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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
3
The article notes paint quality rests on pure white lead and linseed oil with adulterants detectable by a blowpipe. It urges buyers to ensure purity for lasting paint and mentions National Lead Company in Woodbridge Building New York City will mail a blowpipe kit and instructions upon request.
A Kansas emigre returns to his village and learns the town drunkard was never buried, merely poured back in the jug. Also mentions laundry starch quality and advertising Defiance Starch as stronger, allowing thinner use for better fabric stiffness and wear.
A polite girl questions a halibut and is told halibut by Grandma. Local stores advertise Our Pie in three varieties lemon chocolate custard for two pies per package. Put up by D-Zerta Co Rochester NY.
A romance unfolds as a practical friend reveals the fiancé's ring to the eager suitor. The doorbell signals a moment of decision and celebration as she learns the latest in their forthcoming nuptials.
A collection of old marketing lines includes Garfield Digestive Tablets offered by Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn 25¢ per bottle, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and inflammation, and Lewis' Single Binder cigars. The text blends assorted product pitches with moral prose and consumer tips.
The story follows Burton H. Barnes and Enid Anstruther as they flee from Ajaccio to Marseilles and Nice to protect Marina Paoli from a blood feud. Corsican intrigue escalates with Count Corregio and Cipriano warning of danger while Barnes faces murder plots, mistaken loyalties, and a planned Corsican vendetta.
Marina urges unified rescue plan as Barnes suspects Cipriano Danella of aiding the abduction. The yacht disappears in darkness, a coded message calls for Americano to Corsica, and Marina vows to return Enid and prove her innocence while deflecting vendetta accusations.
In a tense scene Graham departs, the bereft bridegroom mutters of a mysterious gentleman and hurries to Lady Chartris's villa. He fears thoughts of her fate, vows to stay clear to save his darling, and confronts Lady Chartris as she toasts with Count Cipriano. Marina screams as the moment unfolds.
A Washington Star quip notes tennis as great exercise. The active man says so, while the Insolent person jokes that people flip between idling and working, revealing the perversity in human nature.
Regina correspondent Mr A Kaltenbrunner reports on 160 acres of oats and 70 acres of wheat with 39 acres fallow and 9 000 bushels of oats. Wheat reached No 1 Hard quality and yields 20 bu per acre on 70 acres and 25 bu on 39 acres fallow. He shipped three car loads of oats at 53c per bu and says Western Canada crops cannot be checked despite adverse conditions. Information on free homestead lands in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta via Canadian Government Agents is available.
A junior partner notes the bookkeeper’s four month marriage and the senior partner demands scrutiny of accounts, insisting on an examination to verify if a salary raise is due. The exchange shows caution about payroll and potential financial misgivings.
Trusting Toledo firm F J Cheney promises one hundred dollars for each cataract cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and confirms oath before A W Gleason. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Castoria safety, plus miscellaneous ads for Allen's Foot-Ease, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and various quips.
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the grandest remedy for women's illnesses. It cites Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who recovered after twelve years of illness and eleven doctors, crediting Pinkham's formula and advice with restoring health and strength and urging other women to try it.
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