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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
3
A Houston Post quotation contrasts a woman who dies for love with one who dies from hard work. It asks if love can end a life and answers with a tale of a woman who, deserted by a lover, toiled washing clothes and died from overwork.
An old recipe claims to cure coughs colds and throat trouble within a day. It prescribes mixing two ounces glycerine half an ounce virgin pine oil compound pure and eight ounces whisky to be bought at drug stores and combined in a bottle. The genuine pine oil compound is said to be prepared in Cincinnati by Leach Chemical Co and dispensed in half ounce vials.
Mr Compton aims to discuss household finances but wife interrupts with a witty defense. She explains she saves overspending and pays bills when given more money, insisting the concept is simple while hinting men miss simple ideas.
A Boston Herald like column extols women’s age secrecy and the male role in concealing age with a playful tone. It argues women are as old as they claim and men should aid concealment rather than pry, celebrating birthday secrecy alongside a jab at male vanity. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pellets as a stimulant for digestion and bowels.
A quoted jest by the Duke of Cumberland and Samuel Foote opens a row of humorous jests. Wizard Oil is praised as a quick chest remedy for colds. Mr Macalister reports on Gezert an excavations beneath Canaanitish ruins revealing cities, caves, crude animal carvings, an early caricature of an Egyptian king, and an eighty four step tunnel to a spring.
Short excerpt lists Perry Davis Painkiller as a cold remedy praised as safer than quinine, notes cheap large bottles, and mentions other products like Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and fur trade ads. A humorous quip about a senator avoiding the vice presidency ends the fragment.
The piece surveys how the unmarried man lacks a formal title and traces the word miss from mistress back to 1662 with Evelyn’s references. It also surveys historic terms gaffer and gammer and notes the rise of miss as a common social label despite its contested roots.
A Philadelphia dispatch profiles Phil McGovern born in Brooklyn two decades ago who pursued horse racing like his brother Terry McGovern the world featherweight champion. The piece recalls the McGovern family’s rise and falls, including Terry’s collapse, Hughey injuries, and Phil’s brief racing stint at Sheepshead Bay before racing fortunes waned.
A British capitalized firm aims to exploit Java magnetic fronts and deposits. The article explains the acre-foot unit, notes South Dakota bark beetle driven out after a seven year fight, and discusses oxygen from candles and kerosene. It describes ant armies in Africa and a turbine propulsion advance using generators and motors. Krakatoa’s post eruption vegetation recovery is traced from 1886 to 1906 with wind and ocean currents spreading plants.
Mr Whibbles asks about Darwinian theory and Miss Cayenne responds that some humans may be on a reversal path beyond Darwin, implying a backward step in human evolution as a satirical remark in the Washington Star.
A Washington Star quote notes Columbus died in poverty and cites his own fault for neglecting publisher arrangements before his discoveries. The exchange frames a moral on foresight and planning in exploration.
A Baltimore American item notes an Atchison woman with unusually long hair sparking a rumor that it is false. The follow up confirms the claim.
A summer resort area near a glue factory causes odor problems for villagers. A visitor sitting on an inn veranda sprays lavender salts, filling the air with glue scent. An old countryman requests she reseal the bottle until after supper.
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