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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1902
Page
10
A collage of humorous vignettes from domestic life and social notions. Jokes about coffee, engagements, maternal worries, kite disputes, opals, and a playful scene with children pretending to play Daniel. Light, period voice, small town humor with everyday characters.
Case No 30611 describes C E Boles Akron grain dealer who suffered kidney and bladder pain post Civil War. A box of Dean's Kidney Pills from Lamparter Co. brought relief within a week, with four year cure confirmation. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. price 60 cents per box. Also notes Nebraska railroads employ 18,500 men.
A survey of sleeping arrangements around the world describes English feather beds giving way to English mattresses, American beds, and distinct regional styles. It notes Norwegians with retractable beds, Latin American hammocks, Guiana Indians weaving colorful hammocks, Japanese mats and neckrests, Tai Chinese carved bedsteads, and winter attire for warmth. It also remarks that Africans curl up flexibly like cats, highlighting diverse sleeping customs.
A satirical note questions medical journals by listing contradictory dos and don’ts about sleep, eating, activity, and daily habits. The piece ends with a cynical punchline that those who truly know how to live are dead.
On Strandgaden in Bergen Norway excavation at a burned building exposed the ancient cemetery of the St John convent. Skeletons were disinterred and a thick stone wall from a vanished cellar was revealed. Convent dissolved around 1500 making the remains over 400 years old. A nearby Taarnsamag street name endures. A product ad follows.
Madrid correspondent notes Señora Valdes, wife of a famed Spanish novelist, asked for a portrait with her doll. It seems curious to outsiders yet remains common in Spain. In Atchison Kansas, a husband near death caused his wife to joke about his usual trouble locating the keyhole.
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