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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
5
In a short vignette Raymond six returns from Sunday school excited and claims the superintendent praised him in prayer. His mother asks what was said and the boy repeats the line thanking God for Raymond. The anecdote ends with a humorous moral about gratitude.
The item touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as unique with no real substitutes and criticizes inferior imitations. It recalls a 18th century Bristol conference salary for Methodist preachers and shares a brief exchange about traveling without tipping, noting the shift in expectations.
A jumble of stray quotes and promotional blurbs appears, including courtroom chatter, quips about birthdays, hoaxes and medicine ads. Critics, barbs, and health cures mingle with humorous lines, sewing together a patchwork page of light notes and product pitches.
Bud Doble proclaims Boobn's Distemper care the top blood purifier after forty years with horses. The ad touts a bottle price of 60 cents and a dollar, urges druggists and manufacturers to supply, and invites agents with a free book from Spahn Medical Co Goshen Ind. Includes stray notes on unrelated market chatter.
Advertisement by Mrs. Cora B. Miller of Kokomo promises a free 600 box home remedy and an explanatory book to any woman suffering from female weakness or piles, claiming decades of charitable medical aid and urging immediate mail requests. The page also features short anecdotes from Frederick and a masked aeroplane crime vignette from the Chicago Tribune.
A dealer confirms a genuine Stradivarius is available for 3000 dollars as a buyer quotes his wife’s belief that rare violins are more expensive. The man admits he is not a judge of such things while considering options.
A Japanese journalist admonishes against using the term Jap in papers arguing it is disrespectful. A Western congressman asks if the news refers to Japanese or Chinese and is met with a sharp retort implying insults and stereotypes.
In a dated medical ad, a physician appeals to readers to ask their doctor about Ayers Pills for an inactive liver. The short dose is one pill at bedtime, produced by C. Avert Trowell in Mane. Addressed symptoms include headaches indigestion constipation dizziness and fatigue.
An elderly stranger remarks on a new pay-as-you-enter vehicle, while a conductor clarifies it is also an enter-as-you-pay car. The exchange ends with a prompt to board, as the procession is delayed.
A speaker asks Rankin if he has trouble assimilating fruit and vegetable meals. Fyle responds, Great Scott, no. After finishing one, he feels hungrier than before, citing a vivid appetite after meals.
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