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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
3
A collage of light humor and home remedies from a vintage column. Snippets include playful cures for toothache and insomnia, wry exchanges about research at the seashore, dance and flirtation quips, and short dialogue gags.
A visitor at an exposition sits at a costly restaurant table reading the bill of fare and exclaims to the waiter about conscience. The waiter jokes the restaurant may charge for conscience if it appears on the bill, noting rules that if it exists it is on the bill, otherwise an extry.
A collage of short jests and anecdotes from varied voices. Household finances and shopping humor mix with tall tales and wry morals. The sketches feature witty exchanges about love money and daily life with a light punch at the end of each piece.
An editorial snippet reflects on a storied life with fortunes and marriages, quoting Life Magazine and a satirical tobacconist exchange about prudence in speech.
The Notre Dame University announces its offerings in a West regional paper. It promotes its preparatory school and Commercial Course for young men, notes St Edward's Hall for boys under thirteen, and invites correspondence with the President for catalogs and terms as a 58 year history of educational service is cited.
A Russian opera singer who lost five teeth in a Trans Caucasian railway crash received $50,000 in damages, claiming the tooth loss ruined her voice and revenue. The award breaks down to $10,000 per tooth as compensation for the disability.
A summary of The Conquest of Arid America notes a fifty page reprint titled The Better Half of the United States. It urges western readers to send it to eastern friends and offers copies with related San Luis Valley literature for four cents in stamps to Zeph. Chas. Felt in Denver.
Tim Donahue the late Taunton Mass catcher figured in a string of stories. During a Hot Springs stay Chicago and Minneapolis teams quarreled in Billy Moran’s room over a noisy fanning match. Moran poked fun at Tim and he apologized by waking the traveling man and offering remorse. The exact remark of the traveler cannot be printed.
A collection of brief vignettes recounts how Lord Kitchener reportedly resists women’s wiles in Cape Town. The piece then shifts to anecdotes about George W. Childs financing young artists and clergymen, John W. Bailey’s editorials on typesetters, a London misreading of Peace and Concord, child upbringing insights, and an note on the incubation of mosquito eggs in warm weather.
A promotional note describes a rail excursion to Cripple Creek via the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad with reduced fares. Trains connect with the Weaver and Rio Grande lines at Canon City and Flor e L R Ford is listed as vice president and traffic manager.
Round trip fares to New York City and Atlantic City set at 18 dollars via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Departures on July 17 and 71st, August 7 and 14 with a twelve day return limit. Tickets valid by boat Cleveland to Buffalo and Albany to New York. Stopovers include Niagara Falls and Chautauqua. Details at City Ticket Office 189 Clark St or with C F Daly Chicago.
The article gives home ironing directions for summer shirt waists. Use Defiance starch for even stiffness, smooth with a damp cloth, and roll in a damp cloth two to three hours. Iron in order from back to bottom, lift plaits with a blunt knife, follow stitching lines, air before folding.
Public automobiles in Berlin operate under the droschke tariff based on horsepower, about 75 cents per hour. The same rate applies to drosch kies, reflecting the shift to motorized transport in the city.
An advertisement extols Defiance starch as a household staple claiming it costs 10 cents for four boxes, surpassing rival cold water starches. It lightly critiques blue laws as measures that hinder personal freedoms like painting the town red.
Rev. M. Johnson of the Austin Presbyterian Church promotes a world Christian unity flag movement after McKinley’s death. He envisions a 500 million member emblem, with badges made in seventeen countries and Sunday schools teaching citizenship as elf ship Sunday.
Notre Dame era St. Mary's Academy described as offering a curriculum on par with Vassar and Bryn Mawr. The piece extols devotion of teachers, facilities, and spiritual development aimed at forming able, intelligent women, noting emphasis on Christian education and disciplined training. It ends with a stray ad line about starching and household items.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Peruna as a universal cure for chronic catarrh affecting any organ. It cites cases of dyspepsia bronchitis Bright's disease liver complaints and consumption as misdiagnosed catarrh. Hon. Joseph B Crowley endorses the tonic and requests a free catarrh book and medical advice from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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