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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
8
Mrs. Alice Johnson of Louisiana describes years of misery from stomach and back pains that left her bedridden and unable to work. After taking Cardui, her pain subsided significantly and she regained strength, praising the remedy for restoring health and daily activity. NC-133
A local catalog lists raw and boiled linseed oil and various oils for harnesses, paints, and lubricants, plus plastering materials, cement, fish oil, soap, and household items. It advertises prepared stock feeds, horse and cattle powders, and harness dressings. Hardware items include stove parts, rollers, pumps, nails, kettles, sheets, and fence wire with sale pricing and short-notice papering.
Buyer seeks all kinds of furs hides pelts including muskrat possum and other skins. Pays highest prices in cash. Also buys old metal rubber rags paper bones and junk. If you have items to sell send word and they will come to purchase.
A correspondent in the Australian Bulletin recalls accounts of aboriginal resilience to injury. He cites instances of minimal pain response and a belief that blood should heal wounds, with historical notes on medical care avoidance and deformities from long-ago accidents.
A vivid描写 of Dutch winter life and travel modes by Oliver Goldsmith. He notes frozen annals, sleds drawn by horses, skating as amusements, wind driven sails, and cheap transport. He praises Dutch beauty, architecture, gardens, statues, grottos, and towns, while selecting solitary country observation over society.
A historical note explains a Chinese bamboo tube instrument with nine inch longest tube and lengths diminishing by two thirds. It cites Emperor Huang Ti and a harmony principle linking heaven and earth, detailing tube proportions and tonal relationships between the base and successive tubes.
The article surveys tropical woods valued for cabinet making and rare dyes. It notes tegton as a notable name and highlights vitally important tropical species such as rubber, ramine, and percha. It mentions the Philippines forest resources as largely unexplored and promising vast wealth, untouched during Spanish rule but managed since American occupation.
Miss du Pont extols Japanese children as happiest on earth, claiming their love for the young is unmatched. She says grown people are their slaves, yet denies that Japanese children are despotic, noting exceptions in households where propriety is lax and manners vary.
The Mosquito coast remains largely unchanged since Columbus, with few settlements and scattered huts along waterways feeding wide lagoons. The region’s fertility rivals the Nile in soil despite not supporting intensive dryland farming, inviting curiosity about what a resourceful middle western farmer could achieve with funds and energy.
The piece contrasts the old ladder from poverty to wealth with a new trend where heirs of millionaires receive training and perpetual care of family business. It notes many juniors now in American business prove capable, often working harder than self-supporting peers.
The article recalls Civil War era women active in home front duties in New York. It notes Red Cross style efforts, fundraising and nursing, including sewing pillowcases and providing supplies. It describes women’s organized play and social activities shifting to support war needs and relief through charitable work.
The passage argues that people focus on promoting those they admire or whom they perceive will advance them, rather than cultivating true talent. It warns against bias toward the rich and urges attention to the best in others, noting that gifts are rarely fully given or rewarded without effort.
The text argues there is no easy path to knowledge and that true insight comes from inner discipline. It stresses that intelligence shines when a person is clear in mind and life, elevating them above the masses, and that this ascent requires personal effort and work.
The Alaska fishing commissioner told salmon packers that habitat and protection rules are needed as salmon have vanished from many streams flowing into Puget Sound. hatcheries and fry releases have failed to restore propagation as fish do not return to release waters. He proposes a law prohibiting fishing in all Alaska lakes and streams and within five hundred feet of stream mouths.
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