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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
7
A ham tester in a packing house uses a long steel trier and his nose to judge meat soundness. He smells for the slightest deviation from a sweet odor, discards tainted meat as rejected or sends it to rendering, and works from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. without his senses tiring.
The piece notes Bret Harte favored the Royal Thames Yacht Club in his later years despite little love for yachting. He said he avoided literary clubs to escape endless questions about his work and others books and found relief listening to yacht talk at Albermarle Street.
A historical note describes ship timekeeping with five twelve hour watches and two two hour watches. Names include afternoon, first dog, second dog, night, palate, morning, and forenoon watches with specified start and end times from noon to noon.
A fragment from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus notes that inviting guests to a banquet and asking the gods for more than given may seem absurd. The text contrasts human desires with divine provision and urges temperance.
A quotation attributed to Emerson reflects on the individual man as a fruit formed and ripened by all preceding ages. It emphasizes strength in being, not in action, existing in reality rather than as a tool or agent.
A fragmentary quote contrasts advice to a young man with caution against mimicking others. The readable lines suggest guidance about originality and learning from elders.
Dr John Michelson becomes resident physician at Hartley house where Jed the butler guards a killer manuscript. A web of blackmail, a Spanish wife, Isobel, and the lurid Montevideo past drive tension as Dravada the sailor and attorney Brown scheme to profit from a crime story that may destroy the household.
A Spanish client holds a key page from a stolen document once in Montevideo ten years ago. Attorney Philetus Mr. Brown explains the thief Dravada, a servant, stole a guarded strong box, Jed the honest former servant confronted the crime, and the client now seeks to hide or disclose the page to influence Sidney.
A clear starlit winter night is colder than a cloudy one because earth heat escapes more rapidly when unblocked. Clouds act as a blanket, trapping warmth and keeping the atmosphere warmer.
Fragmentary note mentions an 8 slinner beginning to monkey with a fishing outfit on Bunda. No clear individuals, dates, places, or outcomes are identifiable.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound to cure colds and grippe misery within three doses. It claims the first dose clears clogged nostrils stops nose running relieves headache fever sneezing and stiffness and notes the medicine requires no quinine and costs only a few cents.
A cartoonish exchange notes lifeguards are paid from 40 to 60 dollars weekly at a bathing resort. The dialogue suggests the job is not soft as guards must act swiftly to save any person in need, from a vat man to an elderly spinster or a beauty in distress.
Bold ad touts Cascarets as a remedy for biliousness constipation headaches and abdominal discomfort. Claims include a clear head right stomach pleasant breath and rosy skin by tomorrow with no griping and easy use for adults and children with 10 25 or 50 cent options.
In the Washington Star, Senator Sorguhm argues a male politician must back popular causes to stay relevant, saying a man seeking power should support anything anyone desires. The remark frames gender reform debates within political pragmatism.
An advertisement notes that Diamond Dyes make dyeing simple for all fabrics from wool to silk and cotton. It urges women to ask their druggist to show the Diamond Dyes Color Card and promises rich fadeless colors for worn garments and draperies.
Senator Sorghum recalls the crowd's long applause and suspects listeners preferred their own demonstrations to his talk. An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for soothing a baby's skin with routines using Soap Ointment and Talcum.
An exchange hints at lingering tensions as a figure questions an ex-kal’s hostility to peace while another mentions a desire to return to Berlin. The dialogue implies unresolved conflict and possible strategic motivations behind the stated goal.
The line suggests universal fear as a metaphor for danger, with people imagining a fool killer roaming the world and prompting hiding or avoidance whenever danger appears. The stark expression captures a mood of pervasive threat beyond a specific event.
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