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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1909
Page
14
A young missionary jokes about giving coffins as gifts to old folks in China, prompting a sharp response from his father and a sudden exit. The anecdote sits beside ads for Resinol ointment praising its eczema relief and a note on Japanese sleeping customs with compass diagrams on ceilings in Japanese homes and hotels.
An attractive description of the New Klondike Incubator Company in Des Moines Iowa touts its gold trimmed Rosewood appearance and efficient design for raising chicks and ducks. The catalogue offers practical information on poultry care and ordering details.
In a fragment from The Circle, a speaker recalls regular visits to a woman who sang a song he loved. When asked why he did not marry her, he reveals he could buy the song for 60 cents, illustrating a cynical view on affection and value.
Mercury in catarrh ointments ruins health. use only prescribed remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co claims mercury free, taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Also mentions Hall's pills, Hamline Wizard Oil, and other products with dubious claims. includes a joke line about appearances and a Mich. based firm selling hides.
Artabanus Biffle and Uncle Ashdod Clute battle a nosy ghost of his great-grandfather. A Tripler Liquid Air machine boils the ghost into a liquid that, after a mishap, expands Artabanus into a ballooning ruin. The front of the house explodes and the village weighs whether he survived.
The piece extols 160 acre homesteads in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with yields from 20 to 80 bushels per acre and 40 to 60 if seeded. It notes railways schools churches and towns rising along Grand Trunk Pacific, arguing wealth comes from soil not magic and invites readers to consider moving north to help Canada supply the United States with wheat.
Frederick Mayer arrived in May 1851 from Niernstein Hessen Darmstadt and started as a journeyman. He founded a boot and shoe business that grew to wholesale manufacture by 1880 and expanded to Milwaukee and Seattle with a capacity of 9,000 pairs per day. The firm employed 65 salesmen traveling across 24 states and paid over six hundred thousand dollars in wages. Mayer died March 16, 1903, leaving sons who maintained the founder’s spirit as the business expanded into a major enterprise staunchly noted for German thrift and industry.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American woman, has spent ten years in Cuba fighting bull and cockfighting. Report says she has done more to suppress these practices than any other individual on the island.
A brief note urges using genuine Russ Blue dye for whitening fabrics. It emphasizes avoiding imitation and promises thorough Fletcherization of compliments before consumption.
A well known clergyman traveling in a non smoking compartment finds the only other passenger smoking without permission. The clergyman, desiring a smoke himself, leans toward the smoker with a smile and asks if he would object if he smoked, turning the moment into a quiet rebuke.
Dialog from Puck humor column about married life. Mrs Boges complains husband nags about lace curtains while Mrs Wogge notes a husband who has rung the front door at 3 AM for twenty years. Subtle satire on domestic grievances and stubborn routines.
An advertisement claims rapid cure for rheumatism with Dr Detchon’s Relief. It states the remedy cures in 1 to days, removes the disease cause, and quickly reduces symptoms. Includes a statement about benefits and druggist endorsement. A separate line notes a jealous woman stereotype.
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