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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
6
A collage of anecdotes and reflections on town characters and politics. Reading through sketches of Aunt Sally the Gloucester old woman and a broad portrait of ward bosses, delegates, and ambitious lawyers, the piece traces how local political machines form, endure, and tempt with promises and power. Ernest McGaffey signs off with a moral about a woman's duty.
An 1849 regionally introduced eye salve by Dr Mitch ell is praised for human and animal eye relief, sold widely at 25c. A comic exchange features Father's Cane and Mother's slipper discussing summer progress and a spanker’s lag.
A Milwaukee writer recalls applying a high school geometry lesson learned 15 years ago to craft hexagonal tops for taborets with 16 inch spans. He notes Daniel Webster and Plautus quotes about practical use of learning and laments school system complaints while praising enduring knowledge.
An examination of how the trade mark safeguards consumers from inferior goods. It explains the mark signals manufacturer responsibility and quality, contrasting branded products with unbranded inducements. The piece cites National Lead Company's White Lead and the Dutch Boy mark as proof of accountability and consumer testing options.
A Boston bulldog, owned by George VW. Clapp, chased a woodchuck into its den and held on overnight. The dog, exhausted, was helped out by its owner in the morning after consuming two quarts of ice cream and then fell into a bucket of lemonade. The strip includes various short anecdotes and notes from Worcester Telegram.
A testimonial letter extols Postum as mild and palatable when brewed to directions. It claims no caffeine and links coffee avoidance to relief from liver torpor headaches and gallcolic. The notice ends with the trademark line There’s a Reason and a plug for The Road to Wellville.
A Montreal reader recalls eczema relief for three daughters and a plump baby using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After trying many remedies, all skin eruptions disappeared by the next morning. May 21 1907.
A comic snippet shows an old man chiding a boy fishing for being out of school. A humorous incident follows with a boy claiming forgetfulness and a brief exchange about schooling and progress.
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes she was nearly invalid for six years due to female troubles. After an operation she worsened until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She urges others with backache and periodic pains to try it.
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