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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1923
Page
3
Porky Pig shares a home pen inspired song about love of the pig pen. Miss Ham acts as critic while peers listen, praising the poem’s themes and quirky humor.
Fashion reporters note a craze for Egypt inspired designs after King Tutankhamen's tomb discovery. Printed silks feature hieroglyphics camels and Egyptian motifs. three piece long coats reach below the knee. silk hemstitch striped ratine and one piece frocks gain favor. Batik and tie dyed silks rise in novelty fabrics. colors include Arab brown cocoa rust gray navy with below the knee coats and occasional tucks.
A child asks what makes a street car go and where the electricity goes when it stops. The mother explains electricity powers the car, prompting more curiosity as the vehicle halts and passengers laugh.
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union piece describes affordable Sunday night meals centered on toast, oysters, celery, and cold leftovers. It suggests use of relishes in lemon cups, onion sandwiches with milk or cocoa, and cottage or cream cheese mixes with nuts on lettuce. It warns that raw onions aid health and notes Sevigne on gloom and hysterics.
The article extols onions as nourishing and soothing, noting their antiseptic qualities and calming nerves. It describes roasting onions in coals, stuffed onions with fillings like ham or cheese, onion sandwiches with French dressing, and an onion relish recipe with celery juice, mustard, tabasco, eggs, olive oil, capers, and vinegar to serve with game.
Mrs. Mary Snyder of Charlottesville Virginia says Tanlac built her up twenty pounds after two years of stomach trouble rheumatism and a nervous run down condition. She details dramatic improvement and gratitude while noting Tanlac is sold by all druggists with over 35 million bottles previously sold.
A dialogue fragment shows a character vowing revenge on critics or smug people. The speaker plans to obtain a vehicle, mentioning a car and contrasting with a truck, but no concrete actions, names, places, or outcomes are provided.
A historical advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective for catarrh for over 40 years. It describes an Ointment for local relief and an Internal Tonic acting through the blood to reduce mucous inflammation, sold by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The ad ends with a domestic proverb about leaving the latch string out after barring the door from inside.
An advertisement urges buyers to look for Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer medicine. It notes aspirin treats colds headaches toothaches and other pains and mentions twelve tablet boxes cost a few cents while druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100.
An advertisement promises Pullman style travel luxury at home with a closet shelf trick and a cinder in the eye. The Coatesville Record presents this curious homespun gag as part of its ad humor.
Eight year old Mary rushes home with news that Mrs Blank has a new twig. The mother and girl debate whether twig means a switch, a term for a hair accessory, or a tree-related word, clarifying the misunderstanding.
An actress retired to the country starts a poultry venture with a barndoor fowl and thirteen eggs. Lacking knowledge she asks a poultry journal how long to hatch. The reply says three weeks for chickens and four for ducks. She later notes no hatchlings and removes the hen. Ball Blue ad promotes whiteness and fabric safety.
Three girls and I planned ice cream after school with ten cents each. A familiar shopworker hid the price from us, so we sent a little girl to ask. She returned with the news it's only a dime, but we left without entering and rushed home.
In a neighborhood fire scene a mother forbids the twins to join, while the father ventures to assist. Billy urges to go, Bobby objects, then both reflect that fathers have minders of their own, highlighting restless youth and free speech tensions.
A Staunton boy, six, habitually sneaks to a neighbor for food then denies it to his mother. After skipping dinner with gusto, she questions him about Harper's. He emphatically swears he did not eat there today and she learns he truly had not.
Quote captures skepticism about politicians solving financial issues to please their spouses. The remark contrasts public policy with private demands, implying persistent tensions between leadership decisions and domestic approval.
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