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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
2
A Utah district report outlines a new irrigation company formed for Green River with capital mentioned. The notice lists various town incidents including accidents, a prison sentence in Blair, a bank incorporation in Salina, and local deaths and injuries from mines, trains, and hunting mishaps.
The article explains the term pin money dating to the fourteenth century. It notes restricted sale on two dates, January first and second, and that only the wealthy afforded pins. It describes how, over time, a woman’s marriage custom emerged to gift a sum for purchasing pins.
The piece suggests the typical British woman will shift from the Englishwoman to the colonial woman within eighty years. It argues the colonial woman will excel by blending qualities tastes and capabilities, asserting this as the empire's evolving feminine ideal. The London reader cites Reeder.
Governor signs prohibition bill effective 1908. Senator-elect Joseph F. Johnson to succeed Pettus. Opium closures in Canton pass quietly. A wave of disasters and crimes spans from a mushroom poisoning in Deep Valley to shipwrecks near Gan Paolo and Bear Lake drownings. Various battles, strikes, and political moves ripple across the globe.
A census-like snapshot notes that out of every 1,000 inmates in the United States, 65 are women. The estimate highlights a gender gap in confinement and points to broader trends in American penal policy and inmate composition.
A garbled ad touts a patent remedy for constipation claiming to ease bowels with slight relief. The text mentions a Dean’s Regulats act and a price of 25 cents with an appeal to druggists.
Dr Koehler of Wiesbaden unveils a machine that photographs the breath. The report notes curiosity about whether the device can distinguish the clovou in the airflow and its potential applications.
A historic notice advertises Dr Shoop's ointment claiming to vanish piles or anal symptoms. It mentions a large nickel capped jars labeled M9 and sales conducted by T. J. Wadsworth.
A misleading advertisement claims a product called featant pellet cures skin ailments in babies and stresses safety for children. It asserts wide pharmacist and drugstore availability, urging parents to buy.
A playful exchange between an author and his wife satirizes literary fame. The author confesses a misfit calling, claiming his works become “a drug on the maker” and prompting wry comments from his spouse.
Readable lines hint at a family in need and a mother’s sacrifice to support kin. The text presents partial dialogue about fortunes, arrival in town, and threats, with a focus on hardship and duty without clear names or places.
A fragment from a journal column quips about a wife who restricts her husband to shaving only once a week, provoking reactions among fellow students and highlighting social tensions within a local fraternity.
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