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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
6
A jumble of old time child portraits and stage tricks appears, describing a tale of a beloved doll named Billy and a boy’s memory. It revisits performers and simple magic acts like The Magic Pill Box and The String Trick, plus a parade of household science experiments and quips on education and propriety.
The article presents a John Wanamaker quotation praising promptness as vital for trust and advancement in business. It then shares a Norwegian fable explaining the bear’s short tail, where a fox explains a method to fish by making a hole in the ice and inserting the bear’s tail, noting pain as a sign of effort before success.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes naval cadets for the construction corps trained at Greenwich, England, then sent to the Boston Institute of Technology for three years after graduating from Annapolis. It also reports New York Municipal Service enrollment at 45,209 with 18,000 teachers and 10,000 police and fire personnel.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration and various female complaints including backache womb displacement and menstrual pain. A testimonial from Mrs Day of Eleanora Pennsylvania, dated March 25 1901, praises its healing effects and urges others to try the remedy.
Mrs Pinkham invites all women to write for confidential advice. You may tell her details you would not share with a doctor, and the letter will be read only by women. Her vast experience guides what is best, and she charges nothing for her advice.
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