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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
9
An old style advertise for Munyon s Rheumatism Remedy claims relief for pains in legs arms back and joints with no narcotics and says it detoxifies the system. Also promotes Garfield Tea as a laxative purifier and a PAZO intestinal remedy promising piles cure or money back in days.
The dialogue presents Alice praising Tom as a gentleman who loves to talk about himself while Grace notes his abundance of I’s. The playful exchange echoes witty banter and characterization from a Puck-like source.
Caution urging mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children to ensure safety and proper remedy.
A wife asks for a cap for her husband as the shopkeeper gauges hat sizes. She recalls his collar measures sixteen, but guesses he may need eighteen or twenty for a proper cap.
A boy in a suburban store asks for "ten cents' worth of canine pepper" and is corrected by a clerk who explains he means cayenne pepper. The boy wonders if his mother meant a pepper with a sharp bite, unsure whether canine is correct.
A witty exchange shows two speakers trading compliments as one admits to drafting verse and then discarding it. The banter highlights cleverness and self awareness in a light literary moment.
A letter from J. Stanley Browne, managing editor, credits Postum with curing severe indigestion and weak health after coffee caused stomach disorders. It extols coffee as a "deadly enemy" to health, urges quitting coffee for Postum, and mentions boiling Postum 15 minutes to extract flavor and nutrients.
Henry Sherman Boutell, former representative of Illinois Ninth District, is nominated by President Taft as minister plenipotentiary to the new republic of Portugal at a salary of 10000 dollars. He succeeds Henry T. Gage who resigned due to ill health. Officials say the move maintains Lisbon relations with the provisional government. Some diplomats view the appointment as de facto recognition of Portugal’s republic.
The piece portrays Winthrop Murray Crane of Massachusetts as the silent, elusive figure in the Senate. He avoids noise and fuss, preferring to work quietly, often appearing and vanishing like an apparition.
The women of Seattle mobilized after gaining suffrage to defeat Mayor Hiram C. Gill and elect George W. Dilling to serve the unexpired term. Gill had won by 3,300 votes a year earlier, but the 20,000 registered women helped swing the election by a 6,231 plurality for Dilling.
Boston lawyer William Henry Lewis, a prominent African American figure, was nominated by President Taft to serve as assistant attorney general. Born enslaved in Berkeley Virginia in 1868, he rose through Amherst College and Harvard, captained football teams, and built a legal career in Washington beginning under President Roosevelt.
A prominent doctor’s Rheumatism remedy is touted as easily mixed. The recipe combines syrup of Sarsaparilla compound Toris compound goca whisky and two other ingredients. Users take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime and shake before using. Drug stores can supply the ingredients.
Professor Stork asks Ernestine about progress while she resists promotion to flying class. Little Miss Quacker-Oh notes that her mother forbids the course, claiming water skills are for the best families.
The notice touts Salzer's Rejuvenated White Bonanza oats with high yields from Theodore Harmes in Lewis County Washington and other regions. It claims Salzer's Pedigree seeds for barley flax corn oats wheat potatoes and grasses are world renowned. The company invites requests for a free seed catalog and postage stamp mail offer from La Crosse Wisconsin.
Daw son notes a chorus girl shortage this year while Wiggles cites cause and effect. The French champagne crop has nearly failed and lobsters are scarcer than hens teeth this season, Harper's Weekly reports.
A Chicago ad promotes Spohn's Distemper Cure claiming it cures distemper in horses and prevents spread in stables. It also sells for chickens and dogs and offers a free book and agents wanted. An additional false health pitch advertises Hamlin's Wizard Oil for colds.
A brief dialogue among colleagues reveals a sharp retort about thoughts and speech. One person notes another's tendency to speak before thinking, prompting a mix of disbelief and humor. The exchange captures workplace banter and personality dynamics.
Do You Use Eye Salve Apply only from Aseptic Tubes to Prevent Infection. Marine Eye Salve In Tubes New Size 26a Marine Eye Liquid 25c-60c. Eye Books in each Pkg.
The item mocks political anecdotes and references Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething while noting Garfield Tea as a constipation remedy. It also comments on social perceptions of widows and the display of loud apparel as a sign of character.
An Ohio cemetery features a two ton granite ball monument that slowly turns on its axis. Over five years it has moved about 13 inches, with a six inch unpolished spot gradually rotating upward on the south side. Scientists attribute the swing to differential heating and expansion from sunlight.
Advertisements mock fortune and health claims. References to Mrs Woggs and Mrs Boggs praise wealth and marriage. Medical notes tout Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets laxative Brom Quin ine Garfield Tea and seed the world over cold cure. Sales copy blends humor with product pitches.
An advertisement urges women to treat habitual constipation with Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It promotes the laxative as gentle and preferable to salts, sharing two testimonial readers and offering a free sample from Dr. Caldwell and a purchasable bottle.
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