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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
30
The piece extols camping as a path to nature and self sufficiency, arguing clean simple living, and proposes building a one room bungalow in the woods with a gambrel roof. It details materials costs steps and design features to create a permanent rustic retreat for extended outdoor stays.
A well known clergyman sits in a barber shop with lather on his face as four or five young men chat loudly using coarse language. When the towel is removed he stands unrecognized, and the barbers announces the next customer. The clergyman quips that no man present dares answer to his name, revealing the crowd’s awkward silence.
Mrs. C S Tyler of Cando North Dakota credits Doan's Kidney Pills with fast relief from backache and fatigue after swollen feet and terrible kidney secretions. The ad promotes Doan's at 60c via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y and urges use to cure. Also offers tips to reduce flies by sealing dampers or using a fireplace screen or paper bundles.
A child mishears doctor warning and blurts that her mother has toe-nall poisoning, confusing ptomaine poisoning for a playful term. The incident shows how a young listener misinterprets medical language and relays it with innocent misnaming.
For generations Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have aided pimples, blackheads, rough or chapped hands, dandruff, itching, and hair issues. They claim to help infants and children with skin troubles. Free samples and a 32 page care booklet are offered by mail from Boston.
A western mining prospector visits New York and comments on the skyline. He notes it resembles a permanent camp as the Gothamite proudly shows off towering skyscrapers.
An OCR fragment markets Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum softening reduced inflammation and pain and notes the product costs 25 cents a bottle. It closes with a Biblical irony about a crown of thorns for the son of man.
In a Saxony lower court, longtime attendant William Wil Mann, praised for faithful service, is asked by the judge if he smokes as they part for adjournment. The judge notes the smell on the attendant’s coat from a square tobacco box he carried, highlighting an incidental revelation.
An advertisement offers two cent stamps in exchange for five samples of Gold Embossed Birthday Flower and Motto Post Cards from Art Post Card Club at 7411 Jackson St Topeka Kansas. It notes poker players often pass more or less coin to the other fellow.
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