Country ways in the city
A Los Angeles Times opinion piece laments urban heedlessness and cruelty, urging city dwellers to keep country courtesy. It warns about neglecting ill friends and avoiding funerals, and calls for gentler, neighborly customs in towns.
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Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Remedy
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, as the disease seat is internal. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and claims to purify the blood and affect mucous surfaces. The formula combines tonics and blood purifiers, producing results in catarrhal conditions. Endorsed by druggists with testimonials and free offers from F B J Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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Costly Economy and a Banter at the Luncheon
John D. Ryan warns against managers obsessed with retrenchment in a luncheon remark. A clerk quips about blotting paper shortages as staff cope while ink dries, highlighting wage and supply tensions in a humorous exchange.
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Allen's Foot Ease Ad Claims Easy Shoes
One size smaller and shoes last longer after using Allen's Foot Ease the antiseptic powder for feet. Shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot bath it makes tight or new shoes feel easy and gives relief to corns and bunions while preventing blisters callouses and sore spots. Sold everywhere.
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Between Dudes. Shooting Plan Recounted
Humorous dialogue shows two men debating a hunting trip with light banter about not harming clothing and sticking to modest goals. The excerpt preserves slang and tone of casual amateur sports talk.
Jenkinss Ends Up in Auto Crash Mystery
In Cartoons Magazine a dialogue ponders when an accident involving Jenkinss occurred as scraps of dialogue suggest a recent auto incident with uncertainty about timing. The panel hints at a humorous or enigmatic incident rather than a full report.
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Cartoons Magazine
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Aid Sells for 5 Cents
Brighten linens with Red Cross Ball Blue. A five cent laundry aid sold at grocers promises whiter wash and tidy laundry results. The ad hints that happiness comes from preserving secret comforts and courtesy, rewarding small acts.
Nitro phosphate promised to flesh out thin figures
Advertisement claims nitro phosphate or organic phosphate nourishes nerves and body cells to cure extreme thinness. It promises rapid weight gain, improved health, brighter eyes, and rosy cheeks, but warns against use by those not wanting to gain flesh.
Land stock ranch and coal near wells for sale
New York area listing offering 70 000 acres of land with stock ranch resources near wells. Drilling prospects and workable coal noted. Price five dollars per acre. Individual sections available. Seller Hugo Seabere based in Raton. Sioux City notice dated November 21 1919.
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God and the moral order topple autocracy as history’s rock
A country club conversation on Germany's defeat shifts to divine cause. Pastor Edgeworth argues that history shows evil carries seeds of its own destruction and that a moral order, upheld by God, curbs tyrants from Napoleon to Kaiser Wilhelm II. He cites battles, prophets, and quotes to frame faith as the decisive factor.
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Teredo the ship eating worm and its threat to vessels
The article explains teredo as a tiny wood worm that destroys wooden ships like cancer in wood. It notes the worm is hard to detect at first and, once inside, tunnels the timber making ships sponge like. copper paint is cited as a protective coating, with higher prevalence on the western coast.
Father and son seek arbitration over punishment
In a terse exchange, a father warns a son that the coming discipline will hurt him more. The son responds with a sharp irony proposing arbitration to avoid the fray. The moment captures a clash over methods and fairness in a domestic dispute.
Too Busy For Sunday School After New Suit
Alfred age nine gets an expensive new suit and a ball and bat so he can look the part in church. He tells his mother he will likely skip Sunday school now that he has the ball and bat in hand.
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Constancy to Purpose Cited as Secret to Success
A maxim emphasizes that steadfast adherence to one's aim yields success. Self-denial is described as the road to independence.
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