Youthful Frankness Declines Play and Song Request
A child politely refuses a request to imitate a performance saying they fear people would say things about them, highlighting innocence and self-consciousness in social plays.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
2
A child politely refuses a request to imitate a performance saying they fear people would say things about them, highlighting innocence and self-consciousness in social plays.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal laxative for all ages. It claims to ease feverish, upset, or constipated children and adults by keeping bowels clear of mucus waste, with a boastful record of safe births. The copy urges stocking a bottle at home for headachy or bilious symptoms.
National Park Service counts show 45,000,000 visitors last year to the country’s parks, averaging 15,000 per park. Parks averaged 1,000 acres each, though sizes varied widely.
An advertisement urges parents to give Castoria to soothe a fussy restless child. It claims Castoria provides gentle bowel aid, promotes comfortable sleep, and emphasizes its pure vegetable composition with no harsh drugs. The ad notes genuine Castoria bears the product name.
The Meuse Argonne campaign advances through October as American and French forces seize Romagne heights and Cote Dame Marie, with heavy German resistance at Bois de Romagne and Bois des Loges. In late October discussions with Foch and allied leaders outline armistice terms, including evacuation of occupied territories and repatriation of nationals, as the Germans seek peace.
A brief comic exchange notes that nothing accompanies us after death and jokes about the novelty of departing without packing. Mrs Rounds expresses gratitude for this notion, framing it as relief from earthly burdens.
A Los Angeles mother touts California Fig Syrup as a trusted, purely vegetable remedy used for her son Leroy’s constipation and upset stomach. She cites relief, praises physicians, and notes four million bottles sold yearly with the brand’s signature California label.
New York, not famed for gold or silver, still hosts more than thirty mined substances. The New York State Museum notes deposits in iron zinc pyrite salt calcium sulphate stone and clay provide notable returns compared with states known for minerals.
A Boston girl declares she will wed the man who pays her father’s debts. The item notes that interested suitors should first learn who caused the father’s financial trouble.
The Atlantic coast’s largest blue heron colony is on Bartletts Island near Bar Harbor Maine. The four acre island off Indiana Point is owned by Boston lawyer Augustus P Loring. About 500 blue heron nests occupy the site along with nests of black crowned heron and osprey.
An odd ad claims San Bernardino County is larger than Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It touts indigestion remedies and promotes Phillips Mill of Magnesia as the instant neutralizer for excess stomach acids with a 25 and 50 cent bottle price at drugstores.
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