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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
2
Baxter Springs Kansas edition of the CHAS L SMITH owned Baxter Springs News presents editor and owner authored content from the local paper.
A London auction sold a 1785 marriage contract between Marquis Desmontiern Deanerville and Mile de la Brisse-Camilly for 500 dollars. Signed by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, it traces a volatile lineage from Versailles to America, then back to London. A second contract bears signatures of Le Roi Soleil and the Dauphin, with Maintenon’s hand noted.
The piece surveys causes of poverty, urging individual thrift and prudent spending while noting youthful extravagance. It cites a New York Herald critique of daughters chasing luxury, warns against risky bets, and stresses practical work over pomp. It also covers Naval respect, immigrant labor debate in Cuba, and a St. Louis judge ruling on a laundry monopoly. The overall tone ties personal responsibility to broader social progress.
A lively travel anecdote from a letter writer nicknamed John describes trips from New York to Philadelphia and Niagara Falls, critiquing the invasive spread of advertisements along rail routes. It humorously contrasts scenic views with board fences and catchy slogans, then shifts to a brief note on a trout fishing success by a 12-year-old boy and a Cajun-style joke about finances.
A St. Petersburg superior court hears a case over whether a will recorded on a graphophone cylinder is legally valid. Heirs found the recording after the funeral of a wealthy Smolensk landowner. a young man mistook it for a song. Legal arguments focus on admissibility and the will’s authenticity.
A pet goldfinch fled its cage and sheltered in a tall garden tree for hours. The bird accepted seed sugar and lettuce back near its cage, hesitated then returned home choosing civilization over freedom. Greece opens public service to women in a landmark law enabling 50 telegraph job hopefuls aged 21 to 35. A Durham clergyman, age 67, retires after 49 years in one parish.
A historical note on paint buying fraud and safety. National Lead Company introduced the Dutch Boy trademark to guarantee purity and offered a blow pipe test kit and booklet to consumers. The initiative aimed to curb deceitful mixtures and protect buyers and honest manufacturers.
A playful clipped scene shows a boy asking for “typewriter exterminators” and a salesgirl mishearing, with him seeking a dime’s worth of erasers. The fragment sprinkles ad phrases and a quip about character over genius, plus stray lines about clothing, a league quote, and a muttered proverb.
An article extols herbs and prairie remedies as universal cures. It credits Indians on the Western Plains and Lydia E. Pinkham’s tonic with empowering women’s health, claiming long experience and world impact for plant based cures.
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