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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
A collage of witty observations on prices food and class drift from 40 cents a day diets to diamond demand. musings touch on eggs gasoline advertising marriage and a soap suds water anecdote from peter macqueen via world outlook.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleanser for sick children and fevers, urging mothers to use a teaspoonful when tongue coating or stomach distress appears and noting a 50 cent bottle suits all ages. A second snippet shows Gadspur boasting perseverance after a $10 borrow request following a speech to twelve people.
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap. It offers free samples by mail to anyone, asking for a postcard to Boston and notes the product sold widely.
Jamestown New York and surrounding rural counties united to host a Farm and City festival blending city commerce with farm life. A fifty fifty committee structure, educational exhibits, prizes for livestock dairy and crops, lectures by state experts, and a closing dinner with Gov. Whitman marked a successful first event leading to annual repeated gatherings.
A report explains that the so called tarantula of the Southwest and northern Mexico is not the famed European tarantula. The article notes Lycosa tarantula likeness, bites resemble a wasp sting, and most spider bites are not deadly. It discusses Mygale, Cteniza Californica, and Kingsley's notes on burrow habit and nocturnal trapdoors, urging caution but downplaying danger.
A dialogue from Boston Evening Transcript style piece shows a panhandler asking for change and a reluctant response about having no money or work. The exchange highlights poverty and street barter in a historical urban setting.
The Louisville Courier Journal jokes about a woman who supposedly opposes women’s rights and lampoons a local figure named Flubdub. The quips reference Christmas stockings and the egg boycott as sharp social satire.
A playful exchange on future travel by air stresses humor and the value of working from home. The quip highlights the tension between novelty and comfort, suggesting admiration for remote labor even as aviation advances.
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