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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
2
A collection of pointed paragraphs humorously reflecting on work, marriage, dating, and gender roles. Observational quips compare loafers to savers, single men to married, and a wife inspecting stray hairs to trust in a husband. Notable lines include housecleaning in heaven, patience of children, and subtle jibes about footwear and conversation in restaurants.
A compilation of enduring maxims about purpose, modesty, resolution, and the value of small acts. It pairs reflections from Bacon Emerson Johnson Bruyere Smiles Ruskin and Foster on character, merit, and the balance between desire and action. The collection emphasizes that great outcomes arise from disciplined, consistent effort.
A Pittsburg Did patch article lists deformities caused by poor habits in women, including heavy lower lips from pout, hollow cheeks from nervousness, eye strain from goggles, stubby nails from nails, pimples from tight lacing and overeating, brow creases from temper, freckles from sun, dull eyes from apathy, and rounded shoulders from bad posture and lack of exercise.
A collection of wry maxims on safety, self reliance, modesty, diplomacy, employment, marriage, religion, friendship, and misfortune. The lines mix humor and caution, noting how people frame ancestors, bosses, spouses, and rivals in everyday ethics and luck.
Discussion on the feasibility and implications of doubling the Santa Fe from Chicago to California and the Gulf of Mexico. The author notes cost concerns, potential use of cutoffs, and plans already under way to add more than 300 miles of double track by 1905 including segments between Chicago and Joliet and various points in Missouri Kansas and Colorado and New Mexico.
Alfred Wilson reports 1903 wheat yields from two fields on his home farm in Indian Head N W T. Field No 1 yielded 37 bushels per acre at 88 cents per bushel with costs including summer fallow and harvesting. Field No 2 produced 25 bushels per acre with similar costs. total profits per acre for field 1 and field 2 are $24.93 and $18.85 respectively. Wilson notes larger totals across his farms and mentions selling prices and farm practices.
A silk clerk counsels cautious matching after a customer seeks a shade she does not want. The tale contrasts matching effort with the intent behind requests, noting how one woman bought no yardage yet tested colors to avoid the shade. The story ends with the clerk’s rule to ask about customer intention before matching.
A Boston Herald tale recounts Sam Wellington, known as the duke, a famed local cook and camper. A prankster dressed as a flour-faced ghost startled him at a tent. Sam fled a mile before pausing, then the specter spoke ribs about the scare, and Sam vowed to repay with more courage.
A lighthearted tale of a bachelor who buys socks after a stroll and finds a note from a hidden admirer promising marriage. The unknown writer reveals she is forty years past her planned suitor surprise, joking that the match was doomed because he failed to advertise.
A costly winter entertainment in a Fifth avenue restaurant recreated a Austrian host's homeland scene with real foliage hills lambs and a central valley where the host greeted guests. The spectacle involved about $40,000 in decor and labor by caterers as reported by the New York Sun.
A Boston Herald blurb recalls a 7 year old Lowell miss who, after learning about electricity, jokes that she has electricity in her hair while grandpa has gas in his stomach, causing a titter among the family.
A quirky remark about two girls spending the night and claiming they talked about nothing in particular, implying they discussed everything in general. The piece references Chicagoan and Friend quips about Chicago violence and knockout methods, suggesting satirical social chatter.
Reverend Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims improved health and pain reduction and offers to discuss details in person. Pills priced 60 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
John Hanan told at a Shoe Manufacturers dinner how taster workers rose to a standing bench system. Younger hands welcomed the change, older workers resisted until one veteran pleaded to sit a while to adjust. He could not, hoping to stand soon.
Mrs I B Jones of Addington Indiana details a two year eczema battle. She found no relief from numerous remedies until using Cutcura Ointment Resolvent and Soap, which she credits with a permanent cure.
Lewis Lampkin of the Lees Summit Journal is identified as the oldest editor in Missouri, just turning seventy three. His sixty years in the newspaper business trace back to 1847 when Missouri had few newspaper establishments, a time when the Chicago Chronicle noted the scarcity.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure for liver and stomach ailments, offering money back if it fails. It notes the product is sold by druggists for 50c and 1 and urges readers to restore health and happiness. Also reported is the death of Menzel the Berlin painter at 90, leaving about 5,000 drawings valued by the Prussian government.
A collage of old advertisements notes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children promising to cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worms with 25c samples mailed free. Other lines tout Defiance Starch claim superiority and near exclusivity among dealers. Snippets mention famine in Nigeria and various quips about tobacco and conscience with personal testimonials and a joke about marriage for money.
Household tips advise mixing mustard with sugar and salt to a paste, proper sweeping methods using a dustpan, and keeping a home bright and cheerful. The guidance emphasizes moderation, quality, and social grace, urging residents to talk, listen, entertain, and develop varied interests to make the home a center of happiness.
Useful guidance for a careful house wife teaching a new maid. Instructions cover clearing furniture before sweeping, dampening and dust control, ammonia-cleaned floors, wiping polishes, window care, and chalk-dusted white woodwork spots.
A tip from a hotel head clerk explains dampening and tearing newspapers to scatter on carpet surfaces while sweeping to trap dust. The moist paper brightens Brussels carpet, reduces airborne dust, and is burned afterward. A turpentine water mix can help brighten and deter pests. A nose sponge can filter dust while cleaning.
A Philadelphia Inquirer note urges households to keep a ready supply of small comforts and tools. It argues mothers and daughters should attend to practical needs like pencils, twine, needles, wax, scissors, stationery, stamps, and desk supplies to prevent everyday embarrassments and delays.
Tales of rare butterfly catching reveal ingenious methods. A Morpho becuba at the Amazon mouth yielded to sun-flash heliography drawing it in. Brooklyn Museum collector Jacob Doll recalls tracking a hard to find caterpillar via a bird with the prey. A rare female encountered high on a Texas tree drew male attention after a long invisibility.
Clayton Texas May 1 Special That a genuine cure for Diabetes has been discovered is the opinion of Mr J H Bailey of this place He says Dodd's Kidney Pills is the best remedy for Diabetes and the only one that has ever been discovered that will cure Diabetes He has taken seven boxes and is now able to work Some say the pills have cured hundreds of cases and never failed They claim the pills cure all kidney diseases from Backache to Brights Disease
Mrs. Elizabeth Malone who spent all her sixty four years with the British army and died after forty years service as assistant matron of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst had a military funeral recently. Her body was borne to the grave by staff sergeants and detachments of the life grenadier Coldstream Scots and Irish guards marched in the funeral cortege.
A 100 dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The advertisement claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces, curing catarrh as a constitutional disease. Includes testimonials, address in Toledo Ohio, and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Captain George Washington Baird, longtime superintendent of the state war and navy building in Washington, has been placed on the retired list. He is noted for an excellent war record and contributions as a scientist writer and inventor.
Willie Bachelor quips about a New York woman catching a burglar while Bobbie Bachelor warns to stay clear of crime. Lorenzo Alexis de Clairmont, chief of staff to President Cabrera of Guatemala, once worked as a Denver ticket taker a year ago.
Mr. William A. Newman of Sagrada Missouri suffered eight years with grip causing deafness head and stomach pain heart flutter and weakness. After trying doctors and many preparations he found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills. Within three months the pills cured him and left him healthier than ever, as claimed in the testimonial from the Camden county farmer.
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