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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
3
Advert says hoop skirts once common and Dr. Pierce’s Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription remain standard. Claims the drugs treat stomach and blood conditions and women’s health issues. Includes testimonial from Rose Faulkner of Los Angeles praising recovery.
Joseph Hergzsheimer, fiction writer, dined with a friend in a New York restaurant. He condemned the prevalent commercial spirit and said money should never be an object in true art. The waiter brought the bill and Hergzsheimer quipped that money should be no object but also no obstruction in these times.
A dialogue reveals Bolshevist rigidity and the need for central direction. The Red replies that without orders from the big boss they cannot proceed, while a suggestion to fill time leads to the topic of whether a Soviet can still be called a Soviet.
The ad claims hall s catarrh medicine acts as a tonic to purify blood and reduce mucous inflammation by correcting constitutional conditions. It touts reach through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers free circulars from H J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio. An unrelated dialogue line from the Boston Transcript follows.
An advertisement explains skin diseases arise from the blood and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promotes S S S as the blood remedy to purify the blood of disease germs and restore skin health. Readers are invited to write a case history to receive free medical advice from the chief medical adviser at 161 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.
The sixth annual meeting of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness reports over 4 000 supporters and 62 conservation of vision classes in public schools and colleges across several states. Key issues include childhood blindness from ophthalmia neonatorum, rising trachoma efforts, and warnings on wood alcohol poisoning. Hl. F. 2d Porter delivered the annual address, stressing eye health as crucial to daily life and work.
Buenos Aires reports a recurring locust invasion in Santa Fe with bands sweeping from Bolivia. The swarms threaten crops and homes as larvae hatch and destroy vegetation until wings appear and the pests vanish, prompting national locust squads and rancher duties to combat the pest each year.
Washington reports 633 371 aliens arrived last fiscal year with 430 001 classed as immigrants and 195 575 as nonimmigrants. There were 428 002 departures and 519 003 began steps toward citizenship. Secretary Wilson urges Congress to act on second industrial conference recommendations.
A miniature portrait of George Washington by Charles Wilson Peale, requested by Martha Washington, sold for 8600 dollars to the Mount Vernon association. Part of Dr. David Stuart’s estate relics, it joins Washington field telescope, a watch at 4000, two mahogany chairs 1100 and 700, and shaving outfit sold to a New York buyer for 950.
A negro woman held up Mrs. Annabelle Gemas on the West Penn street car line near her home. Two other negroes searched her and took her pocketbook containing about $30. They returned a gold service medal awarded to Mrs. Gemas’s husband for Spanish-American War service after the robbery. The assailants halted her with the request to surrender money.
A short exchange notes that in some countries beauty ideals favor fat women, while labeling those nations as poor for fat women. The remark reflects biased views on body size, wealth, and global beauty norms.
Xenia Ohio street car service may halt if operators ignore city officials demand to renew the franchise before it expires on the first of a forthcoming month. The owners have shown little concern about extending their concession.
A mother recounts a near miss as her child drops two milk cans while returning home. The girl steadies the cans to avoid a spill, claiming she saved every drop despite mud and a fall, in a London Answers style vignette.
A fragment quotes a sharp exchange about a boy's concentration. One character laments his distraction while the other points out his focus on avoiding work, illustrating a tension between intent and action. The snippet underscores a classroom or domestic debate over responsibility.
Poem fragment notes ideas like men are forbidden to alirk and bring grief when they refuse to work, reflecting on duty and consequences.
The dialogue debates buying a car. one suggests a thousand dollar model, the other prefers a two thousand dollar option seen in the window. The exchange hints at financial limits and aspirational spending.
A humorous exchange about a road traveler known as the luckiest man on the road. A second tramp calls another man a scambulist who walks in his sleep, leaving him free to loaf and rest.
A humorous quip notes a man who just left the dentist's chair and refused to let the nerve be taken. The line jokes about enduring a dental procedure with nerves intact.
An actress explains she reverses usual practice by painting first and drawing afterward as part of preparing for the stage.
A contentious meeting drew sharp exchanges as a speaker was muzzled amid biting remarks from several attendees. The confrontation highlighted tensions between participants and the chair.
A frightened owner reports a ghostly sighting last night that caused their Pug to curl up in fear. The eerie encounter unsettled the household and left residents wary of late hours.
A quip about an elastic currency prompts a lighthearted reflection on wages. The speaker jokes that money should stretch from one payday to the next, hinting at financial strain and the humor of everyday economics.
A quirky excerpt features a backwoods dialogue about a cat likened to a bobcat in Crimson Gulch. The exchange includes Three-Finger-Sam describing a temperamental feline as a full grown bobcat for dramatic effect.
The readable fragments describe a man speaking softly about his wife and appearing distressed. The text is garbled and contains stray phrases that do not form a complete event or clear action.
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