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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
5
An old advertisement parody highlights women seeking comfort with Allen's Foot-Ease for tight shoes, urging against substitutes and offering a free trial. It quips about domestic budget humor and a quick, witty punch line about a boss's son overworked for balancing calendars and clock winding.
A humorous quote notes sixteen women sue Riter for breach of promise. His defense is that he was gathering material for his annual summer love stories, implying literary rather than personal motive. The remark from Puck frames the case as a harmless authorial fabrication.
A college antiques enthusiast stops at Bacon Ridge post office asking for antique mugs. Uncle Jason names a shop on Main Street run by Hiram Spruceby with Grandad Wheatley and Pap Simmons inside, claiming to be the oldest in the country.
A youth nutrition notice stresses proper diet during adolescence to build healthy development and avoid chronic illness. A testimonial praises Postum as a stomach friendly drink improving headaches nervousness and energy, attributed to the product from Battle Creek Michigan.
In August 1902 David B. Hill briefed Alton B. Parker and other leaders at Wolferts Roost Albany urging Parker as Democrats’ governor candidate. Hill argued Parker would carry both downstate and upstate votes and become future president, but Parker declined citing his bench seat. The plan shifted to Bird S. Coler, and Odell won by eight thousand votes. Parker later accepted the presidential nomination without active pursuit.
In autumn 1883 at the Baltimore & Ohio station in Washington I witnessed a modest act of aid to Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, who could not pay for a New York ticket. A railroad agent and a stranger covered his fare, illustrating broad public respect for the Supreme Court and its justices.
A reminiscence recalls Horace Greeley’s hotel habits in Albany while with Seward Weed and Greeley. He chose Stanwix over Delavan after noting a hotelier’s honesty about stocking liquors. The tale shifts to opera impresarios Grisi and Mario seeking Tribune praise and Greeley’s famed somnolent habit in horse cars and hotels.
A New York magazine editor recalls H G Wells praising the Statue of Liberty while criticizing American trusts and bosses. Wells notes the U S custom of honoring the dead with grand statues, remarking on the similar practice in England.
A mother describes severe baby eczema and rash treated with Cuticura Soap and Ointment after failing castile soap. Within two weeks of four daily applications, the baby's skin healed and improved noticeably. She endorses Cuticura for future use and shampooing, citing a New York City address and a request for a free skin booklet.
A quirky snippet notes Freddy Fickle plans to marry a specific girl, while a long comedy of unrelated lines references illness remedies and an artist who can conjure haunting imagery in a period voice. The piece blends social chatter with adlike lines and a teething syrup product mention.
Mrs Nath an Greaton of Natick Massachusetts credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe nervousness insomnia and a diagnosis of a tumor by two physicians She calls it a miracle and urges others to seek its help while noting free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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