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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
8
The piece muses on laughter as a science and art, joking about digestion and stage timing. It riffs on how a laugh depends on delivery, expression, and timing, imagining a future philosopher writing a book titled Laughter with hopeful, humorous imagery of a baby and a smiling old lady.
A new photography trade emerges in Chicago as traveling and local photographers document workers at factories and homes and capture factory girls at leisure. Some pursue it as a hobby, others as a full time business canvassing districts daily, akin to door to door sales. The piece also discusses perjury, temperance, and debates over professional coaching in games, contrasting personal responsibility with organized coaching.
The passage argues love across generations arises from past life connections. It suggests lovers may meet again due to reincarnation, explaining strong antipathies between people as residual memory.
The piece argues for proper knowledge of recreation enjoyment contemplation and effort to contribute to living right. It promotes medicines sparingly and cites the California Fig Syrup Co. with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative to be purchased genuine from the California Fig Syrup Co. and forwarded by leading druggists.
A rushed shopper asks for a suitable birthday gift for a mild man who dislikes sports and hates trashy novels history or biography. A Tit Bits writer recounts a bookstore clerk’s prompt, careful rummaging and a humorous suggestion: a book titled How to Manage a Talking Machine.
Mrs Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota touts Doan's Kidney Pills for relieving rheumatic pains kidney irregularities and tiredness. Her husband reports a similar benefit. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragmented historical note portrays Dr Herman J During superintendent of the Philadelphia City Mission devoted to the poor for years. It mentions his bottle of remedies for skin conditions, a dialect tale from a hall meeting and a parade of unrelated advertisements and quips.
Thousands of women report cures from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and claim it restores health after organic female troubles. The ad notes 30 years of fame, invites letters for free advice, and cites testimonials from Brooklyn and Brooklyn residents praising its benefits and urging others to try it.
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