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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
3
A collage of couplets and quips from various papers featuring wry takes on society news wealth and aging. Jests about millionaires sons boardroom heirs photography blunders and genteel misunderstandings appear alongside playful mishearings and modest gags about aging and manners.
A mixed collage of advertisements and humorous vignettes extols Cascarets as a cure for constipation with claims of natural exercise for bowels. It promotes a ten cent box from Sterling Remedy Company and includes stray quips about daily life, love and police misadventures.
Frank J. Cheney ethical firm claim sworn oath as senior partner of Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio promising payment for every case of catarrh that cannot be cured. Cure touted as blood and mucous system remedy taken internally. Notary public A W Gleason signs this December 8, 1886 with product samples and doctor referrals.
A playful exchange reveals nickname lore between a boy named Archibald and his Uncle Henry. The lad imagines envy of a famed mischief maker while Henry clarifies his own childhood nickname Hank.
In Peoria Frank P. Lewis reports a large purchase of high grade tobacco for his Single Binder dare cigar. A written guarantee ensures full payment and supports claims that the Lewis factory is the nation’s largest holder of such premium tobacco by volume.
In a Puck cartoon, a girl admires her new baby doll claiming it is almost human. Tommy retorts the doll would seem more real if it cried when he walked the floor and opened its eyes at bedtime.
Arizona’s principal industries include mining and agriculture with copper leading production. The state has grown to host waterworks, electric streetcars, libraries, hotels, and substantial homes in mining towns, as demand for copper surges and development expands across the Territory.
A selection of tongue twisters from an elocutionist with more than 200 lines includes phrases like A growing gleam glowing green and The bleak breezes blighted the bright broom blossoms. Other items feature ix thick thistle sticks and six sickly silky snakes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is noted as a teething remedy for children.
A jail turnkey laments a murderer sent to the penitentiary this morning while noting a new troublemaker, a man who stole a bulldog. A young woman with costly flowers turns away in indignation as the scene unfolds.
A hair dressing described as a nourishing hair-food keeps hair manageable and prevents roughness and split ends. It emphasizes feeding the hair so it stays on the head, not on the comb, and notes a decades-long sales history.
A fable shows a tall giraffe and a dwarfish ass traveling together. The ass mocks the companion’s gait and neck, until famine tightens and the ass longs to be tall, admitting his hunger for fruit far out of reach. The strip ends with moral innuendo from St. Nicholas.
Bradstreet's figures show 10 648 U S business failures in 1901. Lack of capital leads with 3 323 cases, incompetence follows with 2 023, and specific conditions blamed for 1 753 failures. Fraudulent disposition counts 1 154, completing the top causes in a period with the lowest rate since 1882 except 1900.
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas testifies that Dean’s Kidney Pills relieved back pain dizziness and headaches after irregular kidney action. She reports passing gravel stones and lasting improvement in back strength and health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A letter from John Leslie of Rockford Illinois recounts a friend’s battle with contagious blood poison and praises an unnamed remedy, 8.8.8, claiming the sores healed and hair stopped falling out after use, concluding with the man’s complete recovery.
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