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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
3
The advertisement claims merit as the best ad for EGG-O-SEE, praising its healthful wheat base and easy preparation. It highlights endorsements by mothers and households, low 10 cent price for ten breakfasts, and wide availability. Readers are offered a free book titled Back to Nature via the EGG-O-SEE Company in Quincy, Illinois.
Fear and fret makes life's friction. Heaven helps those who help others. True religion nourishes right doing. The church that courts the rich loses its riches. Many a man's religion would be worth more with office practice. Two strings to your bow may be all right if you can keep them clear of your neck.
A Topeka Capital report recounts a rural remedy using seven drops of tincture of iodine on sugar, applied twice an hour apart, to treat rattlesnake bites in a harvest worker and several animals. The account notes swelling but full recovery, praising the method as wonderful and reliable.
Italian university and government school students reject poorly paid public service and crowded professions. They seek technical instruction to join the new movement and secure a better future. A quip from a child highlights rising concerns about prosperity and opportunity.
An Oregon man recalls a 26 year struggle with stomach trouble worsened by coffee. After switching to Postum on Dec 2, 1902, his symptoms diminished rapidly and he regained health. He cites bank and merchants for reliability and invites sworn statements. The ad urges a ten day Postum trial and references The Road to Wellville.
A lengthy overview recounts Lieut. R E Peary's eighth bid for the pole and Walter Wellman's Spitzbergen airship plan, alongside grim Arctic expeditions that claimed Franklin's party, the Jeannette disaster, and Peary's key discoveries. It notes repeated heroic efforts by Britain and the United States to rescue explorers and Peary's lasting impact on Arctic knowledge.
A Prairie Farmer reader argues level cultivation can match hilling for potato yields and soil condition. The writer notes dry years favor level ground, cites Maryland experiment sketches, discusses surface potato exposure, and asks readers to share experiences to determine whether lifting with a shovel plow has any wet-season benefits.
A Senator speaks on wealth and influence, noting relief from worry but fatigue from facing demands. He jokes that wealth now compels him to make a fork resemble a knife, highlighting the strain of public life.
The Milan Times reports worsening defects in Italian rail service since nationalization. Passenger trains miss schedules and freight moves slowly, with month long delays from Genoa to Milan and grain shipments to Switzerland nearly suspended.
A handy hammer can be made from old iron piping per HL C Stiebel Jr of St Louis County Missouri. Assemble a one half inch tee with eight inch pipe, two 25 inch pipes, and end caps, optionally fill the head with lead for more weight.
The article explains that thorough cultivation holds moisture in soil to keep crops growing during dry periods. It advises not cultivating wet soil, stirring after light showers, and using dust mulch to reduce evaporation. The Campbell system of soil culture aims to maximize moisture retention with proven success.
An Ogre County correspondent to the Farmers' Review extols blue grass as the ideal cattle pasture. He notes his lack of experience with other wild pastures, outlines his seasonal routine of buying feed, wintering, and turning cattle onto pastures in spring with corn, and claims improvements in his farming overall.
Albert Lea man C. Hayden says back weakness and nightly pains vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He noticed kidney action normalized and pain disappeared with no relapse. For sale by all dealers 30 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A police court case opens with a boastful defense attorney and a judge who jokes about sending a "camera fiend" to the rock pile. Separately, the Erie Railroad orders 1,600 freight cars from Standard Steel Car and American Car & Foundry, including gondolas, flat cars, and produce cars for delivery in late 1906 and 1907, plus five electric cars for Rochester division from St Louis Car with four 75 horsepower motors.
Report describes half mile long light rays twice as powerful as common lamps. The lamp uses an oxy petrol blowpipe flame on refractory material with a car carried reservoir and oxygen cylinder. Also notes about laundering fabrics and starching for best appearance urging Defiance Starch.
The aging English clergyman Rev John Aldis once a leading Baptist minister in England has reached 98. He started as a shoemaker, studied at Horton Rawdon college, led Mare Pond Chapel in London, and became Baptist Union chairman in 1866. Defiance Starch promises ironing ease.
A lighthearted adage on friendship and reciprocity emphasizes that true friends offer aid when distress calls, urging balanced support and mutual care during tough times. The saying underscores practical generosity and dependable companionship in social bonds.
A man recounts four years of severe foot injury and partial amputation but credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a full recovery after seven months of treatment. He notes the high prior medical bills and claims improvement began two weeks after starting the remedy and that he is now working. The note is signed John M. Lloyd of Alliance Ohio dated June 27 1905. Harriman Resents Overcharge and replevin action over a $1797 repair bill for his $10 000 automobile. The shop may sue to recover. Germany revises railway tariffs adding ticket multiplicity for short trips. Defiance Starch ad promotes hot and cold starching with money-back offer.
The Paris university medical faculty intends to publish an international technological encyclopedia in ten languages including Esperanto. A rapid population rise is reported in Osaka, Japan, where eight years saw growth from 11,800 to over 1,026,000 and factories increased by 991. A fashion writer cautions short women against excessive skirt trimming, while a quip notes husbands of tall women.
A humorous essay reflecting on life, aging, ambition, and social quirks with wry observations about overwork, competition, fashion, diet, and theatre. The narrator muses on wealth, stage life, family visits at death, and personal aspirations in a light, satirical voice.
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