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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
4
An article describes National Lead Company's push for purity with the putty- Boy Pabster and a blow pipe test, offering a free test outfit. It notes Korea will adopt forest laws under a Japan Korea agreement and a school for Korean foresters has started. A used Brougham for sale is advertised in Chicago.
A clipped remark about Scott drafting the Lay of the Last Minstrel. He jestingly introduces Kerr Sponnenster as the sifted vocalist to perform a comic ballad with a long title about a mother and child, noting later minstrels will sing other songs.
Ask Your Denier for Allen's Foot-Ease A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet, cures corns, bunions, swollen and sore feet, wetness, callouses, aching, sweating, and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold for all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Ros N.Y.
A reflective piece describes a mother butterfly sacrificing her body to create a down lined nest for her eggs. The nest is formed from layers of hairlike down, laid upon a delicate couch, with spiraling egg placement and intricate bed coverings. The act ends with the mother’s death after nest completion, a selfless finale for the next generation.
A New York woman relates a long illness from peritonitis and nervous weakness. After trying Grape Nuts and Postum, her strength and appetite return, sleep improves, and she gains energy. Her husband and doctor also use the products, with continued reported benefit.
Amber, Everard, and Hilary move through a moonlit tower as she declines Hilary and vows to marry only if her father's memory is cleared. Sir Lucien schemes to pressure her, while Everard and Amber confess growing feelings. Adare watches from the shadows as the night reveals shifting loyalties.
Representative Gustav Kustermann of Wisconsin offers a playful guide for travelers to spot Americans abroad by the distinctive bar on watch chains. He notes Germans and English use different ring shapes, praises American travel tips, and extols Detmold's prince funding theater with affordable opera and dramatic performances.
Two artists boasted about trick painting feats. One claimed painting a sixpence on the ground driven a beggar to paw at it in vain. The other boasted painting a leg of mottos on a stone so realistic a dog ate half the stone before realizing the ruse.
About 6,000 iron miners in Lew Talne, over half of the regional employment on the Germany France border, strike during wartime, halting lamps and production and drawing attention to industrial strikes in border districts.
The Utica Globe reports that wholesale prices in 1907 stayed near peaks, with a 5.7 percent yearly rise and an overall 1.4 point net drop from 127.9 to 126.4. Prices peaked in October 1907, and 172 of 258 commodities rose year over year while nine groups all saw gains, led by farm products up 10.9 percent.
Jack Leyburn helped the Michiganders christen their Detroit track by trotting a mile in 2.04% in the Blue Ribbon event. Nancy Franks, a trotting mare, foaled a bay colt by Eddie at Hamburg place, John EB. Madden's farm near Lexington, Ky. Manager Egan of the Burlington baseball club searched Davenport for park-purchase prospects. Justo won the 3-year-old trot at Pekin, Ala in 2:13.14, fastest for a 3-year-old this year. Etherial at Brighton equaled 1:00 for 54% furlongs, and Half Sovereign won six furlongs in 1:12 2-5. Lady Maud C. tied a North Dakota track record at 2:06%. A six-round bout featuring Billy Papke and Sailor Berke drew attention at the Coliseum in New York.
United States fuel testing program results from Jan 11 to Jun 30, 1907 summarize comparative briquetting and coking tests on bituminous coal from multiple fields. Reports cover samples from mines, fed to producers, and briquetted forms, with plans extending to naval use.
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