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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
5
A mother from Jasper Ontario describes severe infant eczema that covered her son’s body and caused constant itching and bleeding. After eight months the rash improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with one box of Ointment and nearly a cake of Soap curing the condition. She reports no recurrence and endorses publishing the statement.
A New York critic praises David Belasco for inspiring Puccini with The Girl of the Golden West. Belasco quips that being Puccini’s librettist is an honor but not supreme, then recalls a Shakespeare story about Arditi. Tom Daly notes the tension of roaming life in verse.
In aged advertisement text, Castoria product claims urge mothers to examine bottles for the Berg signature and cite decades of use. A quoted line about personal responsibility appears beside health polish for Dr. Pierce pellets and stomach liver benefits. The piece closes with a maxim about wealth as a bubble.
An advertisement promotes a laxative remedy from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims to ease headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach with a gentle natural action. The product bears the company name on the front of every package.
Miss Smith calls on her brightest pupil suspected of absence. The mother reveals Willie is well but too busy studying to attend school, a scene cited from Lippincott's illustrating a trivial misunderstanding between teacher and parent.
A humorous dialogue between a father and son about a vaudeville show. The father recalls a man who walked downstairs on his head and labels him a hedonist, prompting a playful misunderstanding.
A facetious man questions a clerk about beliefs as he watches a bottle being packaged. The proprietor responds with uncertainty, prompting the man to joke that the clerk is "engaged in spirit wrapping."
A lighthearted exchange centers on Mrs Rastus Johnsing asking if the cake walk is ready and Rastus replying he cannot find his cakewalk razah as they await preparations and finish.
A new boy blurts out a line about his wife wanting him on the telephone. He notes two companies have phones in the office and asks which one, while admitting he does not know how many phones exist. The exchange ends with a humorous misunderstanding.
A reflective note depicts the sun rising as the speaker stays in bed, considering whether they stayed up late last night. The tone hints at personal routine and a casual search for meaning in daily beginnings.
A wandering man sought food by a back door saying he would be content with the same meal given to a resident cat. The woman answered with a dry retort offering him no meals for loafing.
A brief dialogue recounts a shopper dropping glasses and the apology exchanged. A humorous aside notes a mother proud of her child and comments on evolving fashions with a joke about a “modified baby.”
Comic duo jokes about pre flood electricity and Noahs ark lights in a vaudeville routine. The exchange frames science and humor with a historical nod as performers riff on technology and survival.
A poetic fragment recalls a wife who wed for money yet yearned for true affection. She sighs for love that endures beyond material gain as the marriage unfolds in reflective verse.
James Wilson secretary of agriculture objected to Latin for the new department building. As stone carvers worked on a Latin inscription over the door he stopped the work insisting English is enough.
A young teacher surveys a crowded slum classroom and begins with a playful question about whether a cat wears fur or feathers. A dirty child groans that the teacher has never seen a cat, highlighting the harshness of the setting and the challenge of engaging the pupils.
In a witty column, the Yonkera Statesman ponders a crusts habit and its link to a bachelor uncle. The exchange contrasts childhood tastes with adulthood’s quirks.
A student jokes about a professor during a lecture as a man’s temperature drops to a low point and the student quips about “cold feet” in a humorous exchange.
Clara Bell is described as brunette and fondly remembered. The senator refuses a reception invitation, worried people will think he stole a card.
A Rome dispatch notes the silkworm as a key aid to fishing as catgut lines prove unbreakable. Procida in Naples Bay centers catgut production with silk worms raised near Torre Annunziata. Caterpillars are killed before spinning, silk glands extracted and pickled, then threads drawn by skilled workers, mainly women, yielding lines from a foot to about twenty inches.
Paris fashion notes say a new dance called La Cherouille draws on Turkish and Arabian styles to pair with a trouser skirt. A master explains the steps, and observers claim the garment will push women to refine their footwork and abandon hobble skirts.
The article explains giraffe care in captivity focusing on hygiene and proper food. An illustration shows two Bronx Zoo giraffes being fed by a keeper perched in a tree to facilitate easy feeding.
Dr. Albert W. Ferris, president of the state lunacy commission, says one in 275 New York City residents is insane. State hospitals hold 32,000 patients and private facilities 11,000. About 150 new cases are admitted weekly and annual care costs are around $200 per patient.
A stern farmer orders his apprentice William to fetch the old white mare and have her shed. William returns late, but the farmer asks if the mare was shod. The farmer reveals he shot and buried the horse himself, underscoring strict obedience.
A. J. Adams of 242 Rose St in Roseburg Oregon reports severe back pain weakness and poor circulation with kidney symptoms. After weeks of ineffective remedies he used Doan's Kidney Pills and says he now feels like a different person. The ad notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y as the suppliers.
A judge reports that Roaring Bill was hospitalized after an attempt to disrupt a suffragist meeting. Alkali Ike explains the assailant was Pistol Pete caught in the act.
A historical quotation notes that alleviating suffering aids human advancement. It asserts married men are heroes, though they cannot always prove it, reflecting social values of the era.
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