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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1918
Page
3
An old style sales blurb urges defense of the body as a ship, promoting Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to cleanse the liver and remove toxins. It describes the product as made from May-apple aloe and jalap, sugar coated, sold in vials for twenty five cents at drug stores. A stray dialect exchange about work follows.
An Indianapolis News item tells of a brother who, dutiful yet absent minded, sent his sister birthday cards on a date he later doubted. The sister, feeling age uncertainty, asked to switch to Christmas or Easter greetings to avoid local talk in their gossiping town. A separate note covers Dairy men’s league president R D Cooper urging farmers to marry, joking that a bachelor farmer is a solecism and a wife can hinder or help work with a tractor.
Washington reports seven million taxpayers will fund war costs under the war revenue act of October 3 1917. It details who must file by March 1 1918 with income thresholds 2000 for married or head of family and 1000 for single, explains exemptions deductions for business farming and professional expenses, and notes depreciation rules and dependent allowances.
government urges prompt filing of income tax returns with expert help from internal revenue officers visiting counties nationwide. penalties described for late or fraudulent filings, extensions offered for up to 30 days upon proper request, and agents may file on behalf of ill or absent taxpayers. emphasized duty to pay to support the war effort and defeat of German autocracy.
Derby Connecticut William Browne aged eighty is believed to be one of the country’s oldest bank employees. He recently marked his sixty fourth anniversary with the Manufacturers Bank. Browne began working at the bank while still in high school and has served under four presidents and numerous directors through long years of service.
A humor piece riffing on literal translations and social mishaps. A wife praised as homely by an American next to a Frenchman, a German hotel keeper misreads a train warning, and a parade of short, comic vignettes about children, visitors, and misused phrases.
In a curious racing moment a jockey was tossed when his mount bucked and fell. The rider quipped a defiant line about the horse, saying this is a horse on me, reflecting a tense yet humorous exchange amid the incident.
A home mixture uses water rum glycerine and barton to darken hair gradually producing streaks of gray. It does not color the scalp nor rub off and costs little. Full directions given for preparation and use. The ad ends with light humor and aphorisms about nature and intellect.
A mosaic of brief observations and jokes on daily life and politics. Mentions of New York City directory growth, campaign work for farmers, taxes, skunk prices, long work hours, perpetual calendars, new engine ideas for cars, horn honks, a Kaiser book, vegetarianism, and humorous exchanges. Includes lines from a Burns dinner, material on pronunciation, modern blindness, and small jokes about dress, age, and advertising.
This advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT manufactured by us relieves intense itching of piles instantly and allows restful sleep after the first application. It mentions letters from a large man and urges sending for a box to obtain immediate relief.
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