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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
4
An advertisement extols Tanlac as a tonic to purify blood and rebuild strength after illness. It highlights Mrs. W. H. Packman’s recovery and urges purchase at local drugstores, claiming quick improvement and recommending Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
Weeds along the garden path may be halted by newly patented compounds that can be added to gravel or applied to weeds. The strongest agents named include sodium and calcium paratoluene sulphonamides. The ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a premier product.
A DeWitt Mason UE narrative recalls young Abraham Lincoln in Indiana reading by the fireplace and in fields, driven by a thirst for books. He loops through multiple schools, learns to write letters for neighbors, and sees fables and Washington as guiding lights shaping his future.
The note explains how Woodrow Wilson, when president, struggled to craft a personally sympathetic expression. He read Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, copied it, and sent it with his own brief note, a testament to Lincoln's literary influence on Wilson.
Abraham Lincoln, at thirty five, kept his noted modesty as a poet. A return to Indiana after fifteen years inspired verse, yet he doubted whether his expressions were poetry, writing to a friend that the region and its people stirred feelings “poetical” though not necessarily poetry.
Nellie Revell recalls tales on tact from Brig. Gen. Mullally and Sam the black orderly. The column shares jokes about manners from Irvin Cobb and E. F. Albee, a parable on ambition, a Roy Moulton sea story, and reflections on changing styles and enduring human nature.
The New York Sun and Globe reports a controversial headline about a man who uses coercive language toward a woman who refused him. The piece comments on gender expectations and perceived male aggression in early 20th century press.
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