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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
6
Philadelphia art critic Harvey Maitland Watts recalls a dinner tale about a wife of a wealthy profiteer buying costly pictures and asking for cheaper works for the back hall. The salesman offers a chrome painting for nearly nothing and she agrees.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip recalls Sunday kissing under strict blue laws. The joke notes no husband faced charges, highlighting the era's legal quirks and social norms surrounding Sabbath restraint.
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript contrasts the kitchen and medicine terms. The Cultured Wife corrects her husband on language while the pudding is described as a dose. The line highlights language and humor in 19th century domestic life.
Advertising copy touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrant, economical face and baby powder and perfume. It claims the product renders other perfumes superfluous and identifies it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap and Ointment.
The article traces Rome hills south of the Tiber and key areas. It notes the Palatine as Romulus urban seat, Hadrian’s mausoleum later St. Angelo, Caligula’s circus where Nero persecuted Christians, St. Peter’s Basilica occupying vast space, the Vatican Palace with many halls, and the Pantheon rebuilt by Hadrian as a well preserved ancient structure.
Helen plays outside on flag day and learns it is her dad's birthday. She realizes the flags on homes mark the secret surprise awaiting him at home. The line ends with a proverb about hard work.
In New York Philip Severn United States consular agent buys a small box from a jewelry store. A secret compartment contains a manuscript outlining a revolutionary movement with international implications and a rendezvous. Severn decides to investigate on his own.
In Chapter I continuation the narrator learns a tip about Gans street in Jersey City. He plans to mail a torn note to authorities but pauses to verify the clue, hoping it offers a way out of a seeming dead end. The lobby exchange with Burke and a hurried messenger pushes him toward Jersey City as a possible lead.
A narrator traces a rendezvous for a crime plot to an empty brick iron foundry at an Alva Malleable Iron Co site. The derelict building bears a dusty sign and fits a suggested meeting place with coded access, intensifying the investigation under a dark, drizzling evening.
A narrator in Boston observes a dingy saloon where a Polish bartender and two men play cards. A young American woman sits hidden in a corner while a man arrives, and a tense exchange hints at a planned meeting. The observer senses a dubious arrangement involving Jans and the girl, and departs with lingering suspicion.
A correspondent advises removing non embedded eye particles by entering a dark room looking up at a lighting fixture and turning on the light quickly. The bright flash triggers a violent reaction that washes the particle to the corner, where it can be removed with a clean handkerchief.
A proverb notes that what eyes fail to see and ears fail to hear is nothing to be doubted of life and literature. It presents the doubting Thomas of life as a worldling who distrusts the good in the world, a view paraphrased from Country Life.
A testimonial from Mrs. Carriel Williams of Overpeck Ohio says the remedy helped before and after childbirth easing back ache headaches and fatigue. The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing standard treatment for women with irregularities displacements backaches and nervousness.
The article explains lining linoleum with felt to extend life, dampen sound, and warm floors in winter. It notes reduced expansion and contraction and a softer feel, suggesting these advantages are worth considering.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot Ease as an antiseptic heel for shoes that reduces friction and relieves pinching, bunions, and sweaty feet. It claims wearers can fit into smaller shoes and enjoy comfort.
A marine reports the loss of his gun and recalls a single identifying mark a name on it reading Springfield. The exchange includes a corporal's line of questions prompting the confession that the gun bore the name Springfield. The Tennessee Tar notes the humorous incident as credibly sourced.
An anxious mother declares she has three daughters she wishes to see settled in life. A friend asks if the man is marrying material, and Roxley replies he would not take more than one daughter, signaling limited prospects.
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