Moral force of newspapers shaped by community support
The article argues country publishers can wield moral influence if backed by readers and local business, contrasting fair, independent country papers with city yellow journals. It says editors need courage, high ideals, and public backing to elevate society, while modern tech and democratic aims push journalism toward a social force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Johnson
Lowell Ledger
Lowell, Mich
Michigan Bulletin
City Daily
Country Weekly
Yellow Journals
Ublic
Mirror
Baby teething time eased by Baby's Own Tablets
Teething troubles disrupt the household as swollen gums cause crying and fatigue. Baby's Own Tablets claim to soothe irritation and ease tooth eruption. A Quebec mother reports rest returns after giving the tablets to her nine month old baby. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Boutin
St. Marguerite
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Maud Sidestreet Quips on a Grand Phonograph Record
A fragment quotes Maud Sidestreet praising a one grand beveled silver coated undistructible phonograph record and labels it a witty, dismissive remark. The line appears in a humorous Puck publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Sidestreet
Puck
Deafness Cure Promoted By Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains Eustachian Tube inflammation causes hearing loss, often from catarrh, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with free circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mary Backstoop Inquiry Echoes in Court Case
A terse inquiry into what life with him would be like is raised in court documents. The phrase about a life described as one grand song appears in the testimony context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Backstoop
Voice Lost to Nerve Not Illness, Singer Bids Farewell
A brief remark suggests the singer stopped performing not from illness but due to nerve strain. The quote contrasts singing absence with an implied emotional or psychological cause guiding the decision.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Offered As Mild Cure
Advertises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a gentle, purely vegetable remedy for purging and relieving stomach and intestinal pain. Claims soothing effects and widespread approval from thousands who credit their health to timely use of this medicine.
Spinster Says Harvesters Could Tame Wild Oats Crop
An observing spinster comments that it would take about six harvesting machines to gather a crop of wild oats sown by several young men, implying playful mischief or gossip about their actions.
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff at Party Confession
In a Tit-Bits item a humorous note shows Mr. Green declaring at a party that Ethel’s sister promised to marry him. Ethel forgives him, joking that the gathering served as the engagement occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Green
Ethel
Apples and gooseberries in Ireland misidentified
An Irish fruit stall owner exposed melons as gifts from Ireland. A Yankee joked they were small apples grown in America, but the woman quipped that he must be a stranger to Ireland and misidentify fruit, calling apples and gooseberries distinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Ireland
Paul at Jerusalem Faces Myriad Accusations and Escape
The lesson reviews Paul’s return to Jerusalem after his third mission, the Jewish pressure to conform to nonessential laws, and the mob attack that the captain’s soldiers avert. It reflects on Paul’s Roman citizenship, his call to the Gentiles, and the overruled plans that yielded later prison epistles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Jerusalem
James
Peter
Asia
Christ
Tarsus
New Jerusalem
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Heaven
Damascus
Israel
Chair labeled as Louis XI relic stirs museum pride
A doctor visiting a country town tours a museum where the curator proudly shows a chair said to belong to Louis Cross-Eye. The doctor questions the claim, and the curator reveals a ticket that reads Once the property of Louis XI, illustrating a humorous mix up of royal names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cross-Eye
France
Louis XI
London
Minards Liniment and Exterminator Ads Referenced in Jumbled Text
A fragment mentions Minards Liniment for sale everywhere and Mother Graves Worm Exterminator praised as palatable and effective. It includes a dated quip about a suffragette wife and a Detroit Free Press aside, with stray commentary on public interest in remedies and social topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Marriage in Dubuque Described in Steamboat Metaphor
Anna B. Dam and Charles I. Gosh wed in Dubuque. Onlookers recalled the minister’s cadence, likening it to a steamboat mate addressing deckhands during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Dam
Charles I. Gosh
Dubuque
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Minard
the Sunday School
D. M. Stearns
Chicago
Minard's Liniment
Kansas
Caruso
Boston Traveler
Rogers Bros
Walters
Lrading Ae
Lays Lars
Curzon
G. E. Foster
M.P
House of Commons
Ottawa
J. P
W. H. Doyle
F. W. Aylmer
Horatio Bottomley
Matheson Lang
Lionel Brough
T. R. Arinson
Eustace Miles
Dudley Hardy
Sue
the World's Measure Tailors
City Road
England
Yer Terente
LTB
Wmrrest Lishlsy
Canada
Ew.gillett Co.ltd
Toronto, Ont
Royal Household
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Limited
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