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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
3
Bowles argues that appetite alone should not drive eating and that digestion, health, and longevity hinge on sensible feeding guided by reason. He cites laboratory and cross cultural evidence, notes abnormal appetites from modern life, and promises to share personal experiments in the next installment.
A boy named Billy spins a tale about a shoe heel coming off as evidence of truthfulness. His mother cites the incident to teach honesty and warn against lies. The passage links his exaggeration to childhood moral lessons. It includes a nod to art history about Alma-Tadema and early painters.
A Philadelphia Press quotation argues that civilization masks primal emotions, noting love turning to jealousy and hate, and murders occurring in quiet streets as readily as in jungles, highlighting enduring savage impulses beneath refined manners.
The first printing press west of the Missouri was set up in Santa Fe early in the last century. Proclamations dated 1821 show Santa Fe imprint predating El Crepusculo by 14 years. The Dawn appeared in 1836 at Taos as a religious tract. The first English papers in New Mexico, the Santa Fe Republican and Santa Fe New Mexican, appeared in 1847 after Kearny’s capture.
William Hard notes in Everybody's that every injured German workman receives regular weekly compensation from either sickness or accident insurance funds, regardless of fault, until he can return to work. The rule applies irrespective of responsibility.
The Zulus and other primitive peoples view snakes as ancestral beings, noting their habit of living near graves and entering homes, seen as a return to an old dwelling. The text highlights eerie serpent behavior and cultural interpretations of the serpent.
The excerpt suggests that a woman who is an able go-between or mediator holds more marriage prospects, reflecting a view on gender roles and social mobility across generations.
An inquisitive man questions a poor beggar who appeals for alms. After some interrogations the skeptic calls him a fraud, but the beggar insists he is under a hoodoo and unlucky. The group ultimately contributes, recognizing the superstition and attempting to help.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy available through F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo. The jumbled text touts a $100 reward for proof of ineffectiveness and claims the treatment strengthens the constitution by cleansing the system. It notes the product is sold by druggists nationwide and encourages readers to buy.
A skit shows a boy crying over a friend whose mother whipped him before T could arrive. An ad touts Defiance Starch and smooth ironing at home for shirt waists, promising proper stiffness with less wear. Australia and New Zealand boast vast livestock with 88 million sheep and 1.871 million horses. Piles cure claim offers 6 to 14 days and money back.
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