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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
3
Four year-old Mary Ellen imitates her seven-year-old father and his friends as she joins outside games. She chases fly balls and dreams of being a pitcher, proudly declaring her aim and mimicking a man at the ball park while her throws go wild.
A speaker recalls tidying the living room with children and Edwin while Betty resents a task. A male voice asserts authority saying, You can't. That is a middle set work and I am the only middle male here to do it.
A casual ad explains lifting off hard or soft corns and calluses from feet using Freezone. A tiny bottle costs little at drug stores and a few drops stop pain, letting you remove the corn or callous root and all without pain.
Chauncey M Depew admires Ring Lardner and recalls a club anecdote where Lardner reassures a man he can stay by claiming the wife approves. He then telephones and says the wife says the man can remain, detailing how she was told he is roaring drunk and should be brought home or kept there.
Mrs. Ernest Hirsch of Pittsburgh raised two doves as foster parents for a baby chicken. After three weeks the doves incubated a hen's egg placed under them. The dove pair alternated sitting, the egg hatched, and a chick emerged eager to leave the nest.
A British couple christened month-old twins at an East London church. When asked their names the father proclaimed Haig Pershing Foch Mons Lloyd George Clemenceau Jones. The rector gasped then asked the second child’s name. The mother whispered Maud.
A humorous exchange features an old man asking if soup is on the bill and a waiter replying none was spilled, highlighting a comic kitchen misreading. The skit plays on restaurant banter with a lighthearted twist.
William J. Bryan told the Presbyterian general assembly that a federal constitutional amendment will soon unify moral standards for men and women, abolish licensing of vice, and apply penalties for immorality to all equally. A plan uniting 18 Protestant denominations including Armenian Evangelical, Baptist, Congregational, and Methodist churches was approved, with broader action needed from other denominations.
President Wilson urged a hard decision to accept a United States mandate for Armenia. He framed it as the people's wish and asked Congress to act, with the message read in both houses and referred to the foreign relations committees. Senator Harding opposed any mandate and predicted Senate denial.
In Newark New Jersey fourteen families with four to ten children each find shelter in a Vailsburg playground after landlords push rents past the tariff and force tenants to flee crowded tenements. Mayor Gillen funds lumber tents drains lighting and water extensions and plans to collect rent later.
Five year old Lloyd Harmon died when a car carrying his parents Mr and Mrs Burch Harmon drove off a washed out bridge near Auburn Nebraska. Torrential floodwaters swept the vehicle into a drainage ditch then into the Nemaha river. Mr Harmon managed to rescue his wife after the car traveled about 200 yards downstream.
A Minnesota storm near Northfield tore through southeastern towns injuring eight people and killing the 11 week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Godfrey Swanson of Red Wing. Destruction reported in Prairieville and nearby areas with violent gusts and damage to several residences.
A brief quip contrasts Schreecham's view of a man as anvil or hammer with Peacham's remark that most are bellows, attributed to the Edinburgh Scotsman. The exchange frames a literary reflection on usefulness and effort.
Aspirin tablets marketed as Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are presented as genuine and proven safe by millions of users. The claim emphasizes long standing trust and product safety.
A fragment notes a figure near 15,000,000 and references life insurance costs or policies. The text is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, or places, making precise attribution difficult.
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