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Newspaper
Centralia News Examiner
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
4
A narrator recalls a theater night with Billy Perkins and his wife, who unexpectedly attends the same show with a different companion. After a staged deception, the husband reveals calm restraint, and his wife confronts jealousy. The tale ends with forgiveness and a mocking jab about a diplomatic mission.
Budding liniment advertises Phione priced at 23 for up-to-date relief. It promises fast action on muscular and rheumatic pains, sprains, and soreness, claiming deep tissue effect and restoration. Mentions references to back pain and deep nodal discomfort with various price points and distribution.
A large corporation rewards new hires with a 200 page volume detailing the business. The book includes reports and forms with quizzes to ensure understanding of all subjects. The president says the $2,000 investment will be updated annually and requires reading before starting work.
A London Tatler note praises Kean's management of Princess theater and recounts an actress rising from chorus to speaking role amid jealous rivals. The anecdote describes the wings scene where a fellow actress mocks a novice, and discusses etymology of bids and prayer chaplets across cultures and eras.
A quirky column notes the bizarre methods of driving hearty eaters from tables including a blackmail of wine and belladonna and other odd remedies. It reports on a recent boxing and fencing exhibition and quotes jesting banter about physical culture and marriage prospects. A Washington Herald line mocks long walks versus short rows in theatrical business critique.
Fragmented prose from a Philadelphia Press snippet mentions Lovett Mileald and a crusty bachelor debating Lovett's head. It references theater goers calling Scott, Centralia’s cabman, and notes a health remark. The item reads as a collage of stray lines and advertisements.
Jones a 28 year old mechanic marries and becomes a father then clashes with his union over overtime. Expelled he loses work and health declines, wanders as a hobo for five years facing hostility from farmers and officials. He ends in a charity home dying after a brutal deathbed struggle, a sobering chronicle of social injustice and human endurance.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes Japan’s early patent medicine development led by Torayma and Prince Maeda in 1682. It traces distribution by thousands of agents, with pills named for vague healing claims like brain healing and heal everything. The piece contrasts US lag in patent medicine adoption.
The London Saturday Review recounts the Cade tale, noting disputes over his origin in Sussex or Ireland. It cites myths tying him to Sir Thomas Dacre and Heathfield lands, and claims Cade was slain by Kent Sheriff Sir Alexander Iden in Heathfield after a bowls game.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a pure non alcoholic remedy. It lists ingredients from native forest roots and glycerine, claims blood purification stomach toning and bronchial support, warns against overhype but urges patient use and consultation with dealers at reasonable prices.
A Kansas City Stor summary notes Dr Antoine Francois Saugraine the first surgeon west of the Mississippi located in St Louis in 1900. It details his chemistry and electricity experiments his lab visitors and the awe they inspired. It also claims he served as postmaster before Et Lois was incorporated and describes early matches and a thermoscope credited to him.
A Popular Mechanics description notes the Wends in the Spreawald region near the Spree river south of Berlin hold rare funeral processions on frozen waterways. Coffin is sledded by skaters while relatives march behind, women bearing a Bible and wearing ancient national dress.
A New York World note imagines future surgery replacing diseased parts with animal tissue, predicting new norms for human form. It lists playful caricatures like the man with eagle eye and the pig head. The column also mentions social tea at Mrs. Hunters and Count Tedout’s card tricks that mystified guests.
A garbled New York Press item mocks cremation talk and features a hazy exchange about beliefs. It shifts to a remedy ad for Toon Laxative Cough Syrup promising safe relief for children. The ad cites the Blackett Drug Co. and endorses a gentle laxative effect.
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