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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
5
A Portland Oregon notice promotes Kasparilla as a health tonic improving digestion appetite and bowel regularity. It claims to relieve sour stomach bad breath and headaches by stimulating the digestive tract and liver function. If unsatisfied buyers may obtain a refund from Hoyt Cummins Co.
Four verses promote Ayer's Hair Vigor claiming hair growth reduced shedding dandruff and color restoration. A jangling chorus features garbled words and unclear claims, likely a noisy promotional jingle for the product.
A mosaic of small era items evolving around thrift and humor. Generals old clothes and a Philippines trip echo the era’s tone. A medical ad touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure while a political anecdote recalls diverse neighbors and a Thanksgiving humor.
A collage of classic verses and readings appears, including lines from Casabanca and The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, followed by sentimental daisies and buttercups stanzas. Voices of Felicia Hemans and Tean Ingelow echo through the page in a nostalgic medley.
Actress Grace George discusses enduring stage superstitions in a Denver Republican excerpt. She recalls a leading man tearing scenery before a call, claiming it helps a play become a success, while noting such quirks survive into modern theater.
A man begs and drinks while claiming to seek work as a trackwalker for aircraft. He promises to start once an opening in his trade appears, noting he has no money to wait. The dialogue highlights memory of gifts bought on installment, and a failed romantic entanglement.
Idaho Experiment Station critiques Alaska wheat also called Miracle wheat. It questions extravagant yield claims and poor bread-making quality, noting branching heads tall stalks and kernels of mixed size while warning no merit justifies high prices or state claims.
One quart sifted flour one half cup lard one half pint milk and one level teaspoon salt. Rub dry ingredients with lard until smooth then add milk. Beat twenty minutes until dough blisters. Roll to a quarter inch thick cut with small biscuit cutter prick with a fork. Bake twenty minutes in a hot oven yield about thirty biscuits.
An advertisement extols a health product as a trusted family laxative. It urges buying the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co and selling druggists, claiming wide approval by well informed readers and physicians.
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