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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
2
A advertisement promotes living aright and warns medicines may be unnecessary under good conditions. It extols the California Fig Syrup Co. laxative as the only genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, urging purchase from leading druggists.
An assortment of odd notes includes a Strand Magazine quote about Tonatoe Sauce from Taiping Straits Settlements and a testimonial from Mrs. J. V. Femberton of Marshall Missouri praising Dom's Kidney Pills. The ad ends with a brief joke about broad humor and long jokes.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, claiming it cures catarrh at all stages and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials requested from readers. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a brief political joke about population taxes.
Physicians and nurses recommend Kemp's Balsam as the best cough cure and a trusted remedy for many years. If Kemp's Balsam cannot cure a cough, no other medicine is likely to. Sold by druggists and dealers for 25 cents. Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup advertised for teething pain and wind colic at 25 cents a bottle.
A lecturer introduces Sig. Pankey described as legless and living as a human stump after a shark attack in the Indian Ocean fourteen years ago. He notes Pankey eats his head and then moves on to an Egyptian mummy claimed to be Rameses the Great.
A poem about the shy gray catbird that hides in thickets by streams and feeds unseen until a sudden cry reveals it. As sun rises the bird sings from oaks filling the world with melody and in evening shadows its madrigal captivates listeners. The note blends humor and poetry, praising the bird’s varied song and its ability to stir youth in the reader.
In a high society drawing room Lady Anthea argues with her sister over an engagement to Jerrard Mason a penniless writer. A park accident pits Anthea against a mysterious strong man who saves a child and alters her fate as Sylvia vows to marry Mason despite class barriers.
A Greek fruit stand owner, Capt. Drosophoulos, faced a Savannah case for selling cigarettes to a minor. He spoke only of his character, then displayed medals from Greece, France, and Britain, including a Victoria Cross, to prove honor. He was fined $25 but earned local respect as a war hero.
Anthea confronts Jerrard Mason who asks her to drop objections to his marriage to Lady Sylvia. The moment reveals Anthea’s awakening as she recognizes Mason and Sylvia and introduces him to their mother. A turning point shifts her understanding of love and family.
Washington pa correspondent reports farmer Rush on the Baker farm two miles south of town used a big base drum and four instruments to drum hundreds of rats from barns and stables. He then drove them toward Dam No. 3 of Citizens Water and claims many drowned. Rush says he may not become a literary hero like the Pied Piper.
The text comprises a dialogue with a pot and kettle, a toasted admonition about withdrawing a statement, and a fragment referencing a Toledo Blade item and a soda fountain seen as a fiscal necessity. The passage blends humorous metaphor with incomplete quotation marks and stray regional reference.
Advertisement touts Munyon's Kidney Remedy for all kidney ailments promising rapid back and flank pain relief swelling reduction in feet and legs and improved complexion. Claims cures of Bright's disease and diabetes and offers money back if unsatisfied with 25 cent bottle from druggists.
Thirty years ago James C Lee of 1100 6th Street SE Washington DC fell from a scaffold and injured his back badly. He describes severe pain around the lower back and stomach and failed relief from plasters belts and drugs until his daughter used Sloan s Liniment which he credits for relief enabling him to work again at age sixty seven.
Thomas Nelson Page the Virginian writer plans a large scale mule raising venture on a 1000 acre plantation near Beaver Dam Virginia. The announcement notes the project will involve extensive breeding and farming operations conducted on the property.
Care That Cold To Day notes that Dane's Pleasant Tablets provide fast relief for colds and grip and are sold by druggists for 25 cents a bar with a free sample. It also mentions inventors BK. Dickey and G. H. Cove of Haverhill, Massachusetts claiming a solar energy method for electricity.
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a sole regulator for female weakness, backache, and urinary troubles with samples free and sales through Druggists or by mail. The note also mentions New York public school attendance of 635000, about 35000 more than last year, and a ball blue product named Red Cross Ball Blue in a large 202 pack price of five cents.
A Harpers Harp anecdote describes Annabel a big husky Trish girl who sought domestic work in a Brooklyn household. In exam, she explains she left due to lifelong quarrels between the master and mistress and even between her and the mistress when not with them.
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