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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
7
Mrs John Poter of Main Street Newton New Jersey fears a woodpecker will ruin a shade tree. She covered the hole with a tin sheet while the bird is away. The woodpecker now pecks the tin like a trip hammer daily. Neighbors complain of the noise and there is a law against killing woodpeckers.
A minstrel joke frames a railroad question about why firms pick single men for conductor and brakeman roles. The interlocutor asks how one knows the pattern, and the Bones character hints that married men wouldn’t slam doors like those workers, delivering a punchline about singleness and behavior.
According to Precedent, the speaker praises the musical comedy and laments the lack of Broadway references as the comic narrator jokes about returning to Broadway before the show ends, pivoting between island setting and theatrical talk.
Mrs. Boardman Harriman sparked debate at a Brooklyn mothers meeting by arguing both against cruelty and against child spelling. She urged that if a son sows wild oats, parents should begin thrashing, reflecting a harsher disciplinary stance.
Witty remark notes that affection can cloud sight while the girl's father and her dog seem to manage without eye doctors. The line plays on perception and humor, typical of a light verse item in a 19th or early 1900s paper.
The adage about a man being his own lawyer applies to wills as well as law. Dr. Austin Flint, famed alienist and expert witness on testamentary capacity, drafted a will so obscure that his executors seek court aid to interpret his own testament.
The Inco J, the first self propelled freight barge, visits St. Louis to New Orleans as part of a $9 million fleet. At 240 feet long and 43 feet wide, it carries 1600 tons and runs on four 80 horsepower gasoline engines, promising to revolutionize river freight. Similar barges already operate on Alabama's Warrior River hauling coal at low rates.
A reader praises a novel’s vivid portrayal of the hero’s country home. An old farmer agrees and hopes to use the description in his annual booklet for summer boarders.
Dialog shows a daughter recalling frugal 15 dollar weekly housekeeping. Parents warn that attempting such plan today would starve them before a honeymoon. The exchange reflects hardship and evolving economic norms.
In a small domestic scene Edith asks if Jack kissed her before engagement. Ethel confirms and blames the timing on papa arriving, revealing a humorous family setup and engagement outcome.
A June lesson on Acts 16 16 40 portrays Paul and Silas delivering a slave girl with a Python spirit, provoking a mob and ensuing imprisonment in Philippi. They praise in prison, the jailer and household are saved, and the magistrates back down, leading to the birth of a Philippian church.
A young woman spent a day browbeating salespeople and officials including a floorwalker a milliner and a tax driver she dismissed a maid and hired another and forced a streetcar to stop midblock yet she did not smile when a young man asked to protect her in the Philadelphia Public Ledger account.
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for itching scalp pimples dandruff and rough hands. It offers a free sample by mail with a postcard address to Cuticura Dept. L Boston and notes the products are sold everywhere.
An incomplete exchange touches on French battle reports and a remark about Pomeranians marking an attack. The conversation questions personal impact against soldiers and warns the Lord’s view on paying debts to support foreign missions.
Miss Carlisle extols American gardens praising sunlit freshness and beauty. She notes American landscapes rival English ones yet often have too much statuary and formality, while English formal and informal gardens offer warmth, intimacy, and winding paths through varied hedges and flowers.
A curate returns from Oxford with a new Master of Arts hood and is mocked at a parishioner’s home for his red hood clashing with his complexion. The hostess suggests Myrtle green or old gold would suit better, poking fun at academic dress and assumptions.
An ardent spectator scolds a baseball executive about balancing duties and ballgame distractions. The fan insists he would never risk missing an important deal for a chance play by the home team, noting the tension as a three-bagger ties the game.
A wartime interview fragment shows a speaker denying plans to travel to Europe after the conflict. The other party questions the hesitation, suggesting many will claim such travel once peace returns, implying social pressure and postwar optimism.
Advertisement offering a free book by Jesse A Case from Brockton Massachusetts about rheumatism and neuritis. Claims a cure and urges readers to write for the volume.
The note hints at rising costs for clothing and cloud lining in hard economic times, signaling higher prices for everyday items and related materials.
An advertisement touts fifty years of uninterrupted efficacy for Dr Kline's Epilepsy Medicine from the Dr Kline Company of Bed Bank New Jersey. It markets a trial bottle and asserts positive results for epilepsy and falling sickness. A closing quip notes a woman can keep a secret if no one cares.
A woman from Englewood Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing severe menopause symptoms after costly doctors failed. She urges other women to try the medicine, claiming it saved her life and kept her from insanity and hospital care. She cites Mrs E Sheldon of Halsted Street and invites readers to seek free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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