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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
3
A truncated ad style item notes women with infertility seeking help and claims many were restored to normal health by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It urges writing to ask the women for details.
A sequence of reader testimonials from mothers across states including New York Missouri Pennsylvania Virginia and Florida extoll Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as beneficial before and after childbirth. Many emphasize building up health for a safe delivery and a healthy baby girl.
An unnamed Tennessee mountaineer, after hiring a local to help pack up, says he never cared for books and admits he cannot read. The remark reflects a simple, candid moment during a summer in a mountain hamlet.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cuticura products to clear dandruff and scalp itching. It touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for skin and scalp relief, describing them as pure fragrant emollients. Free samples by mail via Skin Book at Cuticura Dept XY Boston, sold everywhere.
A comic exchange notes a passengerless boat trip to Bermuda with the punchline that everyone aboard was married. The couple delivers a light humor bit about marriage status as a dating quip.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as an improved quinine that avoids nervousness and head ringing. It urges requesting the full name and signature of E. W. Grove, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets for digestive issues. It also includes assorted quips and brief product mentions from period advertising.
A 1935 column argues success comes from steady effort and preparation not easy promises. It uses a business owner’s trials, snags on the road to profit, and the need to reef before the hurricane to stress resilience and cautious advance.
A reflection on how every sight and sound enters the brain. The text urges selective perception, urging readers to regulate what is seen and heard to gain value for themselves and the community. It stresses choosing meaningful impressions and grinding the grist into useful knowledge.
The story highlights Henry W. Thornton American who became general manager of the Great Eastern railway in England and led rapid mobilization of rail carriages and steam up after a Kitchener conference to move men and munitions to Southampton. It recalls his Columbus Ohio roots and rise from Pennsylvanian Railroad employee to a top railway executive in 16 years.
St Marys in Soho London once a Greek archbishop refuge and Huguenot and Baptist meeting house. It later became a music hall before being used by the Established Church and now hosts Old Catholic Sunday mass with the bishop of London’s sanction. The first Anglican vicar was J D Chambers, a noted Tractarian leader who counted Mr Gladstone among his congregants.
A University of Indiana athlete reportedly vaulted 6 feet 1 inch to set a world high jump record. The scene includes a student named Benedict and chatter about proposals and courtship.
A French electrician claims his battery delivers six times the usual current by heating its contents to the boiling point. The invention is described as a compact energy source with enhanced performance under heat.
Nearly a hundred separate industries for the making of toys have sprung up in England since the war began. The drive reflects a broad expansion of craft and industry to supply domestic needs and aid morale.
Two children Tommy and Annie mourn their pet parrot with a funeral. Tommy acts as grave digger and Annie wraps the bird in a scarf for burial. They debate whether Polly becomes an angel or a bird of paradise after death.
A Newcastle Indiana girl, puzzled by the newborn, surveys the dining room at mealtime and asks her father where her new sister will eat, after willingly giving up her own bed. The Indianapolis News notes the thoughtful moment in a family welcome.
Important to mothers warn to examine each bottle of Castoria bearing the signature as a safe remedy for infants and children. In use for over 30 years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
In a playful exchange, Speedy notes Jiggers has started chasing literature. Jiggers admits he hasn’t caught it yet, remarking that literature is very swift these days. The light banter humorously frames a joke about literary pursuits.
A peculiar report questions whether Knicker-Does Jones achieves notable standing in a horse show. The item contrasts Jones with Bocker who is seen as no more than a horse.
The quotation debates whether forestry is a science or an art and hints at artistic woodcut origins. A remark about reading a tiresome book notes skipping pages without change. The text also references a troubled marriage involving a wife and another woman.
Advertisement style lines claim Denison's Coffee pleases when others fail and link a light diet to health. The message promotes the idea of liberal giving wisely, reflecting a charm style from a past era.
Advertises Anuric from Dr. Pierce as a remedy for kidney weakness, backache, rheumatism, dropsy, and uric acid disorders. Claims benefits for uric acid, stones, and gout. Promotes sample water analysis at Buffalo hospital and 50-cent packs sold by dealers.
A lawyer questions a witness about the time the defendant's wife entered a taxicab in front of the National Bank. The witness testifies it was seventeen minutes past one, and explains his certainty by noting the lady wore an ankle watch.
Dialogue notes a wife ill with a fashionable ailment. A doctor spends an hour reviewing her history including shopping trips and new gowns, hats, shoes, and finery. He concludes the illness is a severe case of newritis.
A light humorous aside on genealogists and spinster choices, noting how women saying no can mislead men who chuckle at feminine folly yet are fooled by it. The exchange casts aging societal expectations as playful commentary.
Mr Brown's colored valet Mose recounts a party for 16 invited guests that attracted 28 attendees, noting the event's success with pride. The tale highlights generosity from a taster and the valet's elevated pride in hosting.
A caustic exchange at a restaurant unfolds as a patron criticizes a baby’s fuss while a mother responds that the infant has not been pleased by anything except the zoo animals. The brief dialogue captures a moment of social friction and humor reminiscent of Puck.
After the movies the public is urged to care for their eyes with a simple routine. A promotional message stresses keeping eyes youthful to preserve a youthful appearance and avoid revealing age.
A note from a literary reminiscence compares a trombone player’s allure to that of a violet, suggesting public attention shifts toward music over petals in a modest scene.
Original liver pills advertised as the first in 40 years. Promoted to regulate liver and bowels.
A compact moral remark notes that experience is a poor tutor when it comes to women and that a man who relies on bluffing tends to fail in the end.
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