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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
6
Lennox battles Cranston in a snowbound Alaska style showdown. Cranston uses threats and arson to find hidden letters from Dan. Lennox crawls through smoke as fire consumes the dwelling, hoping for rescue or a last stroke of luck.
On a ridgeline chase through blowing mist and snow, Snowbird and Dan race to reach their burning house. They find their father alive after the pillar of flame escapes, then rush to safety as Snowbird suffers a minor fall. The tale ends with a warning that lies ahead, marked “TO BE CONTINUED.”
Mrs. Robert O. Reynolds of Kansas City testifies she gained twenty five pounds and her rheumatism stomach and nervous troubles vastly improved after using Tanlac. She reports better appetite and sleep after three bottles and urges others to try the medicine sold by leading druggists.
The article traces Rhode Island's origin from Roger Williams 1686 settlement and Anne Hutchinson’s exile to Aquidneck Island, later named Isle of Rhodes. It notes Charles II's 1662 charter, 1841 constitution, Dorr's rebellion, and Rhode Island’s 1790 entry to the Union as the smallest state with five presidential electors.
A short quote from Chicago Daily News urges a five year halt to gossip to foster a better world and reduce conflict. The item frames gossip as a social harm and advocates restraint.
A witty exchange about a fortune teller named Knicker-Is and Bocker noting she can tell fortunes but not taxes, humorous dig at abilities and limits of occult advice.
A quip by Ajax proclaims ignorance as a pain less evil while contrasting with the merry faces inspired by George Eliot. The remark frames a light moral contrast amid literary pun.
A folklore snippet lists signs such as walking into wheel ruts predicting no marriage and seeing wheat abroad foretelling money. Other beliefs include morning encounters with two old women bringing bad luck and a spiderweb striking the face signaling travel. It warns that two people starting together must not take different paths.
The piece traces Vermont’s name origin from French roots, Champlain’s 1609 voyage, and the first settlement at Brattleboro in 1724. It notes the Equivalent Lands sale to Yale, Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys, the 1777 constitution, Vermont’s anti slavery stance, its 1791 admission to the Union, and its 9654 square miles along with four congressional votes.
Maxim Gorky quoted Tolstoy in notes from talks toward the end of Tolstoy’s life. Tolstoy admired Dickens for his skill at structuring a novel and his determination to defend life to the last breath. He tempered praise with a critique, calling Dickens sentimental and loquacious with mediocre intelligence, and Balzac as having genius despite flawed works.
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment notes Viola Vampire signed with her husband before a dispute over working together, then a divorce and separation described as a “pett to-the-middle of-a-film.” The exchange ends with the warning “going to give until it hurts.”
A Yorkshire man enters a tailor shop for trousers and, after a tailor measures him, taps the tape on the leg and proclaims I will bend them. The exchange ends with a humorous insistence the tailor make them straight.
A Washington Star snippet quotes Senator Sorghum as he laments the ease with which speeches are recalled. The exchange hints at political anxiety and the public’s memory for remarks during tense moments.
A jumble of quips and snippets mentioning Hazel Aren’t the prefs, Professor Newita, and a note about millions of European children starving this winter. The fragments resemble a collage of captions and imagined lines with stray references to a paper and feeding a dog.
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