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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
7
An antique advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a scalp medicine that quickly destroys dandruff germs. It claims an unhealthy scalp becomes healthy and dandruff disappears. It emphasizes long trusted use with the line Sold for over sixty years.
A mix of curious claims and advertisements includes Vienna promising a giant 900 million candle power lamp with 27 reflectors and 70 light variations, plus a claim of a permanent cure for nervous disorders. Other items note travel miles by Captain Simpson on the Moravian, and various patent remedies and consumer aids.
Oward E. Burton an assayer and chemist in Leadville Colorado lists prices for gold silver lead zinc copper and envelopes and money line rates. The item includes a note on control and umpire work and a reference about beard customs in ancient Rome Egypt and Assyria stating men grew beards for mourning in Rome and Egyptians shaved.
Mrs Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut suffers from intense kidney disease leaving her weak and bedridden for five weeks with continual pain backaches dizzy spells and dark painful urine She reports improvement from the first box of Dean’s Kidney Pills and a complete cure after finishing the course Available through all dealers 50 cents per box Beech-Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A romantic exchange on a moonlit night ends with a humorous miscomparison as William extols the moon's beauty and Mary agrees, adding a playful line about the moon resembling a fried egg. The vignette captures affectionate dialogue and light whimsy.
A Wash state farmer’s wife writes that Peruna helps her to perform all home chores including milking cows. She credits manaMa and several bottles of Peruna with restoring her health after years of illness and says she would be bedbound without advice from Dr. Hartman.
A collection of quips and gags from old papers. Poorman laments poverty and jokes about leaving a will. Henpeck counters with a wry marriage quip. The Failure's Complaint mocks luck and opportunity. A playful cartoon bit features Miss Hippo and a pun about vanity.
Delegates from sixteen states and territories prepare for the Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress in Boise from September 3. The event features water statistics, storage gains, and reclamation potential, with exhibits on irrigation products and engineering success stories.
A survey of pigs used as draught animals in Scotland and other regions, with anecdotes of pig driven four in hand carts and homing pigs. Includes Linnaeus on pig diet, Osaka population growth, and a Cheery note on a French decoration for John Philip Sousa. Mentions a missing whiskey shipment investigated by Major General Greely.
The German government requires rail officials and employees to learn English with instruction centers set up in Munich and Nuremberg. In South Africa the white population is a major market for musical instruments, spending about 1 million dollars yearly, with half for pianos. Dr. William R. Brooks of Smith Observatory in Geneva, New York, adds to his record with 25 discoveries after identifying the year’s first comet.
An old advertisement promotes S S S as the only reliable cure for Contagious Blood Poison, denouncing Mercury and Potash and offering a $1000 reward for proof of mineral content. It cites testimonials from John Leslie of Rockford and W R Newman of Hamlet praising the remedy’s effectiveness and promises medical advice and a free treatment book.
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