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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
5
An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier cure for sores and ulcers. It claims surface washes do not reach the blood and asserts the remedy removes impurities, nourishing inflamed tissue and promoting healing. Free medical advice offered by mail from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta GA.
An exchange recalls past friendships and a marriage. A widowish mix of old jokes and names appears amid a cluttered reminiscence, including a note about a summer resort and a physician’s luncheon. The text blends humor with scattered references to people and places.
Catarrh cannot be cured by external applications. internal remedies are claimed to cure blood and mucous disease. Hull's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a blood purifier and mucous-surface remedy by CHENEY & CO. A mention of Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a Brooklyn altar society contributing to lights is included.
Fragmentary text discusses natural nutrition and forms of assistance linked to healing. Mentions syrup and elixir like preparations and a reference to California. Lacks coherent context or complete facts.
A collage of wry jokes, cartoon captions, and brief anecdotes from city life. It mixes social quips about literature, fashion, and etiquette with light sport and crime humor, including a pirate treasure joke, a safety deposit vault remark, and playful banter between neighbors.
A youth misled by longing is sent to London as an apprentice. The bailiff's daughter of Islington, disguising herself, travels to London to seek him. They meet and she reveals her identity, promising a future together and ending the tale with joyous reunion.
A political candidate boasts of twenty two introduced bills and promises to serve citizens faithfully but is challenged about their fate. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the bills were printed in the Congressional Record as a record of effort rather than passage. A separate item recounts a railway ticket that blew along two trains and was recovered by a baggage master on the Colorado and Southern line.
A Baltimore newspaper column mocks a rising shoeblack poet and his praise worthy verse. The piece jokes about cleanliness standards in kitchens and laments poor marriages when love is scarce.
A Washington State College letter discusses black alkali affecting alfalfa near Walls Walla, recommending surface drainage and fall seeding. It notes salt grass and Australian salt bush as tolerant plants, and identifies apple lice as a pest, with lime or salt as possible treatments. A survey of dust spray use shows mixed success in Northwest orchards, with some growers achieving near pest-free fruit.
A garbled, incomplete text discusses generosity and marriage prospects. It references wealth, being poor, and a wish for persistence, with scattered phrases about fate and belongings. The passage is fragmented and lacks coherent narrative.
A New Yorker observes a growing trend of sightseeing wagons with Chinese passengers, noting financial recklessness and the presence of Chinese residents among visitors. A desk clerk responds that he can afford more life insurance, while a light sports note mentions Bunker ging over his mother-in-law in Puck’s humorous column.
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