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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
7
The Well Informed of the World has long desired a simple pleasant liquid laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, marketed as a gentle, effective remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product. price fifty cents per bottle.
A Washington Star quip plays on philosophy and resilience. The speaker, Yuele Phen, notes that real philosophy is found in little joys like a wooden leg freeing space from rheumatism. The remark carries a wry, regional flavor.
Philadelphia Press reports Goodley in bad shape with a sore throat preventing speech. On the street today witnesses say he bears a black eye, suggesting harm yet he cannot explain the incident due to his voice loss.
Forty eight thousand dollars paid for a fancy lot of high grade tobacco, the biggest such purchase in the West for Frank P. Sweis of Peoria Illinois for his Single Binder cigars. A written guarantee bound the entire amount to fancy selected tobacco, likely making the Let factory the nation’s largest holder of top grade tobacco.
A pretty young girl approaches a medium’s tent and asks for a shade to be developed. The medium agrees and strokes a black cat as she offers to create a pink shade to match the girl’s parasol.
A dialogue contrasts Scribbles and De Riter on wealth and success in poetry. The Philadelphia Press quotes Scribbles arguing De Riter is rich and thus favored, while questioning the poet’s fortune. The piece notes a science detail about gold sheet thickness and its translucent green hue.
An OCR fragment shows chaotic dialogue about a bay orphan, a slain mother, and a streetcar comedian. The passage shifts to an ominous silence followed by an outburst and mock violence, ending with unclear garbled terms and city Times reference.
Fragmentary entry lists names and items with prices including chocolates and envelopes. References to control and umpire work, carbonates, sodium and general price notes suggest a catalog or ad page fragment from a local merchant.
A breezy, fragmentary column weaves a seaside scene about Japanese curtains made of rice beads, cartoonish mice nibbling the beads, and a flea of humor. It shifts to an ad for Allen’s Foot-Ease and ends with a domestic joke about a dog resembling its owner.
A quack recipe mixes Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to claim a simple at home kidney remedy. Prominent physician cited, says it cleanses strengthens kidneys and relieves backache urinary troubles before Bright's disease stage. Claims many cures and urges trial at nominal cost in towns.
A dealer in birds explains canaries as decorative features for weddings, commencements, and social events. Cages hung among flowers were common and many birds were rented for occasions. The vendor keeps extra canaries in spring and early summer to meet demand, while his motto "Live and tear us" underscores his business approach.
A Texan colonel debates gifts for his riders calling them mighty fine and unteachable boys while a book agent offers a cyclopedia as the only thing that could help. The scene contrasts practical riding on mules with a grand claim about the Milky Way telescope needing 30,000 placed to be seen unaided.
A collage of lines shows exhortations to enroll in handwriting courses by Los Angeles Correspondence San Fernando Building, with five dollar fees, and references to Our Own Minstrels, mock dialogues about tailor prices, teething remedies, and odd court jests. The fragmentary page blends ad copy, light humor, and dated social cues reflecting early 20th century press.
A compact survey traces the number nine through myth, chants, and daily speech. It cites nine muses, nine hellish flyers, nine heavens and worlds, nine worthies, and the game nine men's morris. It notes nine knots or joints in healing items, nine cows feeding the nine-eyed Lambton worm, and the common phrases up to the nines and nine days' wonder.
The text sketches banter among characters Sandy Pikes and Gritty George about Vluto and his three headed dog, with a punchy dare about tramp legends. A joking exchange follows on foreclosures and a beans joke, then a quip about telling a mid dog by distance phone.
Orpheum presents American actress Nance O Neil as week headliner starting December 9. Her success The Jewess will be condensed for vaudeville audiences, alongside The Four Golden Graces living statuary and Mayme Remington with her pickaninnies act. Also on the bill are The Three Meets, Mary Dumt Co, Bimm Bomm Brxr, Tow iwan Co, and La Scala Sextette.
Fragmentary dialogue from a Washington Herald piece features a character named Y and a young Nérvy. The text shows a tainted OCR read with nonstandard spellings and punctuation. The readable bits suggest a period voice or mock formal exchange without clear narrative context or full names.
F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise a one hundred dollar reward for a Catarrh cure claim. Includes a sworn affidavit by A W Gleason Notary Public and testimonial request. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Also references a domestic dispute anecdote about Mrs Screecher.
A terse, fragmentary exchange reflects ethnic and national tensions with harsh language about value of life. The speaker uses charged terms to contrast identities and hint at social alienation in a divided context.
A reader warns that using 20 Mule Team Borax to fight lice in poultry can cause flammable conditions in poultry houses and fire hazards. The letter claims a flame risk from the spray and asserts continued use as a wash, mentioning Mrs. Beetle and Mrs. Mosquito as playful nicknames while noting experiences with hens and a fire scare.
A fragmented OCR item describes a ranch owner in New Mexico testing scientific methods on a large property. The readable text mentions ownership, a ranch, and an experimental approach, but lacks clear dates or quotes. Further details are unreadable.
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