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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
5
A day coach passenger clings to optimism as a wreck unfolds. While others lament, he defends the Rock and Ruin Railroad Company and stays cheerful, then a rear collision proves his stance wrong. The crash throws everyone from their seats, exposing his quip about being unable to be passed.
Poem style piece outlines varied wartime roles for family members and a young reader, listing meanings of home front tasks. It pairs lines to different relatives with locations such as base hospitals, salvage depots, theater operations, and disbursing offices. The piece ends with a price line noting 1.50 and the register year.
The corporal mocks a trainee for not walking upright, then demonstrates with exaggerated chest thrusts and head toss. The rookie retorts that even if he could walk that way he would not accept a dollar a day from Uncle Sam.
An incoming leading lady and outgoing leading man meet at a railroad station. They discuss a small audience, a stray dog causing distraction, and a playful exchange about applause. Mrs. Warbucks comments on his appearance and future hobbies as a gentleman.
A humorous scene unfolds at the gates with a company commander and several privates exchanging lines about admittance and a marriage proposal. The joke shifts to a sales pitch for Deans Ointment for itchy skin, ending with a flustered exchange about gifts.
Peter Gnome visits a corner of a lush garden and asks the Banana Plant to share its life story. The plant explains a two year growth cycle, eleven months to flower and eleven to fruit, plus the care it receives, its single bunch of bananas, and how plants help each other and endure human gaze with patience.
A cryptic note compares rule to moonshine in a brisk kick. It ponders training all you or a track, choosing the track for speed. It asks who are the two largest ladies in the United States, offering jumbled names Ourt and Mra. lppl as clues.
Jottings by the Way describes the sixteenth session of the Congress Against Alcohol, held in Switzerland on August 22 with about 600 delegates from nations including the United States, England, Ireland, France, and Italy. It notes multilingual discussion, official and unofficial U.S. representation, and topics from disinterested management to the influence of alcohol on industry and society, plus reports on Iceland, Spain, France, and Norway pressuring borders and treaties regarding prohibition.
A feature recounts old ghost stories and skeptical reactions from New England and a Southern courtroom. It cites Hodgdon’s ride to a knoll where a basket appeared as a haunting, a Purington attic haunting solved by a hen, and a raspy courtroom witness who pauses to keep to the truth amid florid dialect and fear.
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria for children and asserts benefits for dyspepsia. It alongside Burdock Blood Bitters is marketed as strengthening digestion and blood quality. The copy mentions sending a dollar and offers a registration period of eight months.
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