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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
3
An article explains white lead production purity using a blow pipe test and offers a Dutch Boy certification, then a Civil War anecdote contrasts two veterans about valor with a joke about a river escape in a rowboat.
It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a cure for hot sweating callous and swollen feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Trial package free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
An ad proclaims Goldsmith paid 4500 for hisAnimated Nature. It promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars as the richest most satisfying smoke on the market and notes the Lewis' Factory in Peoria. A quip follows about a woman and her tongue.
Burton H Barnes, wealthy American, travels Corsica to rescue Edward Anstruther and Marina, hosting a dangerous vendetta. They escape aboard the Constantine toward Marseilles, while Barnes defends Enid Anstruther and Marina from intrigue. A mysterious note, suspicious Corsicans, and a perilous voyage to Nice unfold with threats aboard.
Edwin Anstruther and Barnes covertly alter the Seagull to the Wildfowl as they flee Monte Cristo region. Enid demands marriage with a threatening letter in play near Gorgona, Marina aids, and the crew sails toward Villefranche with tensions high over a looming feud and a dangerous note.
In a Seagull tale, Leboeuf defends the ladies after a hot galley scene. He vows to halt telegrams and stay loyal, while Edwin and Barnes plan a perilous route to escape vendetta and confront the conspirators if needed.
The Scotsman notes a blackbird nesting in a quiet covert with four eggs. A thrush then joined, laying four more eggs in the same nest. The sheltered site allowed both birds to hatch peacefully, marking an early recorded maisonette in ornithology.
Travel Magazine notes that buses and trains will not stop on signal. They halt only at designated street corners marked by signs. There they board passengers only up to available seats, in the order of numbered checks shown to the conductor. Checks are drawn by passengers from a box in the waiting room.
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank New Jersey is 98 years old after a 40 year struggle with kidney trouble. He reports back pain weakness and nightly awakenings but credits Dean's Kidney Pills with giving him relief. The product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A sharp exchange frames a seven year courtship as a contest of wit and timing. One character challenges the other to name the day or risk losing control of a needed opportunity, using a humorous brake metaphor to imply a turning point in affection.
A Newark reader describes seven years of hand eczema resisting many remedies. After using two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, his hands were perfectly cured. The testimonial is dated March 28, 1907.
A celebrated Scottish lawyer addressed Caledonia’s high court, delivering seven hours of nearly nonstop oratory. After supper he briefly led family prayers, and his mother scolded him for invoking the Maker so briefly. He defended the seven minutes as inadequate uptakes by the judge bodies. John Hunter, a Black man, bragged of beating his wife until the Freedmen Bureau intervened, describing his intent to discipline her without agency hindering him.
A fragmented tale weaves a reward offer and a dodgy medical cure advertisement. The text includes a boastful testimonial for a catarrh cure and a dry joke about a druggist denying a marriage offer while promising five other daughters.
Inspect each Castoria bottle for safety claims and proper labeling as a trusted remedy for infants and children, ensuring the product meets advertised standards and is used as directed.
A wife insists a woman's life centers on sacrifices while her husband retorts with a harsh joke about sacrifice sales, revealing a tense domestic dynamic and gendered humor.
An advertisement touts lemon pies described as easy and inexpensive to prepare using OUR PIE preparation. It urges readers to try it, share with friends, and mentions availability at grocers for 10 cents. The product is put up by D-Zerta Co., Rochester, New York.
A vintage ad fragment promoting Garfield Tea as a simple laxative made from herbs, claiming it regulates liver and kidneys, relieves constipation, and promotes health. It includes literary quotes and mentions a brom quinine variant, with scattered archaic signatures and patent medicine tone.
A hypnotist argues churchgoers fall asleep not from drowsiness but from hypnotic sound waves in service. He describes soothing voices and music as effective as professional hypnosis, with repetitive recitation entrancing listeners.
One Iowa farmer on one acre sold 85 806.00 worth of seed and produced 200 tons of hay. The John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin offers the original seed catalog featuring Billion Dollar Grass, Miemoni Wheat, Victoria Rape and other seeds with promises of further samples for a postage fee.
The line pairs reveal a playful exchange about a forthcoming dance. A playful back and forth between speakers suggests flirtatious curiosity and social etiquette in a campus setting. The Harvard Lampoon tone hints at humorous in jest commentary.
The state will open Big Horn basin lands for settlement under the Carey Act. It offers low cost, easy payments to secure farm ownership. A detailed brochure with maps and information is available from the Irrigation Department in Maye.
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