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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
2
Hon C Brooks mayor of Sunbury Ohio and attorney extol Peruna as a trusted remedy. The endorsement cites Peruna's virtue for colds coughs and minor ailments caused by winter weather and urges readers to ask doctors for the free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
Baltold recounts a remarkable old man known to Mr William Lodge of Gorientomonsea who at 81 can still plow as well as younger men. The tale notes his long life working on a farm before Queen Victoria’s throne and his avoidance of travel, with further fragments about George, Letlow, and a marriage threat amid a tense social scene.
Testimonial from Mrs M Spears of Athol Massachusetts praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for debility and nerves after a year of indigestion and fatigue. She reports swelling, loss of appetite, night dizziness, anemia symptoms, and constant sleepiness, with recovery after treatment begun in South Vernon Vermont. Pills priced 50 cents per box, all boxes 2.60, from Schenectady New York.
The author argues mail order houses in Chicago drain funds from rural areas, harming local economies. In 1905 and 1904 these firms reported 60 and 62 million dollars in sales, fueling centralization of wealth. The piece urges readers to favor home merchants to preserve community prosperity and warns of looming changes if the trend continues.
Mulshall the world famous statistician states the average stature of men by nation using age thirty as the life period. He lists Americans 68.1 inches Indians 67 English 67.5 Scotch 67.4 German 66.4 Russian 65.4 Hindu 65 Chinese 64.2 Bushmen 62 and Laplander 60.
The piece notes Horace Greeley's eccentric public persona with a perpetually disarranged trousers leg and necktie, seen as a deliberate pose. It then shifts to sea life, arguing sea trees of giant brown seaweed reach 1,500 feet with air bladders and heat-emitting nests, presenting fanciful marine life observations.
Misa Marie Shedlock famed for new style children’s entertainment as a fairy teller. She regales kids with tales of Hans Andersen, handling odd questions deftly. At a millionaire’s party the proverb about the early worm sparked a chuckle as she quipped the worm had not yet slept, just getting home.
A fragment recalls a fashionable wedding with remarks that the bride was “the last daughter” and “cream of the family.” After the ceremony the parents wept, and one quip wonders if they cried over spilled milk.
A London Tribune report notes a surge in counterfeit coin cases with a jury foreman proposing a practical test. By scraping milled edges of coins a base coin would shave metal, a quick method the public could perform anywhere to detect fakes, and the sergeant endorsed making this test widely known.
In a Harper's Weekly tale Mrs Early of Washington adopts a Transvaal habit where a pin is placed in a candle to signal guests to depart. After candles replace electric lights, visitor Mr Staylate asks why, and Mrs Early explains it is to send the Boers home.
Jones hurries to fetch a clean collar and shirt before a train. He wrestles a stubborn bureau drawer that bursts open and launches him across the room. His partner, Maria or Henry, ascends in fury, asking if he managed to open it.
A compact quotation from John A Howland reflects on friendship and honesty, noting that true friends prefer blunt truths over flattering lies and appreciate sincerity over flattery. It emphasizes the value of honesty in genuine relationships and the personal gauge by which friendship is judged.
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