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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
3
A Collier's Weekly study reports a razor blade making machine replacing 500 workers and a railroad switching device substituting 165 workers. It claims machines have displaced nine of ten shoe workers, highlighting ongoing automation impacts over the past fifty years.
A discussion notes burial rules for wives of service members in national cemeteries and the age condition for living ex service men. It also advises on floral arrangements using moist foam to preserve freshness in shallow dishes.
Advice warns against giving medicine by spoon and emphasizes using a medicine dropper. It notes that drop doses vary and improper drops can cause harm, since some medicines require delicate dosing.
A brief note traces how modern handshaking arose as a civil tempers tool replacing instinctive weapon displays. It links dated social shifts with advice on memory keeping and calendar marking, plus aphorisms on justice and happiness from various sources.
A collage of aphorisms cites American Magazine on wealth as a hard master and burdens, Boston Transcript on artistic temperament and discipline, and other papers noting humor, ambition, and plain speech in daily life. It includes quips about vanity, laughter, and modern foibles.
The narrator surveys a global news drought in 1931 mocking headlines and public interest. He notes leaders like Coolidge Hoover and figures from Europe and beyond, laments the collapse of novelty, mentions aviation links and world events, and quotes Churchill on perpetual change.
A historical tip touts using a family doctor’s prescription to train a baby’s bowels for regularity. It mentions Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and Practine as remedies, praising Dr. Caldwell for his care of women and infants and noting many births without maternal loss.
A thunderstorm struck a San Dimas building causing a fire and triggering the automatic alarm. Lightning started the blaze and the storm produced heavy rain that extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.
A fragmentary note discusses sleep and sophistication and mentions a line about sending a blacksmith to Jalil for forgery, hinting at a dialogue or social critique from an unnamed period.
An old time promotional note touts Fellows' Syrup as health restoring for run-down nerves and tired bodies. It claims physicians in 58 countries prescribe it and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist today.
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