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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
3
A history of the term canard tracing its French meaning duck and its rise in late eighteenth century sensational journalism. It recounts a Paris hoax where twenty ducks were fed to the remaining two, fueling a widespread myth that Hoaxers created startling, even translated, reports across Europe and beyond.
A Victorian curiosity explains aging with a magic fan puzzle where blade numbers sum to a person’s age, using a 31-year cap. The column also cites remarkable bird longevity, listing a Barbary dove at 15 years and a Chinese goose at 57, plus a pinned drake surviving 20 years after purchase and a nestling bird living 48 years chained in a hutch.
A string of lighthearted conundrums and jokes about beggars bakers stockings and sentries. The questions play on wordplay and everyday objects with playful answers and social temperaments.
A playful verse notes The Circle pig enjoying chase by children who call and smile, while the animal shows no objection and participates cheerfully in the game.
A messenger reports a robbery occurred on the way to a merchant yet mentions receiving a receipt from the assailants. The incident is documented as a recoverable, non-graphic crime note with emphasis on the receipt as a key detail.
A Marathoner creates an indoor running apparatus akin to a treadmill. It uses a tilted rack with rollers for the runner to stride on, plus side handles to prevent falls and allow a quick stop, enabling muscle development when outdoor exercise is unavailable.
The article explains insect respiration with a network of air tubes throughout the body protected by spiral thread. Larvae live in water using thin plate-gill structures, while gnats breathe air via tail structures and a tubular siphon, enabling underwater and surface respiration.
The dream guide links candle light to happiness in love and goal achievement. Dogs appearing friendly signal luck and a speedy, happy marriage for lovers. A peacock omen foretells business success and a wealthy husband for a woman. Quarreling warns of unexpected news. Seeing stars foretells prosperity and advancement. Drawing water from a well indicates imminent marriage.
Jennie and Rob discuss the phrase Floral Decorations. Rob explains that floral decorations refer to rugs, carpet, or matting used to decorate the floor.
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes severe itching and eczema on ankles feet arms and scalp lasting twelve months. After trying remedies he found relief and cure with Cuticura Ointment Soap and Pills following doctor’s warning. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston provided the products.
An analysis estimates the average $250 to cure or care an incipient or advanced tuberculosis case. If left untreated the patient could infect at least two others, with society losing about $1,500 per life. Net community loss per case would be $4,250, and segregation of all sick poor tuberculars could save about $1.275 billion nationwide.
In Yonkers, the theater manager explains that a curtain heavy with local advertisements pleases the audience, reducing risk of audience hostility toward the author and protecting ad revenue. The friend asks why, and the manager notes locals won’t spoil their own ads by throwing eggs.
A witty dialogue contrasts smoking causing heart trouble with minding one’s own business behind a humorous line about black eyes. The scene appears in Pearson's Weekly and echoes in Every tittle Bit Helps with a lecturer’s bold forest destruction denial and a man’s unexpected woodpecker shooting remark.
A composite of quotes and vignettes discusses loving one's job, the link between honest work and contentment, and the dangers of shirking. It includes reflections on job satisfaction, the melancholy of an unoccupied chair, and witty remarks from a capitalist about clothing and progress.
In the Shott Jerid salt marsh desert in southern Tichis an Arab region notorious for caravan losses a debt claimed by De Lesseps to reach depths up to 200 feet a woman named Myriam Harry the French novelist completed the crossing in a small automobile marking a first.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. The advertisement asserts internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen the body and resolve the condition. Proprietors offer $100 for any case not cured and urge sending testimonials to Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Short scene shows a mother warning her daughter after naughtiness in company. Daughter defies her mother and jokes about punitive actions. Also includes archaic ads for Allen's Lung Balsam and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and scattered quotations.
A reader from Indiana describes how coffee caused ongoing dyspepsia and illness. After switching to Postum she reports normal digestion and no stomach pains, praising the product and highlighting the book The Road to Wellville. The letter claims a lasting health benefit and urges readers to seek the genuine testimonials.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer passage, two characters discuss Shackleton's claim with cautious confidence. They debate his polar discovery assertion while noting a humorous exchange about a mule and a child's family scene involving the Williamses’ baby.
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