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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
3
A vintage health notice urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal wash improves skin tone and eliminates toxins, comparing internal cleansing to soap and hot water cleansing the outside.
Classified prompt urging readers to press W for selling items in the Times at a 25 cent rate. Brief ad copy style notice with no further details.
Irvin S. Cobb notes that many Indo Chinese laborers in France carry a personal umbrella on Sundays, a symbol of travel and culture. They wear simple clothes during the week and guard inexpensive black umbrellas at barracks, a custom Cobb describes with wry observation.
A historical UK panorama traces women rights from the 1820 whipping act banning corporal punishment to the 1870 Married Women's Property Act granting ownership of property. It notes later legal interpretations, including the 1889 Words in Acts Interpretation Act broadening masculine terms to include females, marking growing female status.
A Washington family with a Germanic name quiets fears as their four year old boy, teased as a German by a playmate, declares in a calm drawl that he is a German spy. The neighborhood note treats the incident as a light, miniature conflict and a child’s playful wisdom.
British slag bricks contain 26 percent silica and 22 percent alumina and yield a stony paving brick. American slag bricks with 34 percent silica and 14 percent alumina become glassy and brittle, quickly forming a thin outer skin. Shaw patent employs immersion in red hot sand and slow cooling for 12 to 18 hours to solidify interior and improve texture.
From New York City a group of kindergarten workers sets sail for France to aid orphans and restaff French schools. The mission operates under Red Cross direction with support from the National Kindergarten Association, aiming to bring happiness and renewed schooling to young people.
A brief wry remark from the Baltimore American implies suspicion around a youth named Jones. The speaker notes a large eagle tattoo on Jones’s arm as evidence of his notoriety. No further context or actions are provided.
A Washington Star humorous exchange finds Senator Sorg hum replying to a constituent who notes gaps in the senator’s remarks. The senator suggests that lack of understanding implies disapproval. The short quip highlights political banter between officials and voters.
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