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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
6
The public is urged to use Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective laxative sought by the well informed. Physicians sanction this known combination and the genuine product is sold by leading druggists, price fifty cents.
In 1899 Rossetti sought permission to reopen his wife’s coffin to retrieve buried reminders from the past. J M W Warner faced a similar wish to be buried wrapped in his painting Cartilage, while the artist kept the canvas. Chantrey, as executor, refused to permit burial in picture form, offering to exhume him only if it was a will condition.
Dialogue fragment shows two strangers debating professions with a fireside quip about a motorman on a busy road. The piece hints at urban tensions and streetwise dialogue.
A fragmentary dialogue notes a willing trial of a medical or lifestyle approach. Mentions general debility, massages, and a character named Mr Skimmerhorn asking about the cost of a bottle. Context appears humorous or theatrical.
A reader recalls early coffee abuse and addiction from childhood, noting nervousness and insomnia until trying Postum. The letter portrays gradual recovery, praising Postum’s effect on sleep and nerves, and urges others to switch from coffee for better health and steadier routines.
In a rural drama, Guy vows to marry Lucy after Maddy refuses their bond. Maddy’s health and virtue guide a painful sacrifice while Agnes Morris reveals her origin and tends Uncle Joseph at the cottage. Joseph dies in Agnes’s arms as she seeks forgiveness and protects the secret.
In the churchyard a fresh grave and a vacant chair frame Maddy as she longs for loved ones across the sea. Agnes pushes renovations for Guy's bride rooms at Aikenside, while Mrs Noah fears the effect on the grieving girl who wears deep mourning for a loss greater than death.
An ex governor notes Uncle Mose’s sharp Tennessee pride and comic lore about a famed pacer named Robert J. The tale pits a Scotsman inn sign against regional boast while Mose insists the horse’s fame belongs to Tennessee, even as race talk and misheard names unfold with humor.
A brief quarrel unfolds as Cleveland Plains argues over a perceived insult. One participant accuses the other of treating them as an idiot, while the other denies stating as much and claims the stare signals difficulty in arguing.
A compilation of market, science and health items: costs of Suez canal goods, coal titles in England, perfume prices, and a forecast for Dover bridge costs. Dentists' incomes in Europe versus the U.S. and ostrich farming in Southern California. Also medical observations on headaches linked to eye strain and diet, plus notes on German royal memorials, Danish metric law, and wheat varieties for Kansas.
An old medical discussion divides headaches into two groups. The first group stems from stomach and digestive disturbances with coated tongue and sluggish elimination, causing front head pain treated by common remedies. The second, linked to anemia, causes top or rear head pain with relief only when lying down, reflecting underlying blood issues.
On Sunday the battleship Kansas hosted a large dance at League Island navy yard attracting over 40 visitors. Ministers had protested football playing by sailors, but dancing became the day’s highlight as crews kept order and allowed repeated Sundays to be planned again.
A lovelorn youth, after a quarrel with his sweetheart, asked a barber to cut his throat. The barber set the chair, fixed the head rest, and used a pin to simulate the cut. The man leaped up in alarm, fearing the worst, while the barber reassured him he had only marked it out.
A Washington Star dialogue frames a politician fearing disclosure and a wife suggesting a public decline to be interviewed. The exchange highlights media pressure and the strategic use of silence in political life.
A clipped exchange features a political theorist and an ex-boss weighing municipal ownership and the persistence of questing reform efforts. The dialogue hints at skepticism toward entrenched interests and the feasibility of public ownership.
A Sun report on the Congestion of Population committee findings shows 12 percent of Manhattan factories and 11.7 percent of workers in 1.3 percent of the area in the sixth assembly district. The note questions land costs and feasibility of moving industry to less dense boroughs amid high assessed land values and building density.
A damaged OCR passage notes that an electrically operated street car fender can drop to ground to pick up a victim but current defenders are inadequate. It states most fenders used are a farce and do not serve the intended purpose.
The article criticizes the practice of raising fenders to clear obstacles as it often harms pedestrians and favors rolling over victims. It describes a control handle that drops the fender to near ground level when a perilous obstacle is detected, using electricity to operate the mechanism.
The piece argues that education should substitute knowledge and reflection for hard lessons learned through mistakes. It cites Capt. Mahan on the dangers of guessing under pressure, and recalls a West Point tale where misinterpretation of bridge drawings led to a practical joke. It closes with a query about the old fashioned woman seeking her boy with a switch.
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