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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
3
An old advertising claim touts a home mixing recipe for rheumatic pain using Toris compound and syrup of arsaparilla with whiskey. It promises quick cures, urges against patent medicines, and credits Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago.
The Flying Age notes De Swift’s youngest child cannot be over a year old and is just learning to fly. The brief remark highlights a young aviator in early training.
A 1911 letter describes a baby plagued by white pimples and severe sores spreading from the head to the body. After trying various remedies the family reports complete healing using Cuticura Soap and Ointment following a newspaper advertisement. Adv.
A joke line frames a beauty doctor’s anger at Anna for visiting to get a few wrinkles removed, delivering a playful setup and punchline about cosmetic treatment.
A reflective line notes that many women hesitate in marriage to avoid repeated rejection or abandonment. It warns of fear driving choices and the social pressure surrounding partnership.
Henry Pinkiett, former San Francisco merchant turned Klondike veteran, tells Breslin Dawson City has limited mining for big capital but vast unprospected Yukon zones remain. He notes 50 mile radius dominated by a South African firm and others. smaller claims fade, dredges and transport have extended season, and Dawson’s dance halls no longer plague the town as a clean, growing mining hub potential.
Grand juries in Kings County and police inquiries reveal cocaine illegal sales have surged over two years, leading drug offenders to arrests and indictments in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Detectives report victims often are users, with cases showing coca ine sold at wholesale around $3 an ounce and street price near $16.
London reports the battleship Dreadnought is outpaced by newer pre Dreadnought and King George V class ships. The piece notes shifting naval power measures and cites comparisons from the Trafalgar era amid a briefer New York note on a Bronx sleigh party where four youths announced engagements.
Report details education growth from serfdom's abolition to Nicholas II era. It notes public schools expanding from 4,077 in 1860 to 100,295 elementary schools serving 6,910,510 pupils, with industrial schools rising to 2,748. Wages for teachers start at 172 dollars yearly, increasing with tenure.
Miss Hannai Mace of Tarrytown reports her pet hen Mary tried to kill itself after a car accident left her unable to lay eggs. The bird perched on a wire fence and strangled itself before neighbors intervened and rescued her.
A New York charity worker recalls Miss Gaquid's passion for giving and a parable about a young minister who gave away his clothes to the needy until he exhausted himself. The anecdote underscores selfless aid before marriage.
Mary and James were close friends until the arrival of some new neighbors. James strayed to the new children, only to find them unsatisfactory and return to Mary. She dismissed him, declaring she would not be a last chance friend and telling him to go back to his show off friends.
Claude H. Wetmore lauds St Louis for its marvelous growth and prosperity. He notes wealth as a city phenomenon that captivates America while warning money cannot buy all values beyond money.
William H. Maxwell, superintendent of New York schools, described modern demagogues with a parable about a seven year old girl who defined a demagogue as a vessel coat containing beer and other liquids.
Fragmentary excerpt shows Sambo Johnsing and his son in a heated exchange about race. An accompanying advertisement touts Viler's Foot-luse salve with relief for aching feet and a free sample offer.
The fragment mentions Boston and a public library adorned with a frieze of baseball bats. It also includes ad lines for patent medicines like Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Dr. Pierce's Pills, along with a quip about marriage and winded pipe dreams.
Senator Lodge, at a Back Bay Boston dinner, neatly explained the distinction. He said a statesman thinks of the next generation, while a politician focuses on the next election.
A dialogue contrasts a diplomat who holds his tongue with a diplomat who preserves his role. Father suggests true diplomacy means keeping the job, not merely speaking softly.
A remark notes that a woman falls silent only to praise a rival, underscoring rivalry dynamics and social restraint in competitive contexts.
Euphemia Ohio woman 62 credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after menopauses and long illness. She says it let her avoid doctor visits for 18 years, supports work as a maternity nurse and self supporting sewing, and recommends it to others before and after childbirth.
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