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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
5
The passage blends a discussion of animal domestication from ancient cattle forms to the urus with a humorous modern anecdote about a golfer returning to a house and a woman asking him to take Willie away in his bag. The tone shifts from scholarly to playful storytelling.
A local ad promotes stylish wedding bouquets for brides and bridesmaids with a wide array of flowers including aster, coleus, salvia, petunia, phlox, cosmos, verbena, hollyhock, snapdragon and more. It also offers vegetable plants and seeds and invites readers to visit or call 43 to get planting advice.
Business is good. We average three to six calls a week for stenos and bookkeepers. Our corps of expert teachers trains young men and women to deliver. We offer regular courses taught by mail. Phone or write for full information. Columbia, S. C. contact Wm. Lykes Jr and F. W. Lykes.
Washington hearing reveals railroads claim operation costs soared due to government set wage scales and National Agreements. Testimony cites 1920 labor share at 64 cents of every dollar and 15 cents on materials as government fixed prices, with specific examples of back pay and inefficiencies under wartime agreements.
The Southern Baptist Convention adjourned in Chattanooga with a total cash collection of 25,103,424.64 toward the 75 Mik Mon Campaign since 1919, including 12,924,943.60 in the past year. The convention urged local churches to evangelize more aggressively, baptize more, and expand missions in Europe and other regions.
A composer visits his publisher and asserts 2500 in royalties while a casual office remark ties into a broader quip about a baseball umpire and two kinds of people. The exchange blends humor with tension over earnings and credibility in a pressurized office setting.
A vintage pharmacy note urges taking aspirin only as printed on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. It promises physician designed dosages, safety from millions of users, and cautions against substitutes. It mentions common pains like headache neuralgia rheumatism toothache and lumbago and notes available tin boxes or larger packs from druggists.
A Lexington citizen describes kidney pain and backache from kidney weakness and credits Poan's Kidney Pills with relief after using two boxes. The testimonial mentions Foster Milburn, Mrs. Puftita, and General Delivery as part of the delivery details.
A British and an American amb were lying side by side in a harbor. An American climbed the mast and balanced on his head atop the pole, challenging the British who tried the stunt but fell into the rigging. He recovered, landed on his feet, and taunted the other to try the feat.
The article explains the hautboy name origin from the French term haut bois meaning high wood wind in the old orchestra. It notes the oboe as the highest pitched wind instrument and mentions uncertainty about the exact invention date.
The remark notes that a restless listener may simply have his own children to discuss rather than find your kids uninteresting. It implies men often shift the conversation to their offspring. Some wise married women can draw the line between coaxing and nagging.
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