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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
7
The Owensville community reports heavy outages as wartime demands crowd rural telephone lines. Residents hear busy signals and tell callers that neighbors are away at work or at the Red Cross workshop.
A light exchange in a neighborhood yard turns into playful banter about gardens. One resident jokes that even neighboring chickens avoid the yard, inviting others to share tips for greener spaces.
During a Saturday morning inspection a private is found without a belt. First Sergeant orders the private to report to the quartermaster sergeant to replace the belt and to be charged for the lost item. The private recalls loaning the belt to the sergeant two months earlier. Corp. S. C. Samuels of Battery C, 126th Artillery notes the exchange.
A female entertainer faces harsh scrutiny over stage presence and image as critics call out a low quality mirror and attire. The critique centers on perceived authenticity and the audience’s reaction to visual presentation.
A historical notice warns that even tiny doses of opiates given to infants can cause permanent developmental harm and later addiction. It cautions against using narcotics like soothing syrups and urges physicians and druggists to avoid dosing children and to verify Castoria contains no narcotics.
An advertisement touts BATONIC and EATONIC as a quick fix for stomach and bowel troubles in hot weather. It claims these tablets absorb acids and gases, restore appetite, and promise a safe test with guaranteed results. The copy emphasizes relief from heartburn nausea belching and indigestion and urges readers to start today.
An article explains that the baseball curves because its surface has many tiny mountains and ridges. Magnified views show a rugged landscape causing friction that alters the ball’s path beyond gravity’s natural curve.
A brief page line quotes a character seeking a spouse who loves her for herself, with a witty exchange about financial worth and romance. The note appears as a social snippet from a Boston publication.
In a brief social vignette Charlie recalls Mollie singing throughout the evening, noting she did not engage in other performances or entertainments. The exchange centers on her musical presence rather than any other act.
The Montgomery County Historical Society forms a committee to relocate an 1734 grist and sawmill from Horsham to Elmwood Park in Norristown. Miss Mary Iredell offered the mill, now inactive, for preservation. The town hopes to display the turbine and cob crusher and show pioneer flour and lumber making to future generations.
Cuticura is promoted as soothing and healing for burning skin. The ad urges bathing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, drying gently, then applying Cuticura Ointment. Free samples are offered by mail to Cuticura Dept. X Boston, with Soap and Ointment prices listed.
Captain Takeshimas of the Hudson Maru, recently captured and freed, says Maru attached to ship names has no special meaning beyond being a centuries old Japanese custom. He cites two theories, one linking Maru to early expeditions to Korea and the traditional practice of appending Maru to prized vessels.
During the period 21908 to 19107 Brazil welcomed 926 282 immigrants. Major national groups included Portuguese 354 820 Germans 83 578 Italians 158 050 Turkish Arabs 481 534 Russians 40 ATE Anatolians 21 843 Japanese 5 773.
A playful exchange about a firefly labeled a slacker. The lines rhyme in a witty banter style, suggesting light as a remedy for laziness and dawn’s early rise as a solution.
A summary of General Orders No. 18 and the national defense council doctrine. The piece argues for maintaining hours, wages, and conditions for workers, especially women, to sustain output in war. It cites England's experience and urges vigilance against breaking labor safeguards while expanding production.
A playful exchange features a tired tramp and a weary traveler both expressing extreme fatigue. The dialogue captures a lighthearted moment of fatigue and camaraderie between the two wanderers in a casual street encounter.
Pliny notes the mulberry buds only after cold weather ends and the tree is the wisest. Nurserymen still offer common varieties with no named cultivars. At Camp Grant a rookie was sent to borrow skirmish line to dry cloths and returned with a parcel of white thread.
A woman from Christopher Illinois details four years of nervousness and weakness. After two doctors failed, she used Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered. She reports being no longer nervous, regular, and in excellent health and recommends the remedy to others. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. offers guidance for female ailments.
The Argonaut reports snowy owls in Nebraska a rare Arctic visitor with only four prior records. The birds, about two feet tall with striking plumage, are likelier to roost on straw stacks or hummocks than in trees.
A vintage ad describes mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a freckle sunburn and tan lotion. The grocer supplies lemons and drug stores offer orchard white for a few cents. Massage into face neck arms and hands for clearer skin.
A mother prescribes a medicine for Bessie claiming it improves complexion. Bessie recalls Ethel took some the day before and ended with an ugly result. The speaker notes time will tell a man who ignores warnings as long as his wife is okay.
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