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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1905
Page
3
Advertisements tout Defiance Starch as more flexible and lasting with 16 oz for 10 cents, claiming it outperforms rivals in quantity and quality. It contrasts with other brands offering only 12 oz and mocks rival claims about laundry efficiency and bachelor social success.
Doctor Brigham of Fitchburg Mass praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable tonic for female ailments. He notes his daughters benefitted and says many physicians prescribe it. The ad urges women with menstrual and uterine issues to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for guidance and health restoration.
A collage of jokes and quips from a Crimson Gulch milieu, including lines about journalism satire, a lost and found ad, speculation jokes about bank presidents, editorial staff jokes, and rapid-fire humorous exchanges. The cartoonish snippets feature figures like Broncho Bob and Willie, with themes of misstatements, misperceptions, and ironic twists on fame and finance.
Fragment of a column listing aphorisms and social maxims from Modern Women and other sources. Includes advice on energy, ambition, and play, with quips about honesty, manners, and appearances, followed by miscellaneous observations on women and manners.
New York Herald reports on China where 20 to 25 percent of female babies are discarded into towers outside walled cities. Infants rest on tower windowsills until pushed inside, poverty driving the practice. Missionaries rescue many, training some into native workers. Some families still honor daughters with reward and affection.
Aaron Hoffman recalling a rattlesnake incident while potatop planting near his house. The reptile raised its head and crawled over his back knee and into a hiding place, leaving him paralyzed with fear and unable to explain the scare to his mother. The Madras Pioneer notes rattlesnakes generally avoid striking unless disturbed.
Emma Herey Meyer, Hale schoolmaam in Kit Carson county, receives five snake skins from pupil Miss Rachel Hitchman. Hitchman, a city-bred girl turned prairie teacher, killed a rattler threatening her class, skinned snakes, and learned lariat throwing and riding as part of her frontier education. The tale, from the Denver Republican, highlights a daring trophy belt bid.
A whimsical notice from Lebanon New Hampshire recounts a bog hoe that allegedly wandered at night. It describes Charles Nurse stacking hay cocks in a field and the tool moving hay, scattering it in the woods before forgetting to return. Residents are urged to locate bog hoe with hay and remind it about plumbing duties.
An island off the Pacific coast holds a peculiar monopoly where a single man has the sole right to catch fish with a net and sell them locally, and the island’s economy hinges on his fishing. He drinks weekly, halting bait and leaving villagers unable to fish until he sobers. Eli Cook of Belfast is Maine’s oldest veteran pensioner, aging past a century and receiving state benefits.
An Iowa inventor patents glass houses with dual wall insulation and reduced fuel needs. A Parisian proposes glass paving bricks using discarded glass, tested in Paris with plans for four inch thick bricks on a sand foundation to reduce noise, though wear compared to stone remains a concern.
A Birmingham girl saved a child when the bricks around a yard well gave way. She clung to the tap and cried for help until rescuers pulled her from the opening. The collapse traced to decayed beams. The text promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch and Southern Pacific Tourist Car service with travel details.
A brief cartoon caption depicts a financier and a joker trading quips about a new checkered coat. The financier jokes the pattern protects him from drafts, while the joker laughs at the exchange.
A fragment discusses grocers avoiding Defiance Starch 16 oz by stocking 12 oz brands they cannot sell. It notes a woman’s iron rod remark and contrasts it with a mother showing children how to set off fireworks.
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