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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
5
Fire at a Bridgeport winter circus yard forces trains to slip away as three elephants are pressed into service. The animals push the trains from danger and return to their quarters amid tense, colorful banter between two fighters nearby.
The report cites Grand Rapids Michigan as a sample for prohibition impact. It notes reduced arrests from 2607 to 531 and 737 in successive years, trends of rising savings, fuller family life, improved health indicators, and higher moral tone, alongside increased consumer demand and employment stability. It also discusses road improvement programs and the Wisconsin patrol system for dirt roads as a model for national adoption.
A Shepherdstown reader endorses Doan's Kidney Pills claiming they cured back pain and kidney symptoms. The ad cites Hill's Pharmacy as seller and promotes Doan's as the proven remedy, alongside a Hall's Catarrh Medicine offer and urged constitutional treatment.
A Country Life writer recalls a toad nightly visiting a porch light during the road season. The creature scavenges sent beetles and larvae, dodges certain bugs, swallows a large grub tail-first, and endures katydid legs. The scene includes a mock court and a quip about a jail break.
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