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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
7
In a clipped dialogue a Stork and Flamingo joke about gout and burns, mentioning a centipede being caught scorching and a foot being burned when stomped. The exchange centers on humorous misstatements and refusals to correct each other.
A mother recounts a six week old son's severe facial eczema and sleepless months. After trying top doctors and skin specialists, Cuticura Remedies relieved symptoms, healing the eruption. the boy is seven and presumably cured. The note also includes a math quiz on counting a billion and days required.
Dr Harvey W Wiley the government food expert discussed wine adulteration. He relayed a tale of a wine salesman and his father reviewing a price list. The father asks why red wines seem clearer than whites and the son answers that crimson lake has a cost.
A dialogue frames a boy with a “very good cold” that has kept him from school for two weeks, contrasting adults’ concern with the boy’s stubbornly positive claim and his extended absence as a badge of a productive illness.
A diet note extols Grape-Nuts for curing years of dyspepsia. The testimonial claims predigested nutrition reduces stomach strain and supports nervous energy, aiding all ages. It cites daily four packages for a family and references The Road to Wellville and There’s a Reason as context.
A two figure fashion plate shows a left figure in directoire style with a gray serge striped skirt and gray silk coat paired with a rose brocade waistcoat, large revers, and frilled lawn blouse. The second figure features a grasshopper green princess dress with net panel, embroidered motifs, guimpe lace, and a coat of wide ribbon strips.
A Boston specialist urges women to imitate a cat and take sun baths each morning this spring. He cites improved nerves and mood, notes sun rooms in sanitariums, and compares sun exposure to spring medicines. He advises easy chair by a south window for thirty minutes daily, even while completing chores. Striped fabrics and trimmed striped shoe uppers are mentioned briefly.
Lace coats in chiffon, batiste and silk pair with frocks from simple to elaborate. Designs include meshed face with white silk scrolls and a nearly sleeveless collarless form. A bold white square mesh net coat features bold needlework and a taffeta girdle. A short back and front coat with wide tab sides and Greek sleeves shows dramatic long line silhouettes.
A small portable collar box about three inches high can be made at home by covering a round pasteboard box with denim. Decorate the top and sides with wallpaper cutouts, appliqued figures like a rose, with leaves curling around the edge for a dainty keepsake.
A fragmentary ad style piece urges rejection of counterfeit money and counterfeit goods. It contrasts government and manufacturer trust, notes that genuine items bear close scrutiny, and references products like Garfield Digestive Tablets and Lewin's Cigars. It ends with miscellaneous quotes and unrelated lines about courage and wallpaper hangers.
One of the Essentials of happy homes is information on health and best products. The text promotes a known laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as an ethical remedy approved by physicians and widely endorsed by discerning buyers. It urges purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through reputable druggists.
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