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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
9
Geneva dispatch reports ungrateful tourists at the Great St Bernard monastery exploited by alpinists, with about 700 visitors using free meals and wine and leaving only 15 francs in the collection box. English and American travelers were among the crowd, causing serious losses.
Cuticura Soap cleanses the complexion and scalp while keeping hands soft and white. Use daily with Cuticura Ointment as needed and add Cuticura Talecum for a complete toilet trio.
A frail household in an English town relies on a fourteen year old boy who performs roles of butler, kitchen maid, and gardener after the staff vanish. A visitor questions the boy who calmly answers that he “does a butler, a kitchen maid and a gardener” now out of work.
The excerpt lists dessert ideas and savory uses for olives, including Butterscotch Pudding Apple Cake Fried Apples and Onions Cranberry Jelly and various olive based sauces and salads. It mixes practical kitchen guidance with humorous proverbs and remarks on domestic life noting the balance of managing a home and supporting a family.
A detailed set of illustrated instructions for constructing a wooden toy battleship fleet. Includes cut lists, scale drawings, assembly steps, and tips for making hulls decks masts funnels turrets and other components. Describes using soft woods and wheel mounted models for land and sea play.
A detailed antique puzzle explains cutting seven wooden pieces from white pine to form a doll house furniture set. It guides marking, sawing with a fine saw, and interlocking parts to assemble a table two chairs a foot stool and laborers pieces as shown in figures, using toothpicks thread and wire for the puzzle mechanisms.
A humorous Tit-Bits quip where Willie tells his mother he will give Auntie Maud his spade and pail so she can kick the bucket to make money. The exchange ends with the child repeating his plan and the mother reacting.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and related deafness by a blood acting liquid taken internally. It states no other diseases are claimed and offers free circuits, from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A London Punch quip notes a mothers welfare meeting planned for Wednesday featuring a famous chef who will lecture on The Decay of Cookery. The exchange implies skepticism about the speaker and topic.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as an effective remedy for nervous dyspepsia constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness headaches and other digestive issues. It claims widespread use for fifty four years in thousands of households worldwide with no reported failures and notes availability everywhere.
A London Answers item notes two sisters debating a new diamond engagement ring worn by the elder sister. Twelve-year-old Maizie interrupts and declares she would accept a simple string on her engagement finger if a real man placed it there.
The article defines evening star as any planet rising before midnight and morning star for planets rising after midnight. It notes the terms apply to planets, not the actual fixed stars, and emphasizes planets are not stars.
A new Ottawa log saw introduces a 4 cycle high power motor and Oscillating Magnetono batteries for quick wood cutting at low cost. It features a friction clutch controlled by a lever to start and stop without engine halt, and sells for less than comparable power saws of its size.
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