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Newspaper
Oklahoma Ada News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
20
An ordinary sea casting lead weighs seven to fourteen pounds with a tallow-filled bottom to sample the sea floor. DEFIANCE STARCH offers 16 ounces for ten cents. The note ponders men who stand long at street corners and a baseball pitcher’s power behind a throw.
Advertisement touts Allen's Foot Base powder as a cure for swollen burning and sweaty feet bunions and foot discomfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples available. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
An old advertisement promotes Mre Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming it softens gums eases wind colic and relieves pain. The potion is priced at 2e a bottle and the copy notes that people seek sympathy when seeking advice.
Magnetic Starch Mfg. Co announces Defiance Starch in 72 packages per case. Each 16 ounce package costs 5 cents. The ad claims 3 pounds more starch per case than competitors and offers direct ordering if wholesalers do not stock it.
A collection of anecdotes about boorish behavior by famous men. Swift refuses hospitality to unaccompanied guests then stays, Carlyle’s blunt manners at a queen’s drawing room, and a critic’s sharp dig at Free man. Alfred Austin, England’s poet laureate, is noted as born in 1835 and author of Randolph.
Opals yield profits in New Mexico at two localities near Los Cerrillos and Grant County with large finds and a $4000 stone. Washington state opals at Whelan known as Gem City come from a heap of rock near a well excavation.
Depestmonte in France has shown convincing results and the French expect these vehicles to play a significant military role. The piece contrasts how nature and science aid different aims from battle to daily life and highlights Hostetter’s Bitters as a long standing remedy claimed to aid digestion and prevent malaria and fevers.
A concise adage notes that every person, regardless of depth, has at least one superficial or lesser aspect. The saying emphasizes human complexity and the coexistence of strength and flaw within individuals.
Heirs of the original owner claim a share after antique Geneva furniture sold in 1868 by a gardener to an antiquarian for under £11. The item, a unique Bernois sixteenth century piece, has now been sold to the Swiss Historical Museum for 81250, prompting payout disputes if the higher price triggers a share to the original owner.
A discussion notes that metals differ in odor with tin having a distinct scent when cut. It questions whether gold or platinum have detectable smells and explains urani um and its compounds emit strong odors. The text also mentions Becquerel rays and tiny corpuscles from uranium.
Six physicians in South Bend Indiana treated Mr J O Landeman for kidney trouble. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he was cured and health improved. The case created a strong sensation in St Joseph County and boosted the pills' advertising.
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