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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
2
An article urges women to consider Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to avoid surgery for female troubles. It cites personal testimonials from Mrs Boyd and others, claiming relief from suffering and enabling women to work at home without operation, and invites readers to write for advice.
A terse exchange questions whether the skilled grip handler is a doctor or a bellhop. The remark hints at a man's expertise but offers no clear profession or affiliation.
Doctors say President Wilson suffers neurasthenia after last April influenza in Paris. The piece warns of flu returning this fall and promotes Turpo as a preventive germicide, urging readers to buy a thirty cent jar and use as directed.
A witty exchange frames a joke about long division and fairness. A parent explains the math concept as a playful quip about dividing so the other person loses. The line captures a homespun, humorous take on numbers and sharing.
An advertisement touts Danderine as stopping hair loss and removing dandruff with a small bottle bought at drug or toilet counters. It promises hair will grow long thick and soft after several applications and notes results depend on factual use.
In a tense chapter, the narrator uncovers how Mrs Delario smuggled diamonds in a slipper and how Monsieur de Ravenol planned to steal them. With Billy Rivers they devise a decoy involving letters and a hyacinth stash to trap the thief in a staged night break in. The pair prepare for a midnight confrontation while the danger of discovery looms.
A column notes Dawson Alaska’s 1898 prices with flour at one dollar a pound sugar seventy five dollars a sack and eggs at a dollar fifty each. It recalls a man who sold news readers admission to hear more for one dollar as five hundred men gathered at a hall near the post office.
A Birmingham Age Herald reader praises a congressman for reliability and steady updates on seeds crop reports and West cave dwellers pamphlets about boll weevil and skeeter control, calling him on the job even if not a Statesman.
One man or a boy can cut twenty five to forty cords daily with the Ottawa Engine Log Saw. The machine combines a cross cut saw with a four cycle gasoline engine, mounted on wagon-like wheels for mobile use. Two men can fell forty to fifty trees daily in normal timber, with minimal stumps and automatic shutoff for resistance. Full details and factory price available from Ottawa Mfg. Co. Ottawa Kansas.
Norman Davis remarks that age softens no good map and notes two long separated friends meeting. They joke about youth, aging, and hair with playful exchanges highlighting vanity and aging humor among old acquaintances.
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