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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
2
Baxter Springs News editors CHAS L Smith, owner and publisher, details not fully legible in this partial issue. The note lists the newspaper's name and the editor proprietor amid unclear surrounding text.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls congresses on forestry and urges reverence for past founders who left forests intact, warning that current losses may rival billions in future naval costs. It contrasts with a milk diet for obesity and notes the Danish minister Alberti's downfall, stressing trust and impact on common people.
A Harvard metaphysics lecture by Josiah Royce decades ago argued that not only plants but all inanimate nature may possess intelligence and communicate. The piece notes this stance in the context of broader debates on science and liberal reform, including House of Lords reform and the balance of power between hereditary and untitled peers.
John Fienay riffs on Bunch and Alice in Europe with playful digs at French menus and waiters. He recalls Martin’s in New York, Fred Perry, and Henri Leoni as they flirt with French phrases and street-name memorization, ending in humorous frustration at language gaps.
A humorous letter recounts a poker night with friends in rural life. It names Uncle Gregory Grant as a risk loving player, describes the “Companions of the Cold Feet” and “Little Brothers of the Boost,” and notes neighbors visiting from Kansas City while Phonograph games and close bets stir laughter and playful roasts among the players.
The four masts of the James B. Drake twisted during a tropical storm, yet all remain intact as the schooner sits in McPhee’s shipyard Boston. Sailors hail the event as one of navigation history’s strangest freaks, with no other damage reported. Royal composers and Russian royals are noted in unrelated text fragments.
A Buffalo Express excerpt recounts a boss using John Wesley to urge relentless work and rejecting vacations. The diary passages praise vitality at advanced ages through early training and constant labor, framing vacations as harmful to health and productivity. The tale ends with staff meekly resuming their writing as the boss sets the example.
Conversation shows Mrs. Stubb pointing out Brown and his young wife cleaning the carpet in unison while Mr Stubb references unity and a sea motif as a Chicago Daily提
Mrs R Crouse of Fayette Street Manchester says two years of back weakness rheumatic pain and disturbed kidney action improved after using Deans Kidney Pills. Kidney function normalized backache ceased and health greatly improved. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An irate judge questions a thief who admits to stealing after receiving help from a store owner. The culprit confesses that remorse prompted the act, acknowledging the owner’s kindness and a later, furtive attempt to take cash from the drawer.
A humorous courtroom style dialogue features a doctor asking a patient about animal food. The patient admits trying hay and clover tops but finds thistles troublesome, emphasizing weak health. The exchange highlights old fashioned medical reasoning and rustic satire via a judge’s frame.
An Englishman boasted of noble ancestry by pointing to a coin showing a king and claiming his great great grandfather was made a lord. A Yankee countered with a coin bearing an Indian and said his ancestor was made an angel by the Indian. The exchange appeared in the Ladies' Home Journal.
A New York reader recounts relief from indigestion after trying Grape-Nuts and Postum. He explains prior meals failed to curb symptoms, while a two week trial restored appetite and vitality, noting improved noon meals and overall health.
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