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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
8
Four verses tout Ayer's Hair Vigor claims. Verse 1 says hair grows, verse 2 stops shedding, verse 3 cures dandruff, and verse 4 restores gray hair color. The chorus notes millions sing of its benefits amid garbled text and promotional chatter.
A compendium of brief, dated miscelany excerpts reflecting social advice, technology notes, and humorous dialogue. It touches on retirement risks, rail wheel wear ranges, a child teething remedy claim, and a gag about a short suitor.
The column mixes humorous snippets and testimonials about health cures by Ne. Kline’s Great, mentions of a boy Milton at college, and a local acquaintance Ike discussing academic questions. A rustic, folksy tone reflects small town life and ongoing chatter.
A New York Tribune report narrates how Gunda the elephant at the New York Zoological Park allegedly pilfered visitors pennies from a coin box. Keeper Gleason spotted the ruse as the elephant learned to ring a bell, drop, and stash coins, prompting an official investigation and comparisons to major graft cases.
The New York Tribune notes the completed National Tehuantepec railroad linking Coatlan, Salina Cruz, and San Francisco ports. It highlights Tehuantepec as a winter and summer retreat with bracing air and new large hotels. Telanga women wear the Huipil dress, a bright layered costume with lace, jackets, and a crimson or blue skirt, shown in markets along the line.
A bustling market scene is described with live iguanas sold and cruelty details noted, Tehuantepec region life and American planters, Pan American railroad progress toward Guatemala, hunting and surf fishing in Salina Cruz. Smuggling jewelry is debated with proposals for criminal prosecutions and duty avoidance. Also a Pall Mall Gazette note on Utrecht Protestants proposing selling the cathedral to Catholics to fund new churches.
A lawyer expert notes the plaintiff's handwriting, doubting it bears genuineness and suggesting Kalamazoo Michigan as the likely origin. Witnesses remark on the bias of men and women, while fortune tellers are portrayed as self-serving.
A dated note asserts Spring Catarrh is a defined spring illness with symptoms given above. It claims a timely Peruna dose will promptly halt the disease’s course.
A compact essay notes Thackeray’s generosity and poverty, recalling Leech visiting him as he wrote. It quotes a wry exchange about holidays and a seaside trip, then shifts to a comic verse on honeymoon chatter and a rural tale about a cow with strange contents.
A column of humorous clippings recount witty exchanges about quotations, a sausage maker’s heckle, a Bones advertising tale, a Brittany birth fraud, a Broadway romance quip, and a man told his wife would remarry, reflecting early 20th century newspaper humor and social observations.
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