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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
7
An itinerant preacher asks a farmer who placed the stars in the heavens, while the farmer dismisses the idea that any maker could set terms for him, using rugged dialogue and regional speech.
A health ad notes many Americans have kidney disease without realizing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a mild healing remedy with strong insurance rejection claims tied to undetected kidney issues. A sample request is offered for ten cents with newspaper mention. The piece ends with a joke about doubtful securities and a raised smile.
An elderly woman Mrs. John Hill, age 80, reports sour stomach and indigestion after a grip. She says Eatonie gave quick relief by taking it a week, easing excess acid and gases. The ad touts a big box at a small price with a druggist guarantee.
National Council Boy Scouts of America promotes registration of veteran scouts and workers. Philadelphia shows strong development with local corps forming classes by veteran year and offering service to scouting. Plans aim to standardize local veteran scout corps and register them at the national office.
President elect Warren G. Harding mails an enthusiastic endorsement of the Boy Scouts of America to Lieut. Col Theodore Tonsevelt, praising the movement as a school of democracy and urging every boy to join. He notes that upon taking office he becomes honorary president of the Scouts as past presidents have done, with retiring presidents serving as honorary vice presidents.
Two Boy Scouts KE Bracken and J Sarentino of Rockville Center were hailed as modest heroes after rescuing George Mardaley of Rutherford New Jersey from drowning at Long Beach L I. They planned to use first aid but a physician arrived and they left without reporting their names.
Scouts visit a quarry near Meriden on 1 Fecent bike and find ancient lava deposits. A university professor explains lava flow and cooling, noting the site is known to very few locals.
Betty Simms, a hardnosed insurance clerk, refuses to issue a fire policy for a shabby home. A bold sales rival, Jimmy Phelps, mocks her ethics but later suffers a fire disaster at W street. Betty visits him in hospital and vows to rebuild their partnership as they plan a modest future together with renewed business resolve.
A United States Department of Agriculture study shows farms with sheep use pasture and crop land about the same as farms without sheep. The finding suggests keeping sheep does not reduce profits or necessitate fewer cows or other livestock on similar parcels.
An old advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin for headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain. It claims genuine tablets come in handy tins of twelve at low cost and warns against substitutes. The copy cites physician guidance over 21 years and asserts safety for millions of users.
Nationally rising trolley and railroad fares push customers toward bicycles. Sellers report growing demand as people choose self reliance and avoid public transit costs, reshaping the local and national bike market.
The article argues fall pigs fail to profit due to improper feeding. It warns against delaying grain until four to five months old and recommends immediate access to grain and tankage. Use self feeders to provide corn or tankage separately, letting pigs regulate intake.
Veterinary experts argue eradicating tuberculosis from cattle will help control hog disease. A practical marker and postmortem tracing at principal market centers could identify animals and trace shipments to farms, stamping out infection at the source. Evidence links hog infection mainly to cattle through feed lots pastures dairy by products or tuberculous carcasses.
Breeders set a minimum price on surplus bulls and sell at that price. if not sold promptly they are castrated and made into steers to protect market quality. An adjacent note touts yellow corn as more nutritious than white corn and suggests careful feeding improves resilience.
Agnes suspects her husband and plans a trap while she swells with rising emotion. The Boston Transcript notes the unfolding domestic suspense and the question of who betrays whom.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier that treats catarrh by acting on the blood to reduce inflammation. It claims catarrh is worsened by a run down constitution and cites J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
An antique advertisement extols Cuticura products as improving skin, advising to apply Cuticura Ointment on rising and retiring and wash off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap. It claims relief for poor complexions and rough hands, with a quoted quip about a debtor being late due to being short.
A brief quip notes a claimed shortage of small change and jokes that a wife may be rifling pockets. The remark reflects social humor about money and domestic suspicion in everyday life.
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