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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
3
The term assassin comes from a secret Persian sect in the 11th century. Members swore blind obedience to their chief and were said to be given hashish to induce ecstasy before carrying out grim deeds. The name Hashishin evolved into assassins in Western languages.
The lingula shellfish is among the oldest life forms, with fossils and a Manila Bay specimen illustrating a genus that has remained nearly unchanged for more than 100 million years. The Journal of Heredity notes its germ plasm shows remarkable constancy amid Earth's changing climates.
The piece notes widespread cane use in the United Kingdom and rising demand for walking sticks among women in coastal resorts. It explains rainy winters and unsettled summers foster umbrella and cane production, then includes an unrelated Cuticura soap advertisement with prices and a Boston address.
Virginia watched as her mother baked for a church fair. The first two cakes failed, falling flat and streaked in the center. The third attempt succeeded, but Virginia mourned the morning’s trio of flopped cakes while her aunt arrived and heard the fray.
An affable waiter asks what will be for dinner and the hungry main urges “bring what you are serving today” rather than a guess. The exchange ends with a sly line about how might does not always make right but it puts up a hard fight.
Donald, Ida, Davies, and Clouts struggle in a Mayan temple beneath the sea. MacBeard offers terms for missing pages as a sacrificial knife siege turns to a musical escape using a tuning fork to alarm the amphibious attackers. The submarine escape ends the peril as the airlock seals.
Donald confronts a misty ethereal woman in the messroom who vanishes as Ida observes a vision. He insists no one else is present and tries to prove it by lighting a candle, while Ida doubts her dream and seeks reassurance. The scene ends with Ida crying as Donald wonders about his feelings.
Green's August Flower touted as a world household remedy for constipation, liver trouble, and low spirits with claims of quick relief after a few doses. The ad notes its availability through druggists in civilized countries. Hard on Henry reflects a joke about military life and trenches in Europe.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application shown 50c.
A humorous quip about a hotel where the proprietor makes guests feel they own the place after paying. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a health aid for the liver bowels and stomach, suggesting cleanliness and health benefits.
A terse exchange quotes an Old-timer and a Judge about shooting a man. The man asked what it felt like. the Old-timer replies he does not know because the man never spoke after. The scene centers on implied judgment and unspecified consequences.
Dialogues reveal Mr Bangor William and William arguing about broken glass and luck. They discuss money and its power, noting money can be misused and other powers like the press can be abused, but caution that such powers reflect human nature.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for acute nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It claims internal action through the blood to affect mucous surfaces and offers testimonials free with a $100.00 refund for any case not cured. Fr. Cheney Co. Toledo, Ohio.
A Cleveland girl, only seventeen, serves as bank president with 850 depositors and no capital of $155.58. The council educational alliance saves money to buy Liberty loan bonds, vacations, and presents. Deposits come in pennies, with some people having only a cent to their names.
Wisconsin supplied 86,400,000 bushels of the national potato crop, part of a total 440,000,000 bushels nationwide. The state contributed about 814 percent of the overall figure.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a mother warning a daughter about her husband’s nerves. The exchange reveals a wary domestic mood with brief levity as the characters discuss behavior.
A witty note ponders how to convince a woman she looks patriotic in last year’s outfits. It plays on fashion and national sentiment with light sarcasm.
Anuric double strength is advertised as a remedy for rheumatism and kidney issues, claiming quick relief and prevention of serious disease. The ad urges purchase for 60 cents or a trial price of 10 cents, with delivery from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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