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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
3
Old Davy Skinner, a Cape Cod fisherman famed for calm restraint, spots a capsized dory with five or six youths and calmly tells them to get into his boat as screams erupt around him.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a leading cure for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims widespread effectiveness across thousands of cases and offers sample bottles from Kilmer Binghamton NY. The ad urges readers to start treatment now and to mention the local paper.
A New York Sun piece recounts a Tudor era charter granting Skipper Visterzonen and descendants freedom from river dues and perpetual mooring rights on the Thames. War and submarine activity ended eel trade, leaving Captain Willum marooned in his river post awaiting peace to end his exile of two to three years.
Poultry expert Ross M. Sherwood from Kansas State Agricultural College advises a molting season ration to hasten new feather growth. Use linseed oil meal with sour milk and beef scraps. oil meal aids feather development and loosens old feathers. The planned mash starts with 60 lb corn chop, 60 lb wheat bran, 20 lb meat scraps, and 165 lb oil meal, plus inexpensive grain mix, then shifts after plumage is restored to 60 lb corn chop, 60 lb wheat bran, 80 lb wheat shorts, and 20 lb meat scraps.
An article explains predators of poultry including mink opossum rats cats foxes skunk and weasel. It details how each animal slaughters or takes chicks and suggests coop protection with wire-covered frames to block rat and weasel access and preserve ventilation.
The article notes buying eggs by weight is fairer due to size variation. It lists average dozen weights by breed, citing Light Brahmas at about 28 ounces, Black Langshans and Barred Plymouth Rocks around 26 ounces, and other common breeds 21.7 to 24.7 ounces per dozen. Pekin duck eggs weigh about 35.6 ounces per dozen.
The experiment analyzes profit for ducks hatched raised in brooders and indicators, reared to ten weeks, with final weight listed as four pounds eleven ounces per duck. It tracks costs, feeding, care, and revenue from sales at market weight.
An American made remedy offers cough relief and throat and lung inflammation soothing effects. It claims to ease irritation in the bronchial tubes and promote restful nights with easy morning expectoration. The product is advertised as beneficial for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis and notes a long history of sales abroad.
A fragment recalls a ruse where two lovers used a summer house as a tally of kisses. The scheme hinges on one notch per kiss, but by week’s end the summer house has vanished.
A vintage advertisement urging use of Cuticura soap bath and Cuticura ointment for irritated baby skin. It promises soothing relief and better sleep after treatment. Free samples by mail with a postcard request to Cuticura Dept L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
A young man in Scotland tries to buy chocolate creams on Sunday at a shop named Dairy and Confectioner. The shopkeeper refuses to sell chocolate creams on the Sabbath, sparking a humorous exchange about ecclesiastical confectionery and peppermints.
A historic advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based remedy for catarrh claiming to strengthen health and assist nature. It offers $100 reward if the remedy fails and cites F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio with testimonials available free.
A fragment notes a joke about money talking and a father delaying spending. It references the Franco Prussian War of 1870 costing 1.58 billion dollars and a wry line about unrented pleasures being costly.
Dr. Pierce promotes Anuric double strength as a remedy to drive uric acid from the system, easing pain and swelling. The ad claims it outperforms lithia, offers trial samples, and invites readers to test their water for free analysis.
An old advertisement touts Dr W M Pierce’s remedies for women including a favorite prescription and a tablet and liquid form. It claims help for bearing down pains internal inflammation and ulceration and offers a free medical adviser upon sending stamps. It also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and relief with a simple dosing recommendation.
A young man pours out his troubles to a young woman as evening passes. He talks of losing his job and difficulty finding new work. She offers to help, promising to get his hat and coat and give him a chance to begin anew.
A 26 year old wife and her husband, a farmer, live in a large rural area. After 15 years he buys another farm, then 20 years later they move to a town of 1500 for better schools. She selects a first floor bath to care for her husband who will soon be unable to manage. She dies just as they are ready to move.
In a clipped cartoon caption style, it notes how women using sharp wit and sly talk are replacing men in the British printing industry, with phrases like Dotty Devil cats and forked tongues signaling skeptical attitudes.
A convalescent soldier at a base hospital longs for home and air. An ambulance driver from Aberdeen learns the man came from there. A motor car arrives and the driver offers a crude aid by inflating a tire and instructing the man to take a breath from the valve.
Mrs Henpeck confirms he remains at home as her visitor in a light humorous note. The dialogue hints at domestic routine and a staying guest scenario.
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