30 Oct 1908
Page 5
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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
5
A scanned column blends testimonial letters about Peruna with scattered snippets on historic topics, jokes, and short anecdotes. The letters cite night sweats and a deep cough, while other items discuss juvenile smoking history, fashion, and a quartz lamp device.
A study shows Texas leading with 23 illiterates per thousand, while Louisiana sits at 885 per thousand. No compulsory education state has more than 5 illiterates per thousand, while eighteen noncompulsory states vary from 111 to 885 per thousand.
In a London Telegraph style cartoon a barber jokes about a bald spot while a customer worries about his squint. A renewed caller compliments a boy, and Mrs Struckoyle remarks on his straight legs. The note adds a slice about Queen Wilhelmina’s childhood poultry hobby.
A Chicago Inter Ocean column humorously surveys women’s bank habits and mishaps with checks and deposits. It recounts anecdotes of overdrawn accounts, miswritten amounts, and lenders confusing security requirements, noting women often rely on tellers and receipts while men struggle with savings books. It highlights a changing role in banking and curiosity about future advances.
A Denver to Colorado Springs route near Petersburg through Castle Rock and other towns sees heavy auto traffic. A resident, Mater, devises a plan using passing cars to churn butter, noting a small 20 foot bridge in front of John C. Moler’s house and a makeshift corduroy flooring upgrade.
A craftsman named Mat Muler rigs a bridge floor connected to a churn via a belt and cog system. When vehicles pass, the bridge floor rotates, turning the churn and producing butter rapidly. Traffic jams yield a messy, gleaming mound of homemade butter as autos crowd together.
A California inventor proposes safety stickers on bottle surfaces to prevent mislabeling and accidental poisoning. The patentees claim distinctive projections warn purchasers they have the wrong bottle, potentially saving many lives by stopping fatal errors in handling medicinal potions.
The article notes that all Australian children are drilled, with elder cadets linked to the military. Most large schools host cadet bands in khaki uniforms, armed with light rifles, and yearly shooting matches reveal growing merksmen among the youth.
A garbled ad cache touts a cure by Dr Kling and a $2 trial bottle in Philadelphia. It then relays a clerical dinner joke and humor snippets from Kansas City Journal and Louisville Courier-Journal, including a town boy essay about clergymen and a quip about a photo with hair.
The Well Informed favor a simple pleasant laxative. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome, gentle yet prompt remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co product. price fifty cents per bottle.
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