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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
A collage of jumbled notes from Baxter Springs including emigration, a Panama lottery winner who squandered 15000, West Coast gossip, Yellowstone rocks, and a Pittsburg club of “Old Georers” voting for the aged. Various vignettes touch on politics, crime, science, and quirks of human behavior with sharp, satirical tone.
A humorous, vivid reminiscence on the oppressive squeezer street cars of New York. The narrator mocks crowded, hot cars and the biting discomfort of riders. He contrasts them with gentler, modern transit and riffs on germs, crowds, and perilous closings. The piece ends with a lighter note on summer heat versus dry heat in industrial settings.
Franklin County man Barney Wise heard a noise while returning from Blaira Mills and first thought it a cow. A large bear emerged from bushes ten feet away, crossed the road, and moved toward Horse Valley as Wise continued home, setting a personal record for punctuality.
A historical account recalls the whipping post and stocks near the courthouse in Raleigh and Charlotte, used through 1865 and viewed by youths as attractions. It notes iron restraints, branding irons, and the shift in social discipline from men to women, then moves to a court ruling on the slang term O K and a legal dispute over its binding effect.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri describes a long history of skin trouble and relief after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent. He notes prior doctors failed, but the products cured itching, stinging, and a leg eruption after a severe illness. May 13, 1907.
In a caricatured courtroom scene the Arizona judge dismisses the assault charge after the defendant admits the complainant insulted him. The judge warns and imposes a fine around fifty dollars for not beating the man sooner, with the sheriff tasked to collect.
A cautioned reminder to mothers to examine every Castoria bottle for the signature and note its long standing use and trusted brand identity. The notice underscores safety and familiarity for infants and children, referencing more than thirty years of distribution under the recognized label.
A quoted exchange mocks the idea that beauty lies only on the surface. One speaker claims portraits of handsome women are accurate while another counters that beauty is a long way outside the cuticle.
An advertisement promises a free cook's book edited by Mrs Hill from Jaques Manufacturing Company Chicago to any lady reader of the paper. The offer is described as absolutely free with a Baking Powder ad noted in another part of the issue.
Henry Drummond quips on reasoning, noting that those who won’t reason become bigots, those who can’t reason are fools, and those who dare not reason are slaves. A compact philosophical epigraph on intellectual liberty.
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