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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
3
The familiar Castoria product promotes itself as a safe 30 year old substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and soothing syrups. It claims no narcotics and carries proven directions on each package with endorsements from physicians.
In a light exchange, Percy recalls his father asking if he knew the value of a dollar, while Ethel retorts that he never bought her more than 80 cents worth of chocolates at once, as noted by the Boston Globe.
Foot powder helps women wear smaller shoes with instant relief for corns bunions and calluses. It prevents blisters and sore spots and soothes tired feet after walking or dancing. Sample offer and walking doll from Allen's Foot-Ease Le Roy New York.
A Montreal Family Herald piece recounts the alleged Holy Coat at Treves Cathedral in Rhenish Prussia. Tradition links it to Empress Helena, with exhibitions dated 1196 1512 and large pilgrim viewings in 1844 and 1891, noting many versions claimed as the garment of Jesus on Calvary.
Satire of mid eighteenth century England mocks the craze for novel reading. The farce Polly Honeycomb, attributed to Garrick, reflects alarm of intellectuals and lampoons popular literature trends.
The article traces how diverse items faced federal taxes from early carriage levies to snuff sugar sales and auctions. It notes liquor and foreign merchandise taxed by 1818, iron candles hats and cards taxed by 1815, Civil War era levies on coal paint engines and screws, plus taxes on architects engineers contractors and finally lawyers physicians and dentists before the war’s end.
A new Himalayan primrose, Primula rosea, is shown at Kew Gardens in the Rock garden beside the dripping well. It features rich carmine pink blossoms and thrives in water side and other settings, preferring rich loam with a touch of peat.
A bewildered Black man asked for the boxes at the First Baptist Church corner of Vermont and Meridian in Indianapolis. He claimed the boxes were the post office, prompting a puzzled response from the pastor's secretary as she guided him out.
A Boston Transcript quips that Uncle Joe adopts a blunt creed: the Almighty organized humanity as a big corporation with capital stock and par value, and he will not part with his holdings. The spoof is presented as a scrapbook quote from E. &.
Japan covers about 147,655 square miles of land area, roughly one twenty fourth of the United States, while its population reaches about 56,000,000, about one half the U.S. population.
An advertisement warns that health declines after 31 and caffeine harms fatigue signals. It promotes Postum as a caffeine free beverage and offers a free week supply with a thirty day trial, urging readers to switch from coffee to Postum.
Over two years experts push for an international congress to adopt a new calendar. Prof. C. F. Marvin advocates an 18 month year with four weeks per month and an extra year day, possibly named New Year s Eve, to be a world holiday.
London Tit-Bits reports scientists have established that Douglas fir in British Columbia yields a whitish sugar like substance. The observation traces to a 2 3 year old American study in the Thompson river valley and a settler who found rain washed sugar crystals forming under fir branches once near by Indians used the substance for sweetening.
The Eindhoven electrical works unveils a handheld X-ray tube delivering directed beams like a small searchlight. It promises precise regulation and uniform output, reducing dangers from stray rays and marking a major advance in X-ray technology as London Holland reports shipments arrive.
Ancient volcanic activity shaped western America as hot springs erupt with high volume and temperature. The widespread occurrence across distant locales suggests ongoing deep subterranean action beneath the landscape.
A young man in a grocery store spoke in a deep bass asking for a sack of flour and then suddenly shifted to a high pitch to add a pound of coffee. The clerk asked for a moment, saying they could not wait on both of them at once.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble without realizing it. Kidney disease can cause back pain headaches loss of ambition and nervous irritability. Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claims to restore kidney health and offers a sample bottle by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
Fourteen year old Carl Johnson dived into frigid water after his seven year old brother fell through a pond near Kalamazoo Michigan. He seized the youngster and hauled him to safety before escaping the ice. Local council has submitted an application for an honor medal to the national court of honor.
The Quebec department awards 10 000 trees to Poiiette nursery for the Montreal Quebec highway. Half planted this spring and half next fall. An additional 2 000 trees will be planted by lands and forest department for roads accounts. Overall 200 000 plants needed to improve western province highways.
A Macon News item notes cooperation among wild creatures with the stork and the wolf often working the same neighborhood as neighbors and partners in crime.
The term French leave means leaving without permission or bidding farewell. It originated as a social fad in France during the 1700s and later spread to England among Paris imitators. The practice reflected fashionable avoidance of formal departures in polite society.
Nat uralist Charles Hutchins reports a pure white albino crow captured by Joseph Cummings, a Denver high school student. Hutchins says it may be the only pure white crow in existence and notes similar birds were found dead and now reside in museums in the East.
A social custom where a guest quietly departs without notice was seen as advantageous by the French but outrageous by conservative English society. Critics dubbed the practice taking French leave, mocking its silent withdrawal from the gathering.
Alumnus remarks on future work prospects after earning a degree. Speaker, Denison Plamingo, emphasizes long earnings horizon and the value of hard work during and after college.
A Sunday school scene shows Mrs. Pussy asking what happens to good kittens after death and a child answering that they are made into mink boas, reflecting a macabre joke within a wartime-era newspaper column.
A playful scene described from Bell Telephone News shows a classroom moment where children count and shout phrases like four and five. A forward girl responds with a clever mispronunciation highlighting the era’s innocent humor and schoolroom atmosphere.
An editorial contrast frames alimony as a dominant prize in marriage negotiations. The piece examines how financial settlements can steer relationships, with emphasis on lasting economic implications for both spouses.
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