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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
8
In the September Delineator a minister, often away, relied on others to stay with his wife and child. One hurried trip left them unprotected. The wife kept watch as night fell while the child prayed for protection, the girl pledging to arrange better next time.
A caricatured verse mocks a self-styled leader named Meinself Count Zep claiming to command air power and victory over airmen, while derisively questioning American rivals and hinting at Republican allegiance in a satirical political column.
An old advertisement promotes PE' mre eye salve to relieve eye burning sensation and dizziness. It instructs to buy at Howard Bros druggists in Buffalo New York.
The Catskill water system for New York stands as the greatest municipal project, rivaling major canals and irrigation works. Alfred Douglas Flinn details the Catskill aqueduct in Century, noting its vast engineering challenges, long length, and ambitious planned output at an initial cost of about 12,000,000. The piece places the aqueduct among world leading waterworks and cites its role in supplying the city.
At the Grand Pacific hotel Chicago a rally led by the Retailers' Commercial Union condemned the corset trust for overcharging on strings. W H Gentner of Farmington Indiana denounced the policy as unfair and illegal, urging the middle and working classes to resist. A speaker warned the trust would be challenged until strings are included with each corset.
A Delineater item from September recalls six year old Winfred teasing a kitten while tying paper devotions on its paws. His aunt rebukes him and he replies his Band of Mercy badge is on his other coat, exposing a child’s playful defense of kindness.
An old medical advert promotes Allen's Foot-Ease claiming relief for painful swollen feet and foot odor. It promises easier shoe fits, warns against substitutes, and offers a free sample with the address A. 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Helen Frick, daughter of a Pittsburgh millionaire, uses her summer to aid waifs. She operates a farm near the city with a playground, renovated buildings, and a steamboat to transport children from the river. Vacations are organized giving one to two weeks on the farm, with sick children kept until recovery and supervision by Miss Frick.
A Nebraska State Capitol reminiscence recalls an 1884 journey from Table Rock to Chicago by rail and foot, testing passes and hunger in Council Bluffs. The tale ends with a costly Bill of fare at a Bluffs café and a toast to frugal meals, plus a humorous verse about adapting to beasts in Harper's Weekly.
Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton presses a woman witness in Indianapolis criminal court asking why she left a hotel. Defense objects as irrelevant but judge rules the state may pursue the line. The witness begins to answer with a cautious explanation.
A short skit from Everybody's Magazine portrays a chocolate man and his light skinned partner in a playful, dialect filled exchange about kissing and the practicalities of their household chores. The dialogue highlights racial humor through comical miscommunications and domestic imagery.
In a hotel lobby a drummer boasted his firm had the most people selling its wares. A wager was laid with a stakeholder and the quiet rival claimed his firm’s line of goods was baby carriages. The boast ended with the confidently underhanded sale.
The paint on a house protects wood from weather and decay. Pure white lead paint, combined with linseed oil, forms a durable armor against sun, rain, heat, and cold. National Lead Company promotes pure white lead paint with the Dutch Boy Painter Trademark as a full guarantee.
A supreme court judge recounts a famous minor court character a gaunt witty Irish lawyer with a booming bass humor. At lunch he defends a case then the judge postpones as he cannot proceed. The lawyer quips the judge has never ruled in line with the sacks in thirty years. Also notes on weather superstition about rain and a teething remedy for children.
A Kentucky court scene in Frankfort features Judge A J M Cochran questioning Joshua Duncan a mountain man from Jackson County. The exchange of names leads to a joke about the sun standing still versus moonshine, reflecting local lore and humor of the era.
In the Baltimore American the distressed Willie Walther resists boarding the yacht during an excursion. His father and relatives urge him, questioning his fear of water as Willie tearfully objects to going aboard while wind and sails loom.
A condensed note outlines chronic pain relief challenges for a patient named Perny Davia with radiation therapy side effects. It mentions ongoing headaches, fatigue, and difficulty tolerating certain medications. The text references doctors and care steps but provides few verifiable facts or dates.
Fragment From The Garden of Proserpine by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Noted with garbled OCR lines, the fragment contemplates oblivion and death eternal. It references rivers, night, and quiet, contrasting perpetual darkness with longing for release.
A vintage advertisement touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills as a broad cure for digestion and complexion, claiming they regulate bowels, relieve indigestion and biliousness, purify blood, and clear skin with a gentle laxative effect. The ad promotes a 25 cent price and lists Munyon's Remedy Co. in Philadelphia.
A poem from the Lincoln Journal pleads for Walter Wellman to return from the polar quest. It mocks his Arctic attempts by naming Fred Cook and the Soarer, noting his hesitations, the failed Spitsbergen trip, and urging him to come home and write rather than seek perilous fame. It preserves era voice and names both Wellman and Cook as key figures.
In Louisville a veteran gag circulates as a legend, with a colonel boasting of sweating LT gallons while the major insists gentlemen perspire. The colonel doubles down, declaring himself a hog, prompting the Courier-Journal to label the piece a local classic.
Mrs Rebecca Mack of 1795 E Rich Street Columbus Ohio reports use of Deans Kidney Pills for kidney pain backache irregular secretions and low energy. She credits prompt relief and cure with continued use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Discontented Plymouth settlers in 1623 protested mosquitoes, Governor Bradford notes their complaint and reply. The pest troubled colonists as they built new colonies, with Bradford calling it a minor matter compared to later hardships.
A fragment reflecting on a woman’s worth beyond wage, praising understanding love, with stray ads offering farm goods and services. Includes garbled lines about exchange, letters, and a pipe dream of mutual improvement through farming and trade.
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