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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
2
In a collage of midcentury notices and fiction excerpts, a garbled tale centers on The Tale of Pelee and a sweeping panorama of public notices, medical ads, and novelistic passages. A candle of 19th century prose drips through references to Lydia Pinkham remedies, Panama intrigue, and stormy Saint Pierre with intertwined personal dramas.
A New York lawyer woke at midnight certain a large day’s check was still at home. He then wandered outside and found the missing check curled on a railing near his house, claiming his subconscious guided his pursuit in sleep.
A narrator recalls old days of handmade paper kites and simple wooden sticks, contrasting them with cloth covered store kites. The tale notes mothers sewing repairs, boys crafting their own kites, and a shift to mass produced types, reflecting a broader change in childhood play. Also included are brief, humorous anecdotes about colds, a baby itching cure story, and a streetcar fare remark.
George B. Clapp's Boston bulldog Pup's Piente chased a woodchuck into a den and held fast overnight as the den prevented exit. Dawn rescue followed and the dog, exhausted, drank and ate, then wandered into a lemonade bucket in a curious finale.
A civil part instructor lectures young gentlemen to abandon childish amusements and learn from nature and even from reptiles. A student with a bad eye pushes back, arguing as the snake grows, so too does the lesson.
A fragmentary note cites Peruna tablets and a controversial medical claim. The text mentions a lawyer and a discussion of remedies, with references to dosage and ingredients. The tone resembles a promotional or advisory column with unclear provenance and multiple garbled phrases.
The report cites annual peanut production reaching 1.1 million units with considerable export activity. It notes related totals for a major market and references a large national figure of 310 million in a broader context.
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