We Doubt In Her Mine Wedding Gaffe at Studio
A well dressed woman with a shady man visits a minister to marry. During the service the groom asks for better or worse and the bride quips he will be a heap better before she is through with him.
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
4
A well dressed woman with a shady man visits a minister to marry. During the service the groom asks for better or worse and the bride quips he will be a heap better before she is through with him.
Dialogue from Chicago News and Yonkers Statesman pieces recount Lola and Grace exchanging lines about Lola's suitor Young Borem. Lola reveals he agrees to start for home, while another speaker questions actions about fishing worms and a snake in a bottle.
A Birmingham garden scene features J. F. Johnson, Alabama’s new U S senator, and a society visitor who proposes a different employer. Johnson says he is bound to Mrs Johnston for life, a jab at wedlock framed as peonage. The remark ends with a wry line on marriage and marital respect.
A short fable describes Cheik Schubli sick in a hospital as friends crowd around. He casts a stone at them, they flee, and he proclaims that true friendship endures despite blows and rejection, praising steadfast loyalty from among foes.
In a Paris hospital a young woman dies after a head wound while doctors test a device to record the last retinal image. A stranger recounts a red haired assailant on Rue Breda, linking the crime to a coin’s turn and a widow’s nightmare. The killer is caught by eye evidence and confesses a greed driven murder.
In a Baltimore American reflection, a reader questions if assuming a blonde persona is acceptable when one is naturally blonde, framing the debate as a playful moral/romantic quandary.
Mrs. Thos Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports ten years of back ache and exhaustion from housework. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief and a permanent cure after trying many remedies. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Thousands of pilgrims from Hooghly districts gather at Jagannath temple for the bathing ceremony. A small bird on the banners signals the start, with a belief it comes from Puri. A foreigner once misquoted the king during a bridge game, saying she could not tell a king from a knave, provoking laughter.
Hulda B. White of Philadelphia bought the firelock used by Alexander Selkirk in Defoe's Crusoe at a sale in Edinburgh. The gun, with an authentic pedigree, had long been in Selkirk's relatives’ possession in Fife Scotland. The sale price was 160 dollars.
A mother bids good night to a child using playful terms while a boy responds with sly humor about being called a billygoat. A visit note shows Miss Pepprey discussing leaving a card versus calling when absent.
A North Dakota woman once known as the pale girl shares how coffee worsened her health but Postum transformed her energy, complexion, and digestion. She and her husband, who quit coffee, now raise children who thrive on Postum and Grape-Nuts. The letter promotes Postum by The Postum Co. and cites The Road to Wellville.
A display in Portsmouth harbor shows seven ton old wooden stock anchors from the wooden navy. The article notes a dozen such anchors in the yard with two foot palms and nine foot length, each weighing around seven tons and once hoisted by muscle. It contrasts with modern cast steel anchors lacking stocks and operated by steam.
In Orizaba Mexico raincoats woven from native wiregrass protect wearers in torrential heat. Lightweight, hooded straw coats with long lengths shield body while remaining breathable. Coatings of gallic acid and silver produce a dull silver tint, finished with tartar cream.
The Atlanta Constitution recounts a folk tale about a clever colored brother who climbs a tree to escape Satan. Satan allegedly causes the tree to burn and quake, then swallows the tree and the man, in a humorous boasting exchange.
A reflective note on how a historic idea of separating Siamese twins might be handled today, playfully suggesting a modern holiday to mark such a separation concept rather than the actual medical event.
Property owners can avoid trouble by testing paint materials. The National Lead Company offers a simple tester and a free paint book to verify genuine White Lead under the Dutch Boy Painter trademark. Send for the kit at Woodbridge Blvd, New York City.
A dialogue contrasts horse and motor car with hay colored hair, praising calm restraint as superior strength. It argues the level of power lies in mastery to stop plunging horses rather than mere active effort, redefining calmness beyond dullness.
A dramatic sea rescue ends with the rescuer grabbing the last hair of the fair bather and pulling her to shallow water. The rescued woman offers no thanks, and waves and rats swirl as the perilous moment passes.
The notice warns to examine every CASTORIA bottle for the signature of gen W TEL A and notes the remedy has been used for over 30 years. It also reports Charolles in France being visited by a shower of sulphur, leaving a yellow dust on roofs gardens and harming air with a sulfur odor for days.
Cure for horses and dogs alike with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE touted as preventing the disease in every form. Over 300,000 bottles sold last year. Priced at $50 and $1.00. Available from druggists or manufacturers Spohn Medical Co Goshen Ind. Agents wanted and a free book offered. Also a lighthearted domestic remark about unpaid gas bills.
In a dialogue Ella questions Heila being common while Stella counters that Heila has not suffered appendicitis nor nervous prostration, implying ordinary traits without illness or distress.
A marketing note touts Pettit’s Eye Salve as a century strong cure for eye diseases. Advertisers claim it is sold by Howard Bros. in Buffalo New York and used by druggists nationwide.
A letter from Mrs Alvina Sperling of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles without an operation. The piece promotes the remedy as a standard feminist health aid, urging sick women to write for advice to Lydia E Pinkham, Lynn, Massachusetts.
A Louisville Courier Journal exchange on a Venus of Melos reproduction speculates on how the goddess might have posed. One says hands were busy at a toilet with a mirror and puff, another notes hair pins would be present if so.
Professor E D Campbell director of the University of Michigan chemical laboratories describes his 13 year journey after losing his sight in an accident. He has pursued education and original research in iron chemistry and cement despite blindness.
An advertisement extols a healthful family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted world approved product. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy from leading druggists and emphasizes honest claims and broad acceptance.
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