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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
3
The General Demand for a simple pleasant and efficient laxative leads to the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. California Fig Syrup Co. claims ethical supply and known wholesome components. Buy genuine product from leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
A traveling peddler touts a wart cure in a western town but is warned by Amber Pete that the last nostrum maker died after a failed remedy using gun cotton. The men fear the same fate and pressure the stranger to depart at once.
During courtship Heinrich and rival Johann Biermann argued over sausages. In the ensuing dispute Johann became ill and withdrew from the confrontation. He later serves as best man at the wedding.
A brief exchange features a moralist noting many slips between intention and outcome and a demoralizer joking it is safer to drink from a tin bucket, reflecting a wry, clipped dialogue style.
Wealthy American Burton H Barnes tours Corsica to rescue English lieutenant Edward Anstruther and his Corsican bride Marina from a vendetta. They travel to Marseilles then Nice with Lady Chartris, awaiting danger as Corregio Danella resurfaces. Barnes plans safety measures while suspecting Marina, enlisting an American detective and moving the group to a villa near Nice.
Barnes schemes to wed Enid while Emory is late and Danella the Corsican rival resurfaces. Marina fears for her life as Cipriano Danella draws closer, and Ed win, Maud, and Prunella maneuver through villa intrigue amid a Riviera gathering.
Burma remains under trust control with two transport lines required to retain six percent of the importer’s last six months’ business, a reserve liable to forfeiture if an independent shipment is received.
Moose Jaw Sask November 18 1907 Mr 8 K Rathwall reports 500 acres in wheat 120 in oats with an average 22 bushels per acre for wheat 200 acres harvested before frost at 8.5 cents per bushel yielding 18 dollars per acre not counting costs The remaining 300 acres frost damaged worth 60 cents per bushel but could yield 13 dollars per acre if sold though he plans to feed to hogs Oats averaged 50 bushels per acre at 35 cents per bushel about 17 dollars per acre not counting seed twine or labor Grain frost touched by late spring but prices offer decent profits and car shortages hinder removal Also advertising seeds and general quotes appear within the page
The piece stresses careful surface prep for weather exposed work. It endorses pure white lead mixed with fresh linseed oil for best results. It notes that National Lead Company offers a free testing outfit and advertises their Dutch Boy Painter branding.
An old medical testimonial voice promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for years of kidney trouble and back pain from Cloverport Kentucky. The ad asserts dramatic recovery and credits the product, listing Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York as the distributor. Also includes assorted quotations and other product lines for Allen's Foot-Ease and Garfield T or Laxati with short maxims.
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