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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
8
The piece from Country Life in America extols walking as an art, noting the ease of a measured stride, springy steps, and arm swing. It argues country paths better than city pavements, claiming twenty miles daily as a comfortable norm and two weeks outdoors yield lasting health, vigor, and increased worldly productivity.
A writer claims a woman’s character can be judged by her musical preferences. Beethoven fans are faithful, Mendelssohn admirers are tender yet melancholy, Bach followers are practical homemakers, Chopin lovers are sentimental, ballad fans are shy, and musical comedy fans are described as dolls without head or heart.
Berlin witnesses an unusual monocle fad among officers after reports that Kaiser Wilhelm recently uses a monocle. Dispatches note the Kaiser reading a paper with a monocle in his right eye during a train stop on a royal route, signaling a new fashion.
An old remedy praised for teething by mothers for over sixty years. It soothes the child relieves gum pain calms wind colic and treats diarrhoea with a pleasant taste. Sold by druggists everywhere at twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup only.
A poetic verses recount a fat man and lean foes tied to treason fate on football field. It contrasts fatness with athletic drive and hints at death and prophecy linked to a lean hero.
An advertisement describes heavy eating causing stomach inflammation and symptoms like heartburn headache sour rise and catarrh. It promotes Kodol as a remedy that relieves inflammation protects nerves and cures catarrh by cleansing and sweetening stomach glands. L. O. Gale
United States treasury experts report there is no burglar proof safe or vault even with thick steel. After testing thermite on great steel vaults in Chicago and other cities they advised adopting the latest burglar alarm devices that give instant warning of intruders.
The article notes a shift in children’s humor as they age from self focused to more impersonal jokes. Girls imitate refined adults and lose fearlessness around twelve, while boys tease by frightening girls. A twelve year old illustrates the trend with a joke about unlit firecrackers frightening a lady.
The term score equals twenty reflecting ten fingers and toes. A tally or tally stick kept counts by notches, used in exchequer receipts and medieval inns. Twenty marks signaled payment due, a tradition seen in some English inns with chalk scores on slate.
The shah of Persia in France feigned a toothache to avoid surgery. He then ordered a tooth extracted from each of his suit, finding only the grand vizier willing to endure the discomfort. The shah dismissed the dentist with a present, amused by the scene.
A three woman session reveals bizarre episodes from a modern home. One maid locked in the bathroom then fled. A cook boiled a watermelon. Another describes teaching a new helper to wash windows from a high sill, ending with the helper washing the inside and hanging feet in the street.
The process describes inserting an iron ball inside a sand core that matches the bell interior, placing the core in the mold, and pouring molten metal to fill the gap between core and shell. The core is burned out by the heat, leaving the ball inside the hollow bell, a method also used for ball valves and swivel joints.
Inside the white walls of Siam's king, temples, public offices, seraglios, and stables line a vast compound. A temple theater hosts English French and German troupes for the royal household. The king is noted for his fondness of the arts.
A humorous exchange where Bilks argues that he should acknowledge his errors immediately, but resists correcting his wife when she errs, claiming it would just add another fault for him to admit.
The scrapbook dialogue reports Kitty-Constance wearing a diamond engagement ring on her finger amid talk that she may be feigning a match. Maude-Oh asserts the engagement is real and claims she told me about it, noting the fiancé is her dentist.
A Philadelphia Record snippet notes a quip about engagement and marriage money aimed at house upkeep and the line In time of peace prepare for war. The brief exchange frames social expectations and wartime readiness in a playful way.
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a ballet dancer who quit the stage after marriage to a man named Egbert. The piece claims she has been “kicked” more since wed than before, implying intensified pressure or social pressure.
Mr. C. Haney of Geneva Ohio suffered piles for forty years until DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him permanently. It’s advertised as valuable for cuts burns bruises sprains lacerations eczema tetter salt rheum and all skin diseases. Seek DeWitt on the package only.
The Siam government reverses a prohibition on gambling in areas with a large Chinese population. Prohibition kept Chinese workers from gambling, deranging the labor market. New policy allows gambling houses limited to Chinese communities, with licensing and restrictions to be defined.
A dramatic fire incident describes sleep ing inmates rescued from a blazing home by firefighters. The piece condemns neglect and promotes Dr. King's New Discovery for throat chest and lung troubles with guaranteed satisfaction and trial bottles offered.
Dialogue from the Richmond Dispatch notes a doctor declaring no hope for Gruffman and his wife’s long familiarity with the looming outcome highlights the personal impact of the prognosis.
The phrase portrays Rocky Mountain as the chief nourisher of life, hope, and ambition. A short promotional line attributed to S. H. Seallin, priced at 35 cents.
In 1835 Liszt toured the French provinces and faced an audience of seven in an L- town. He invited the sparse group to move to his hotel for a full program and supper. The next day a larger crowd attended his second concert proving his generosity and appeal.
The Philadelphia Press recalls Lafayette's 1824 visit as a high point of Fourth of July celebrations. It notes school children' s participation and a Maryland girl’s kiss on a red wig sent by Lafayette, while describing his aging appearance and a soldier’s Brandywine wound.
A. T. Headley of Tilden Ind once endured ten years of rheumatism yet reports a dramatic recovery after using Electric Bitters. He credits two bottles with curing pain for over a year and endorses them for rheumatism neuralgia nervousness digestion and kidney purification. Available 50 cents at S H Scallin's drug store.
A financier at Mr Morgan's kennel shows a fine pointer and names it Russell Sage after the deadpan joke that he never loses a scent. Charles Schwab asks why the name. Morgan replies with the gag about always finding a track.
A Boston style ad copy extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as gentle bowel movers and liver cleansers. The pills are praised for not gripeing and for a tonic effect that strengthens glands to prevent a return of disorder. Florida Times-Union quips wrap the punchline about men and manners.
Postmaster R H Randall of Dunlap Iowa files an affidavit claiming relief from years of indigestion after using Kodol. The statement asserts improved health and vigor, with the product promoted as aiding digestion and overall strength.
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