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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
3
A dated piece on Sapolio soap traces its reception as both a familiar helper and a new prize in households. It notes rapid, thorough cleaning across rooms except the laundry, with hands softened and stains lifted, making children willing participants in scrubbing.
An academy for women, opened in Frieburg, Switzerland, operates under the auspices of the University. The ad also promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming 16 oz per package, no stick iron, and 10 cents. It urges Demand Defiance to avoid inferior stock and notes other consumer products and miscellaneous notes within the same page.
A reader reports a bold shopper trying Sapollo for many uses, including greasy pans and personal care. Jane finds Sapollo cleans pans smoothly and lathers daintily, challenging belief it would be gritty or harden.
A playful verse presents a math puzzle where a housewife variable X and its negation cancel, leaving a single "happy" symbol asec. The lines hint at a classical algebraic simplification, inviting readers to spot the trick in the rhyme.
Reading the ad copy, Thea feels soft hands after washing and excitement begins for adventure. A girl tests a shampoo and reports hair becomes silky with no usual postwash frizz. A man uses the lather for shaving, liking the absence of cold cream. A pimply face bathes daily and clears, while teeth and feet benefit too.
A writer in The Sphere argues firms should hire women trained in house design and sanitary and structural details to boost business and improve comfort in homes and flats. In Ceylon's Batticaloa District hereditary elephant catchers pursue elephants with rawhide nooses, subduing them by starving the captive animal.
Mr. Andrew Lang declares dreariness in patent out ters patent clubs and patent clerks. He argues a good player adapts to any variety while a bad player, and bores, cannot play well with anything.
Mineral Idaho Oct 16. That a sure cure has been discovered for acratic pains is the firm opinion of Mr D B Colson a local resident He credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with curing him of awful hip pains that kept him from walking He says the pills remove the uric acid causing rheumatism and sciatica Also mentions sound through water and a pharmacy note about Allen s Feet Ease plus several brief ads and quips from the period
Documents found in Venice allegedly identify Othello from Shakespeare’s tragedy with Nicholas Querini son of Francesco and relate Desdemona to Palma Querini. Both belonged to noble Venetian lineages and were related.
This page notes interest in reading about acetylene gas and warns that pneumatic tires can be damaged if exposed to strong sun. It highlights danger to tires and mentions life and elasticity being affected when heated by sun exposure.
An elderly Mansfield Ohio woman recounts numb hands and failing strength from nerves fatigue. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring function, sleep, and well being after other remedies failed. The ad-like piece promotes the pills as nerve nourishment and cites craning claims of curing nervous disorders.
The Proprietary Association committees on legislation argue there is no public demand or necessity for a law forcing disclosure of proprietary medicine formulas. They say health and pure food officials and private practitioners already may analyze and publish results, asserting agitators seek to suppress sales rather than inform the public.
The notice discusses Defiance Starch offered in 16 oz packages as a value option, contrasting with competitors’ 12 oz packs and suggesting customers may prefer the larger size for the same price. It also mentions cooking-free use and consumer choice. It then shifts to Tridacna shells used in European churches for holy water basins with large specimens in St Peter's Rome, noting some shells weigh up to 500 pounds and weighing about twenty pounds for the animal. The Greek origin of the term tridacna is cited with a humorous note about eating it in three bites.
The Antarctic area comprises Queen Victoria Land and King Edward VII Land divided by a field of flat topped icebergs and two southern seas, the Ross and Weddell. English flags fly on 11,365 merchant vessels, out of a world total of 29,756 ships.
An advertisement from The Mother Gray Co. of LeRoy New York promotes AUSTRALIAN-LEAF a monthly regulator said to cure female weaknesses backache kidney and urinary troubles. Available from druggists or by mail for 60 cents. Free sample mailed upon request. Moon's Christianity to man make a courtless thousands mourn.
A plea that nervous dysfunction in mothers harms children and that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound offers relief. Letters from readers and testimonials praise the product, with advice to women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's guidance free of charge.
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