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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
2
Syd ney Town and Country Journal notes a humorous exchange as Tom asks what to do with a mouse and Dick replies to use it as bait for catfish, reflecting light local humor.
A collage of snippets from 19th century magazines and notices covers fashion jokes from The Bohemian and Brooklyn Life, a Canadian and U S air compression device with vertical pipes, brain anatomy on the pineal gland and pituitary body, and a French electric furnace for making pure silica vessels, all reflecting period curiosity and varied topics.
A Lake City Minnesota resident recounts kidney trouble with back pains dizziness and vision issues. Dean's Kidney Pills sold nationwide reportedly cured the condition and restored health. Also a humorous Albanian tale describes a horse pulling a bridge downstream and later returning upstream with the bridge.
Mrs Lizzie E Sledge of Selma Alabama recounts severe face body eczema first diagnosed by two physicians as the worst form. Cuticura Remedies stopped the outbreak after six months of use and she reports no symptoms for three years. Also notes Charles J Glidden balloon world travel aim and Starch Defiance for fine fabrics.
Scattered ad style snippets from the Philadelphia Inquirer fragment mix dialogue about marriage health advice and domestic products. The notes include quips on deafness, starch for shirts, a medicine ball joke, a snake bite remedy, a hemorrhoid cure claim, and a Seneca quote about helping others.
A. W. Birdsell of Los Angeles brings back 18 years of northeastern Labrador experience and argues that its rocks may hold gold. The piece notes brutal cold and long winters as barriers, while highlighting possible riches in minerals, amber, and potential farming in select areas.
The article notes diamond losses in cutting, citing the Excelsior and Cullinan, and details how the Pitt and Nizam diamonds compare in size. It then outlines London civic costs, with the lord mayor’s £10,000 salary, furniture, robes, Mansion House taxes, lighting, water, insurance, repairs, and a £560 outlay for special redecoration like the Egyptian hall.
Mrs Wigglebys husband buys an automobile and extols its merits in conversation. She invites Mrs Duggleby for a ride claiming the car is nearly noiseless, reliable, fast, and easy to use with modern features. Mrs Duggleby replies with her own machine description.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item reports a store walker warning a patron that failing to follow the manager’s order and leave off the switch would lead to being sidetracked.
A compilation from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald and other items notes Retail Clerks' International union president H. J. Conway of Chicago urging equal pay for women and men for equal work at a St Louis convention. The column also features quips about gallantry, stories of old printers Sweynheym and Pannartz, household tips on starch, jokes, and assorted ads and notices.
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs Haymone asking why the chauffeur wears a mask. The chauffeur replies he wears it so people he runs over cannot recognize him, implying a dangerous or criminal context in a terse exchange.
A humorous tale follows Uncle George, an elderly Black man who struggles to resist stealing. He admits to a natural urge to take what he touches, recent guilt growing as he contemplates his latest theft a pig. His wife finds him praying at night trying to justify the act.
A shopper protests a dressmaker about a gown delay. The outfit is promised in two weeks, prompting worry that the proposer might move on to another.
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