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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
3
In Winona Minnesota a woman shares relief from nervous insomnia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the tonic as a long standing standard remedy for conditions linked to female health. Also promotes Cuticura for eczema and skin issues with free samples offered.
The pair bought a horse and took it fishing on a lakeshore. After returning, they could not get the horse to take the bit. Smith tried every trick, even telling jokes to coax the animal to open its mouth, while the stubborn creature watched in silence.
A compact, rhymed dialogue ponders belief in spells and witches. It argues money can function as a guaranty and that true friendship rests on reciprocity of esteem between partners.
The article reports on wartime and local events in South Dakota including language policy in Deadwood schools, land prices in Brown County, Lake Preston home guard formation, Arlington baseball plans, Missouri River improvement notes, a new lieutenant in the signal reserve, a wounded soldier in France, Aberdeen school census taking, mass army volunteerism in Aberdeen, school library arithmetic, court term acceleration in Webster, arrest of an I W W activist, pastor shifts, local officials, bank incorporation, auctioneer meeting in Aberdeen, women urging fewer church lunches, construction of a new Catholic church, Lieut Will G Robinson in France, Fred G Reeve’s newspaper consolidation, farm labor recruitment, state immigration stance, German language press changes in Aberdeen, and draft enforcement drives in downtown Aberdeen.
The lesson outlines Jesus presenting himself as king to Israel at Jerusalem, the entry on a donkey, the crowd's tribute with garments and branches, and his authority demonstrated by cursing the barren fig tree and cleansing the temple. It notes opposition from leaders and the need for faith and obedience.
The article outlines three social types once distinguished in Treland. The half mounted were Cromwellian descendants skilled riders known as Buckskin Breeches. The second group consisted of old-family heirs who forfeited estates and entered trades or professions. The third class, gentlemen to the backbone, were the old stock living on ancestral estates with peasant labor.
An old advertisement promises removal of freckles using Othine double strength. Users are instructed to apply a small amount nightly and morning to achieve a lighter, clearer complexion with continued use.
The piece argues idleness harms individuals and society, branding the idler as a parasite and burden. It contrasts rest with laziness, insisting true happiness requires effort, action, and the use of faculties, likening idleness to stagnation and decay.
Important to Mother Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA that famous old remedy for infants and children and bears the signature In Use for Over forty years Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
In 1927 George Pipwhistle returns after a morning out with a mountain of parcels. He bears four corkscrews, a stuffed owl, brushes, cloth bound Uncle Tom's Cabin, walking sticks, a toasting fork, tin openers, and a roasting jack, praising the bargain haul.
The keeper explains that eighty patients in padded cells each proposed a different solution to the submarine problem in a Birmingham Age-Herald style vignette. A visitor acknowledges the spectrum of ideas among inventors and their mental state.
A fragmented clipping notes The Censor's Letters and questions who censors the censor. It reports a Texas drought causing losses totaling 8 400 000 000 last year. It adds a quip about runs needed to win a baseball game and a remark that it is never too late to learn you may be too previous.
A Canadian anecdote recalls a four year old boy tired from recruiting, saying he recruited 500 bantams and one rooster for a battalion called Bantama. The humorous exchange highlights a child’s daylong play acting as a recruiter.
A Birmingham Age-Herald clipping shows a superior customer asking for a book of synonyms. The clerk claims thousands of volumes and promises to check with the boss. The clerk doubts they carry any of Synonym’s works.
A man declares he aims to live to be someone’s best friend and to get rich quick, while noting that the surest shortcut is not travel but the steady work of contractors widening streets.
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