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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
7
A quirky collage of verse and comic snippets, mixing playful bird songs with household foibles. It riffs on folly in money matters, love, and social habits, with quips about spouses, debts, tails of fish, and humorous chatter from everyday life.
An Ohio fruit dealer Ridney Justus of Mentor reports relief after ten years with kidney trouble. He describes backache, swelling, and urinary issues eased by half a dose and three boxes, claiming a permanent cure. Milburn Co. offers a free trial and sells at 60 cents. Also notes Newohwang wagon traffic with 2,000 carts in winter only.
Old advertisements tout Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children and Defiance Starch. Claims include fever cure, teething relief, worm destruction, and improved laundry whiteness. Mentions volcanic activity of Mount Sangay and various consumer offers. Includes price points and promotional lines from multiple products and vendors.
A terse moral compares national diets to singing gifts. It notes Irish countrywomen have finer voices than city dwellers, Italian fish eaters lack singers, Norwegians eat too much fish, and Swedes, who eat grain, are a country of song. Carnivorous birds croak while grain eaters sing.
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