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Newspaper
Mena Star
Location
Mena, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1898
Page
7
A rugged traveler found asleep in Franklin Park tells an officer he is waiting for a train bound west and dreams of Colorado. He humorously declares he will fight for the local police instead, praising the New York cops as tough and ready, while claiming his own country’s cause in the next breath.
A veteran kidney specialist at a Chicago medical round table jokes that many leading physicians are afflicted by the diseases they treat. He cites tuberculosis and mental illness as common among specialists, naming several doctors in a wry, unquoted fashion. The discussion reflects on professional ironic fate amid humorous derision.
A Chicago Chronicle fragment notes that some cheap tomato catsup is mostly pumpkin and that its spicy bite comes from cayenne rather than ginger, which was absent. The remark, attributed to a man of knowledge, suggests a small volume of observations on common foods.
A collage of light witticisms from the Boston Transcript to the Detroit Free Press, with jokes about carriage and grace, carrier pigeons, thought ambushes, cash registers, army commissions, pink ballots, Dickens whiskers, and debts. The snippets showcase humor and social observations across multiple publications.
A British Medical Journal note discusses French wine adulteration during phylloxera years and the shift to disguising red wine as white using charcoal and potassium permanganate. Manganese byproduct and alkali reveal the process. public demand drives wine manipulation, while One Minute Cough Cure from Pipkin & Hanes is endorsed.
A carload of celebrated Bridge and Beach cook stoves and ranges has arrived at the Lloyd hardware store on De Queen street. Visitors are invited to inspect the neatest and best stove offered for sale in Polk county. Wett Fresh flea powder also at Jackson's.
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