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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
1
A Dallas News note describes local firms advertising to sell fish directly to small buyers. One ad asks send half a dollar with a list of preferred varieties. A letter requests two salmon a dozen whiten, a dozen fresh herring, some flounders, and possibly a jobster. The next day a reply asks for another dime to forward the fisherman.
In this short humor sketch a man and woman discuss unification of interests while a product advertises Paxton Antiseptic 26 cents a box. The copy emphasizes keeping artificial teeth clean and germ free, urging purchase through The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass.
A fragmented ad style passage touts Garfield Tea as a cure and notes various odd lines about postage stamps empire harvests and hair. The text mixes quotations and obscure claims with a boast of Garfield Tea's supposed effectiveness.
Mrs. Dema Bethune of Sikeston Missouri describes severe monthly pain cramps and backache over seven years. After refusing surgery she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained health. She urges other women to try the remedy, noting improved energy and ability to perform chores.
Mrs. Merriwid shares breakfast with Aunt Jane as they discuss mourning, Henry Meriwid’s memory, and coping routines. She jokes about marriage prospects, contrasts happiness with comfort, and imagines a future companion only if she truly favors him.
A playful dialogue ponders what happened to the old water wagon and suggests it might have become a constellation with the Great Bear and the Dipper, mixing casual curiosity with starry imagery.
The article urges using screened porches and home camping tactics to beat heat. It describes pitching a yard tent, sleeping in bed clothing, and moving meals outside. It promotes an alcohol stove, frtless cooker, and outdoor chores done on the porch for family comfort.
A brief tale recounts Charles Dickens meeting a freezing beggar boy. The boy asks for a penny, earns two, and declares they will share two hot buns. Dickens, moved by the episode, takes the lad home, feeds him, clothes him, and aids his path to a better life.
Mrs Greland of Kingsley Michigan reports her thirteen month old girl developed a spreading cheek sore that reached the eye and nostril. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the sores healed within days with no scarring and no relapse. Sample offered by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Tender rhubarb stalks prepared with lemon slices and sugar. Chill before serving. Optional seeded raisins add variety. Rhubarb noted as spring medicine and valuable in season.
A dinner table remark about the origin of mankind ends with a clash over Eve and Adam. The woman, mortified, admits she checked the Bible and found Eve listed as mother of all living, leaving her unsure whether to write to the professor.
Advice on cleaning rubber wringer rollers by rubbing or scrubbing with a stiff brush and coal oil to remove stains. After treating, wash with hot soap suds to restore the wringer for use with fine white clothing.
A summer scene in Dinard features a beautiful countess, wife of two millionaires, in a bathing dress that shocks local gossips. Two men debate propriety, recalling her dinner dress and diamonds from last night, highlighting social fixation on appearances.
An item called a pretty sugar dish is detailed as beaten silver crafted to hold sugar. The dish is long and flat with two small handles, tray like, designed to present two compact rows with each piece resting on its side edge in an attractive manner.
Mrs. J. L. Story notes a fear of damp sheets in a tale about a late relative. At death the feared winding sheet was warmed before burial, the mistress declaring she would not lie in damp bed clothes even after death.
Old cookbook note describes mixing buttermilk flour and salt overnight to form a thin batter. In the morning beat two eggs and a teaspoon baking soda dissolved in warm water then stir into batter and fry pancakes. The instruction ends with a humorous line about the husband wanting them every morning.
A fragment quotes George Washington on dispositions and morals as essential supports. It contrasts a romantic lover with a practical man who provides for the family, noting the latter’s steadiness in real life.
Instructions advise holding the pan over heat and applying a dab of shellac to seal and restore the look as if new. The method emphasizes cooking the coating onto the surface and letting it cure for a durable finish.
The text promotes Gar field Toa as a pure herb laxative to try and be convinced of its merits. It stresses natural origins and advocates its use defended by nature study, quoting Mrs. Oliphant on the protective, steadfast observer amid turmoil.
A humorous exchange recounted from Harper's Weekly shows Dobkins and Snobkins debating belief in miracles. The dialogue uses playful misreads and garbled lines to create a comic moment about superstition and perception.
In The Land-of-Contracts James Fullertor Muirhead recounts an American girl's response to being praised for her English by an Englishman. She quips that she had special advantages because an English missionary was stationed near her tribe.
In a humorous Harper's Weekly vignette Amaranth asks to prep Willie Smithers for a marriage proposal. Mr Blinks jokes a ruse telling him to take ether beforehand so the suitor will endure pain, highlighting a playful comic tone.
An English earl famed for misanthropy, child hatred, and no family, once hired a pensioner McMicken as lodge keeper. Months later McMicken’s wife bore a son. enraged, the lord rode to the lodge and shouted that his role was to operate a gate, not to propagate.
Two French visitors admire an American painting and ask how it was captured. The artist replies in broken English that the work was an offspring of his brain. The joke pivots on springs on the brain and a light remark about American behavior.
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