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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
3
A humorous tale shows a king angry at a frugal breakfast of coffee codfish and potatoes. The royal treasurer admits debt and pawnbrokers corner funds while the sovereign muses on salaries, ending with the king rebuking his minister as a chump.
A king plans to placate mutinous soldiers across east and north by a public proclamation praising their valor, funding medals with tax money, and a royal tour to pin honors. A blunt adviser ridicules the plan, likening the king to an unscrupulous Texan oil schemer.
Jane, unaware of Mr. Sterry waiting in the parlor, calls her mother to button her waist as Mr. Sterry Kinshea arrives. The moment prompts embarrassment and a hasty retreat, revealing a social tension on display in the Cleveland Plain Dealer narrative.
The Catholic Standard and Times recount a witty exchange where a visiting British nobleman asks if you as leisure clawss in the country follow the hounds. Miss Pepprey replies that the hounds usually follow the leisure class here and that the hoes are kept on the move.
A humorous Washington Star exchange features a solemn figure warning of germs and a heat-stricken man quipping about germs and comfort, highlighting wordplay on smell and understanding.
A Cleveland Leader quip hints at superstitions about singing before breakfast. The text then shifts to a dairy complaint about a dirty patron blamed for inferior creamery butter. It laments that such carelessness spoils butter quality for many customers and recalls old practice of selling greasy butter cheaply in barrels.
The piece narrates a typewriter's life from factory shelf to mistress and back, detailing jealousy, rust, abuse, and eventual renewal. It travels through Wall Street, shop after shop, and a deputy sheriff's auction before returning to a hopeful reunion with its former owner in a secondhand office.
A sharp exchange between Myer and Oldbach reveals one man’s claim of self made success tested by a woman who exposed his pretensions. The dialogue reflects rival egos and social perceptions in a period voice.
A fragmented passage mentions a reformer named Wille and Pa-Oh, hinting at a market discussion in New York. The garbled text suggests misplacement or mishearing in the reform movement coverage, with unclear roles or affiliations.
A fragmentary colonial-era item describes a beautiful Batoawood bridge over the Mahavillagange in Istamil of Ceylon built by Major Skinner with no bolts or walls. The text also presents a game of confederates for guessing, a series of conundrums, notes on robin nests, miscellaneous quips, and a baseball game caption.
A fragment notes birthday superstitions by weekday and links to a line about the 702 arctic towers existing in only two colors, white and yellow. The piece juxtaposes folklore with a brief technical detail on tower color variants. This appears as a quirky verse and an isolated fact.
A concise fragment asks whether to pursue small or great aims, choosing to lighten the burden of human sorrow by bearing a feather light load of effort and duty.
An assortment of patent medicines and tonics are advertised for digestion relief and pain. Dr Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets promise fast relief and blood circulation effects. Kodol for Dysppepsia is touted as a natural digestant to aid digestion. Multiple dealers including Schultz & Roth and D. Breuning & Co are named. A separate note promotes Dr Shoop’s Night Cure and a confidential book No 4 for Women.
Suburban Life notes wood chewing is a common horse habit that spreads quickly if not treated. A remedy of half a pound of bitter aloes in a quart of water boiled to a pint should be brushed onto gnawed woodwork, with repeated applications as needed. DaWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended for cuts burns and bruises and sold by Schultz & Co.
Hetty Green and Dr Shoop promote Health Coffee as a real looking coffee substitute made from toasted grains malt and other ingredients. An ad claims expert harm would not distinguish it from coffee and notes preparation time. Also touts De Witt’s Corbolzed Witch Hazel Salve for minor skin injuries and scratches sold by S D Breuning Co.
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