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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement for Munyon's Eminent Doctors promises free medical examinations by mail. It states no obligation and urges requesting an examination blank from Munyon's Philadelphia offices. The piece includes a quip about income from stones and a reference to Success Magazine.
A medical note outlines kidney trouble causing backache dizziness and fatigue in women and cites Mrs Irene Tudor of 118 N Cragg St praising Deans Kidney Pills as a cure costing 30 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY Sugar improves fatigue and alcohol craving, with Guzar and sugar rations reducing drunkenness per Success Magazine observations.
A twelve year old asks a librarian for a book that is wicked and exciting. The librarian offers any book, but the girl clarifies it is for younger sisters. The exchange shows a library setting guiding a child’s reading interests.
A reader letter extols Postum as a safer, non caffeinated substitute for coffee claiming it cured sleeplessness nerves and stomach trouble. It cites friends who quit coffee and benefited, urges others to switch, and ends with a brief promotion for The Road to Wellville and the phrase There’s a Reason.
A poem fragment celebrates harvest work with vivid imagery of binders and shockers powering the fields. A short fiction excerpt follows Janet at a dance where a wardrobe fire nearly scorches her, but Dr Natling saves her and she wakes unharmed, later recounting the incident the next morning.
Janet Winton laments a string of misfortunes tied to her white silk dress. Dr Natling’s clumsy interference, coffee stains, and a torn muslin outfit plague her preparations before a dance. He finally arrives quietly to console and perhaps join the occasion.
A New York World article extolls the watch as a marvel built from about 175 parts and 240 distinct operations. It notes the watch’s power equals four flea jumps, and that one horsepower could run 270 million watches, with the balance moving inches per vibration through a year. It ends with a shop suggestion to visit a watchmaker every eighteen months.
A barber and customer spar verbally over tipping. The customer declares he does not tip, prompting a terse exchange. The dialogue also notes an owl with a nest of young catching about forty mice daily.
A Texas city formed as a communal corporation to regulate policy and test a tax-free model. Land is leased for 99 years, ground rent funds public services, and free schools, a dock, library, water system, and telephone network are provided with no charges within the county.
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