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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
5
Historian George Bancroft told a Massachusetts road tale from Percy Hpler's Master Minds at the Commonwealths Heart. Levi Lincoln, nearly blind, saw geese on Lincoln street and tossed pennies to the imagined children, saying God bless you, my children.
A Philadelphia mother writes that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured her eight year eczema and helped her five children with scalp ringworm and head sores. She notes daily use relieved worry and praises the products. a request for a free skin book is included.
A fragment from a periodical page features quips about a veiled woman fearing sun blistering paint, a visitor dismissing town success, and a boy recounting mischief at Sunday school. Humorous vignettes reflect small town life and everyday innocence.
Biographer George F. Parker recounts how Grover Cleveland considered multiple candidates for chief justice after Morrison R. Waite's death. John G. Carlisle declined the post, Melville W. Fuller was chosen, and the selection emphasized executive ability along with legal expertise.
A London hostess Mrs Asquith tried to identify an uninvited guest at a large reception. She approached a quiet woman who left in indignation after being asked for an invitation card. The woman proved to be a peeress, a rare figure in the Liberal party, ending Mrs Asquiths private detective ambitions.
The article recounts Horace Boies as Iowa’s only Democratic governor since the party’s rise, his 1890 election, and the 1892 Chicago convention near-nomination for vice president. It notes Boies refused second place, Adlai Stevenson became VP, and Whitney’s frustration at Boies’ omission. Copyright 1911.
A 1911 obituary recalls William M. Evarts as a premier American lawyer and diplomat who rose to the U S Senate in 1885. It details his career from Seward’s nomination to Johnson’s impeachment defense, and notes his later decline from ill health and an hereditary eye disease before dying peacefully at home near Stuyvesant Square.
The Houston Post questions why a legislator banning nighttime chicken theft as a felony did not include nighttime watermelon theft. The piece contrasts theft under moonlight versus daylight and considers differences in crime degrees.
The article tracks hog weights in western packing centers showing averages of about 275 pounds in winter during the 1880s, 257 in the 1880s, 239 in the 1890s, and around 1900s to 1909. It notes that 30 to 40 years ago hogs were roughly one quarter heavier than recent averages.
Victoria's five hundredth free library opened recently as part of a robust system. All older libraries are well patronized with aggregate revenue around 340 000 from halls subscriptions and grants. About a million books serve roughly 3.6 million visits yearly with fiction readers leading while general literature and history attract strong interest.
An advertisement urges readers to drink Coca Cola to beat the heat and quench thirst. It promotes Coca Cola at soda fountains and bottled forms and offers a free booklet from The Coca Cola Company in Atlanta explaining why it is delicious and wholesome.
In a witty exchange Nagget quips that a wife treats her husband as bric-a-brac when he is ordinary. Mrs. Nagget prompts with Go ahead and asks for the punchline. The answer lands as the richer the husband, the more she tries to break him.
An assortment of old time medical and moral advertising copy is presented. The page lists Castoria as a safe infant remedy with a signature claim, eye salves for infection and eye care, herbal Garfield Tea for constipation, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and quips about honesty and language.
A New England woman and her southern cousin discuss rail travel costs on a branch line. She calls five cents a mile extortion while the cousin notes a cheaper hourly rate of about thirty five cents, highlighting regional price viewpoints.
A Chicago reader reports recovering from a female ailment after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims widespread success and urges others to insist on the product over substitutions. It notes the remedy has been used for thirty years and is made from roots and herbs.
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