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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
3
Winnie Wings questions the notion of burning the bride's discarded toys as part of a Japanese wedding ceremony. The passage shifts to laundry starch woes, noting Defiance Starch offers stronger, thinner application to keep fabrics stiff without masking quality.
A party of foreigners tapped a keg at Lake Altoona Pennsylvania but the beer would not come out. Investigation shows the bunghole was blocked by a snake that crawled into the empty keg and drowned when the keg was filled. Robertson quotes that selfless life is exalted through deeds for others.
A long advertisement claims surgical operations on women are often unnecessary and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving lives. Letters from Mrs Barbara Base and Mrs Arthur St House praise the remedy for severe female troubles and avoiding operations. The text touts the product as a 30 year standard treatment for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains and backache and invites letters for advice from Lynn Mass.
Ellen Carrington gambles through a high stakes card game with Lord Strathgate and others, winning and losing fortunes while a ballroom night escalates into dancing. Carrington and Ellen navigate debts, honor, and social pressure as the entertainments unfold toward a cliffhanger ending in the arbor.
The Escapade begins after Ellen Blocum, a Puritan miss, marries Lord Carrington of England and settles in England. The scene, set just after the revolution, unfolds at Carrington castle with a family tilt born of jealousy as Lord Carrington and his wife accuse each other of faithlessness, continuing their quarrel.
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington says she was weak unable to sleep limbs swelled secretions troublesome and in bed for four months three doctors said no cure and she was told she would die. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered enough to be about the house soon and was strong again Sold by all dealers 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A collage of satirical and commercial lines. It references a disillusioned salesman named Litewate and a dismissive buyer, a Bible reading moment with a child misinterpreting Moses, a claim for home laundering with a smooth iron, a note on young love and contracts, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, and a line about charity beginning at home.
A local article notes growing discussion in the medical frater nity over whiskey as a rheumatism remedy. It cites an alleged effective formula using one half pint whiskey, one ounce Toris Compound, and one ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken before meals and at night. Toris Compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. of Chicago, with all ingredients available from druggists.
A witty exchange centers on a wife’s habit of sitting on the floor with shoes off after dinner. The visitor admires the gesture while the husband explains the quirk’s purpose is to lure him home, making him too lazy to venture out again.
An old advertising snippet claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure most cases and offers a $100 reward for any deafness due to catarrh not cured by the remedy. Also features jokes about life insurance and a George Eliot quote.
An assorted chest of 19th century ad copy and satirical lines anchored by Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from a Peoria dealer. The fragment includes product cues, aphorisms, and tangential mentions such as Allen's Foot Ease and scattered names, reflecting casual newspaper filler from the era.
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