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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
4
Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn of the U S Navy joins many high ranking officers in praising Peruna as an invigorating tonic. He says it helps soldiers and sailors ward off catarrh, prevent colds from becoming chronic, and quickly ease established ailments when taken early. The testimonial notes Peruna’s efficacy in barracks and field conditions.
A fragmented ad item lists seed catalogs and bargain prices for Northern Grown Pedigree Seeds saleyarn offerings. It mentions Mirygain Seed Mook and various brands like Defiance Starch and Red Cross items, with unrelated quotes about happiness and temperance.
A collage of old advertisements touts Botanis Blood Balm for blood poison and cancer cures, Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming 16 oz per package and no sticking, Cure-alls for skin ailments from Cuticura, and other household patent medicines. Multiple testimonials and claims populate the fragment with medical remedies, household products, and an insurance quip about handling coin and freight.
Defiance Cold Water Starch boasts unmatched quantity and quality for 10 cents per 10 ounce package. Claims rival brands offer only 12 ounces. Promotional copy presents women as aspirational symbols aligned with idealized angels.
In a nostalgic anecdote from Youth's Companion, Edward Jameson recounts leaving his father's farm twenty years ago with a single dollar and a ride to Boston on a freight car. He returns to town with a fresh, humorous twist claiming four cents in his pocket after expenses, inviting work sawing and uplighting.
A joke from Judge’s Magazine of Fun in which Willie tells his father a dream of dying and climbing a heavenly ladder. St Peter assigns chalk to write sins on each rung. the punchline reveals the father is coming down for more chalk as Willie ponders his second line.
A fragmentary poem from London Outlook contrasts winter cold with a lover’s warming fire. The speaker urges the beloved gray eyes to look into his fiery gaze, imagining chains of frost breaking as thaw returns and floods rush, a yearning for renewal amid bleak skies.
Comedian Joseph Coyne jokes that men who wear glasses are not attractive to women and that fat men rarely please women. He recalls overheard chatter from a railway drawing room where a bride and a gleamingly wealthy, weak-eyed groom flirt over faces and fiddling spectacles.
In Billville a marshal enforces a local cigarette law on a depot platform. A drum major protests liberty to smoke, but the marshal insists no smoking on the platform. The exchange ends with a wry warning about peace when smoke rises.
In the Atlanta Constitution a quoted exchange shows Brother Dickey dismissing the evolution discussion saying he knows only heaven and hell, declaring he knows nothing about it and answering with a humorous take on the afterlife.
A reflective line contrasts personal cleverness with humanity's collective intelligence. It suggests individual insight versus the broader social mind, weighing how single minds contribute to shared progress and ideas.
Anarchic ad copy touts various tonics and treatments such as De fasce Starch and Defiance products, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy, Mullenis Natury cures, Woodfort's Sani tars Loti ons, and Pise's Care, with mixed claims about transacting through druggists and soldiers. It includes stray lines about legal advice and moral mentions, ending with mis-spelled authority and geographic hints.
The second iron bridge, now under demolition near Bulldwas Shropshire, makes way for an improved structure. The first iron bridge attempt began at Lyons in 1767, with an arch started before the project was halted as impractical. Salopian iron masters later proved metal bridges viable in place of stone or wood.
In a Vanity Fair anecdote two women argued over four dollars at a bridge game. The loser slammed the cash on the table and vowed it would cover the other’s next dinner party, delivering a sharp, humorous final jab.
A traveling Australian prospector says he penetrated a hundred miles into Thibet but had to turn back because the natives refused to supply him with food. He reports abundant copper but scarce gold in the land.
A short note argues the latest theory of human origin centers on Baquinios and a “chewing rum” mechanism. The text posits this explains why humans instinctively work the jaw. No further details are provided.
A scanned clipping blends notes on cashmere shawl patterns copied from begonia leaves with a mention of Abyssinian capital banquets where vast numbers of soldiers are fed. The piece also critiques economic optimism and notes trouble in the pepper trade, listing bankrupt pepper planters in Sarawak.
A satirical note from the Cleveland Leader mocks a dutiful suitor avoiding marriage. The joke portrays a good man who hides from the altar not for modesty but to keep distance from commitment.
Notice from an Australian ballroom bans certain attire with a rubric enforcing coverage from shoulder to point of the shoulder. The committee will judge the matter.
A Rockford Register-Gazette report cites Dr William Langhurst of Aurora treating a case of vision loss blamed on coffee consumption. The patient, O A Leach of Beach County, drank multiple cups daily and may face incurable eyesight loss unless coffee is stopped and Postum used. The article urges avoiding coffee and adopting Postum Food Coffee.
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