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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
7
In a local sales pitch the E B Standard Disc Plow is touted as superior to any other disc plow on the market. The ad argues it performs in hard ground after rains and hot weather, with guarantees of equal or better work, easier handling, and longer use with fewer repairs than rivals.
A Louisville traveling salesman recalls a 1888 cholera morbus attack and how he used Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhea Remedy. He paid a porter fifty cents to fetch it, took a double dose and slept, waking at five to catch a train to his next stop a well man.
A playful exchange shows Arthur asking about his mother’s objection to kissing and Tess clarifying that approving a kiss does not grant him permission to kiss the entire family.
A little old lady argued with streetcar conductors at Fifth and Spring when cars failed to stop for her. After repeated refusals and the conductor’s taunts going to the barn she shouted back with an umbrella flourish, venting her frustration at the transit delay.
An old Irish coachman named Pat finishes a wet drive. A young lady offers toddy to make him “feel like another man.” Later Pat jokes that the other man would want a hot drink too.
The piece traces Munich’s origins through Louis the Severe and Emperor Louis the Bavarian, noting Duke Henry the Lion as the founder who minted coins and built a bridge over the Isar to levy salt tolls. It links the city’s name to the monk site near Tegernsee.
A valorization of truth and altruism as antidotes to hypocrisy and selfishness, warning that violating these principles in modern times leads to misery and undermines efforts toward a higher civilization across all actions and endeavors.
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold millions of counterfeit aspirin tablets mostly talcum powder. Authorities urge buyers to insist on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in the original Bayer package with proper directions and dosage.
Critics say the popular dramatist skates on thin ice in his latest work while audiences remain jaded by veteran theater shocks. The review notes the play may verge on repetitive missteps yet sustains audience interest through familiar dramatic devices.
A glib salesman touts a suit as snappy while a grouchy customer retorts that snappy is his pet abomination. The exchange ends with a warning he will get snappy himself if shown another garment.
A lighthearted exchange about fitting music into a new home ends with the quip that a foot can play a player piano. The humor hinges on a playful misunderstanding of musical taste and the practicality of footwork as a joke.
A woman explains her turn to physical culture after discovering a gown she could not wear until she lost weight. The remark reveals motivation behind adopting fitness methods as a personal transformation.
The text discusses the kiss as a religious sign citing Judas betraying the Messiah with a kiss and Paul’s instruction to greet with a holy kiss in Corin thians. It notes some Protestants still include the kiss in the Lord's Supper service.
The article explains how electricity supply uses different methods to stay steady. It describes systems where conductors alternate between positive and negative, causing the current to reverse many times a second, called alternating current. When reversals do not occur, the current is direct.
Describes eastern Nicaragua practices after death where the body is buried at once and a small house is built over the grave for the soul. A manioc field is planted and after about eight months a large community dance called Sau or Sixero is held, with a cotton string stretched from the spirit house to the dancing place hanging into a bowl of mishla.
Lax-Fos with Pepsin syrup laxative claims to relieve habitual constipation promptly and regulate bowels with daily use for 14 to 21 days. Described as pleasant to take and marketed at 60 cents per bottle.
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