrett explains how Charleston’s shuttle line symbolized southern rail development and its impact on Civil War strategy. The piece notes Garrett’s pivotal Civil War role and leadership of the B and O.
A married pair weighs remarriage tensions. The husband proposes a regular weekly evening dedicated to discussing their relationship as a way to salvage their union. Their exchange centers on accountability and practical steps to improve communication.
Silas laments Old Man Hard’s patched trousers calling them a sin while Cyrus notes such garb may be handed down from father to son in a rustic exchange. The exchange captures rural humor and character.
A shoe clerk replies that owners prefer to fit big issues into small shoes, implying minor details cause trouble while larger concerns drive decisions. The exchange highlights tension between scale of problems and readiness to compress them into trivial solutions.
Figurative dialogue about Bras sie’s funeral sermon as the parson quotes a line from a text. Figg recalls the line “He has finished his course” in a humorous exchange.
After David Bennett Hill three times governor and once senator from New York dies, his career is recalled. His 1894 opposition to an income tax clause in the Wilson tariff bill and his refusal to take a lucrative retainer to argue before the Supreme Court are highlighted as examples of his ethics and political independence.
Hartford lawyer Henry C. Robinson recalls two career high points. He met Charles Dickens during Dickens first American visit in 1842 when the author visited Hartford. Robinson, then 11, stood at the City Hotel and Dickens spoke from a window saying Go away little boy.
A humorous exchange notes a man asking about his hens and learning that thirty six are owned. He reports progress with two hens laying daily, signaling a quaint example of small-farm optimism and poultry husbandry.
John Burns and Lord Kitchener presided at a town planning session in London. Burns warned that mean streets produce mean men while proposing westward urban expansion to escape city nuisances. M. Howard forecasted a city of light and air with electric heat, liquid air refrigeration, health chambers, glass verandas, and terraces serving as landing stages for flying cars and aviators, plus large parks and gardens.
The article notes school-extension efforts led by Cornell University since 1898 in New York. It details state-wide programs in corn and potato growing, fruit growing, poultry, and garden contests, with girls earning sewing and breadmaking prizes. The Junior Naturalist Monthly and Cornell Rural School Leaflet guide about 7,000 teachers and 75,000 club members.
The article extols village improvement work as a beautiful and endless opportunity for progress in small towns. It emphasizes citizen participation, notes resistance from a few farmers, and suggests well-graded improvements will attract visitors and boost prosperity.
Park management should meet public needs through wise public spirited leadership. Museums libraries and parks educate by example rather than scolding and gradually improve public taste.
Inquiries from Waurika Oklahoma and Huntington Massachusetts report relief from long standing female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Readers claim improved sleep strength and overall health, citing doctors approving outcomes and suggesting trial for stubborn cases of inflammation ulceration displacements fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
The National Association reports sixty five open air tuberculosis schools in twenty eight cities since 1907. The first US open air school opened in Providence Rhode Island on January 1 1907 led by Dr Ellen A Stone. The Pittsburg May 1907 and Boston July 1908 schools followed. Results show many children restored to health and efficiency. one open air school per 25 000 residents is advised for cities.
The Liberty temple at Toomebridge in County Londonderry, a famed Ulster landmark built by the late Rev. John Carey about sixty years ago, was destroyed by fire the other morning. Carey, a Cromwellian descendant once tried for murder but acquitted, funded the building.
Dr Grenfell of Labrador declares the territory has a brilliant future and will grow population as Norway does today. He says it is a better country than Iceland and far preferable to Lapland Finland Siberia and northern Alaska.
An Arizona man reports improving health after replacing coffee and breakfast starches with Postum and Grape-Nuts. He credits relief from stomach distress and headaches, weight gain of 12 pounds, and better overall well being. The letter promotes Postum Co. products and cites a testimonial from Battle Creek Michigan.
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