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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1913
Page
2
An old advertisement touts a cold remedy labeled Globe Pine Compound Concentrated Pine from Globa Pharmaceutical Laboratories Chicago. It claims quick relief in a day using glycerine, pine compound, and whiskey mixed and dosed after meals and at night, with children dosed by age.
A testimony from L. R. Fink describes decades of scalp and thigh eczema, intense itching, and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a sample, itching ceased within minutes and fully cured after two days, with scalp dandruff also relieved.
Miss Lillian Hill argues in Cleveland that beauty outweighs intellect in love and that intellect can provoke nerves and hypochondria. She cites an old maid from Vassar who says men prefer a well formed girl to a well informed one.
The excerpt contrasts old and modern patriotism with a line about barefoot service vs earning a wage. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a stomach and bowel remedy. The piece ends with a quip about self-contradiction and personal realization.
Kansas City inventor W D Nelson promotes a postage stamping machine to cut post office stamp theft and robberies. The device prints postage by impression with firm specific numbers and names, locks after use, and is backed by government adoption potential. Nelson contends major losses from stamp theft would fall by two thirds.
An early morning walk on a New York beach leads Aviator Peter Walling to kick a whitish mass he believes is ambergris. A salty observer agrees, a local chemist confirms, and Walling takes the sample to the Museum of Natural History to determine if the find is worth $20,000.
The Supreme Court in Neuberg New York adjourned for a week as Judge Arthur S. Tompkins recovers from a black eye after being struck by his son with a golf stick.
Vancouver reports a barley boom with 650000 tons awaiting shipment. Old sailing ships in Oakland estuary are being overhauled to handle grains as steam tonnage remains scarce and ships from England and elsewhere are tied up or costly. The fleet includes Ferris S. Thompson Halcyon Lurime Rence Charmer California Sonoma Beulah Little Bonne Diamond Head Balboa and others.
London report from Kingston on Thames features Leslie Heather a fifteen month old boy from Knight's Park who lifts four and six pound flatirons in his garden display. His father a Kingston constable notes the child began weight lifting a month ago and already weighs twenty nine pounds with a nineteen inch chest. Leslie has six older siblings and won a Kingston baby show prize last March.
Hollander, the only man to circle the globe in wooden shoes, arrives in Atlanta after a globe spanning trek. He says he left the army six years ago and walked from Amsterdam through Europe Africa India China to San Francisco. He crossed Alaska and the United States with his sister Wilhelmina, visiting numerous cities including Butte, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Montreal, Boston, New York, Washington, Charlotte, before Atlanta.
In Lexington, Henry B. Stewart and Nannie B. Wells, both fourteen, married after a woman posed as Nan Tit-E Wells to obtain a marriage license. Stewart then aided by his sister Mrs. Thomas faced charges for impersonation and unlawfully securing a license.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative tonic for infants and all ages. It claims to cure colic and flatulence, with testimonials from the Dudley family of Arkansas. The note offers samples by mail and lists price and refund guarantee.
A fair amateur palmist reads a sweet girl's hand and declares an engagement to Mr Mooney. The girl protests but the reader insists, noting the engagement ring was returned three weeks ago.
Familiar to Mike O Conner a negro clairvoyant who posed as a Hindoo was guest of a collector. Upon presenting a bill the palm reader dropped Hindoo accents and unleashed a volley of English curses, prompting Mike to quip the man sounded more like Indiana Avenue than Hindoo.
A man remarks that women are strange as he orders a second drink. He tells of his wife crying after he suggests going to the theater after supper. She explains she has spent the day making preserves and is busy. He ends by ordering another drink.
A joke notes Alexander is distressed after his pay was reduced. The quip frames the salary cut as a personal blow and hints at broader concerns in a light, humor-driven line.
A Missouri man shares how his wife recovered health after 18 years of poor digestion by eating Grape-Nuts with cream. He says daily breakfasts and suppers featuring the cereal transformed her. Rastum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan endorses the product and points to The Road to Wellville as reading.
A Victorian era aside emphasizes enduring duty and fidelity. The dialogue questions whether naming a trust is necessary while underscoring that faithfulness to one's trust remains central.
Rev. E Heslop of Wigton Pa suffers dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue but after using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling subsides and he feels restored. He credits the remedy and notes continued faith months later. Consumers urged to write to Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY for pills and household hints.
Representative De F sponsors pension for ex presidents as economy talk heats. A street car remark follows about a woman cutting her husband’s hair to avoid arousing suspicions among other women’s husbands.
Finley Peter Dunne observed a playwright’s failed effort with humor at a New York club. Dunn quips that a philosopher is someone trained by others misfortunes while Dooley jokes about tastes and the odd comparison to grand opera. The dialogue touches on pride, marriage, and a detective’s probing.
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