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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
6
A slice of syndicated quips and brief observations spans topics from fashion and travel to politics and crime. It notes Castro’s isolation, air travel as a highway, Esperanto, rough cautionary tales, and court rulings on imitation whisky, while poking fun at motorists and circuslike public life.
A Vienna bound letter recounts Aunt Martha chasing fad cures with comic failures. Rowing mishap, rubber gadget mishap, electric bath misadventure, and a costly string of mishaps leave her no thinner but more entertained, while Uncle Peter endures the chaos.
Reverend Dr. Charles F Abed recounted to his New York congregation a tale shared by the late Reverend Dr. John Hall about a man seeking to renounce faith and devote his life to converting Jews. He sought church support for a mission, but Hall questioned the man’s character and declined the proposal after consideration, prompting the man to depart with rude language.
A Virginia newspaper item notes Mr. R J McKay of Toledo St Louis and Western and Chicago and Alton railroads reading ads for George W Wharton groceries and oysters Then a tale of two sailors recalling a near death on a rough Banks voyage A comparison of autumn color changes and life forces follows Miss Mary Boyle O Reilly daughter of John Boyle O Reilly leads Boston St Elizabeth guild pushing municipal control and women inspectors for lodgings The piece links social reform with lodging house protection efforts and notes a lodger estimate of 75000 in Boston
An older advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle effective laxative preferred by the well informed. It urges purchasing the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co. and notes a fifty cent price. The rest covers a humorous anecdote about Indian marriage, cookery quips, and Dutch coast fisherwomen in distinctive dress nets harvesting seafood.
A reader letter from a Me. girl recounts years of indigestion and fear of eating due to overwork and irregular meals. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring appetite and health after initial doubt, noting it satisfied cravings without distress and helped her regain strength. The piece promotes the product with a signature from Postum Co. Mattle Creek Michigan.
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