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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
7
A humorous dialogue trade shows Foote Lighte recalling a role as large as a roll of carpet while Miss Sue Brette asks about the last piece implying stage money. The snippet reflects theatrical banter in a Yonkers Statesman snippet.
In a brief exchange from Catholic Standard and Times readers note Jingley’s fondness for walking while the others joke he has just bought a cheap motor car. The remark plays on public interest in modern mobility and local character.
A couple quarrels over a streetcar encounter and a wretch’s boast about taking two men’s places. The exchange, attributed to the Chicago News, hints at social roles and impersonation without full context.
A lawyer questions a witness about being in a saloon during an assault cited in a complaint. The witness confirms presence and awareness of others’ actions, but cannot name the bartender. The fragment hints at a legal proceeding and witness uncertainty.
In a restrained exchange the pair bids farewell as a parlor clock marks the late hour. The dialogue carries a note of finality with repeated goodnights and an adieu, set against a quiet domestic moment.
An agent tries to sell a book to a farmer saying it teaches self lawyering. The farmer scoffs that learning how to rob oneself by grass makes no sense and dismisses the idea. The exchange is recorded in a Chicago News voice.
A light Chicago News item recalls a quip about a young man who boiled his overcoat to kill germs, after joking with a kindly landlady about spring cleaning and germ prevention. The tale explains his sudden boarding house departure remains a punchline.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item reports an Indiana man linked to a bank sought sketches from nationwide artists. He then tricked the Ohio artist by claiming to collect ten dollar bills and requested one from Indiana under the pretense of framing it.
Mrs Lizzie BE Sledge of Selma Alabama describes severe facial and body eruptions four years earlier. After two physicians failed, she used Cuticura Remedies for six months and the rash completely disappeared with no symptoms for three years.
Upton Sinclair, addressing Chicago Socialists, critiques charity as futile when rich oppress the poor yet give little. A quip about a young lady angler prompts a dissatisfying sigh and a joke about easing a fish’s cut mouth with balm, reflecting satirical sympathy for poor creatures.
Washington reports the share of U S manufactured goods sent abroad increased from 6.4 percent in 1850 to 9.1 percent in 1905. Finished products rise in exports while crude items decline, reflecting a shift to finishing work by American labor before sale overseas.
J. J. Malloy of Cresson reports repeated arrests for drunkenness in two days. He describes prison beds of iron and rats as big as cats, claiming the animals stole his sandwich. After fines and delayed hearings, he pledges to stay sober though he fears passing saloons at the depot area.
In Malden district court Judge Charles M Bruce faced a strange case over a valuable gamecock captured at Charles M Walkers North Reading farm on May 5. Patricks Donovan lost the rooster after being offered payment to carry it away. Donovan was fined 25 dollars for resisting the capture, while Walker was fined 100 dollars as a party to the affair and appealed. The court could not determine ownership, and the judge euthanized the bird.
Wm H Walter of Chatsworth Illinois describes years of kidney disease and rheumatic pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid relief and recovery weight, noting prior weight loss and renewed health after use. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Feister Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Topeka reports from 25 druggists show 2123 sworn affidavits claiming stomach trouble indigestion kidney disease colds or rheumatism before liquor purchases. Sales exceed prior records by half and one store notes nearly 100 liquor sales daily requiring extra staff.
A collage of lines from gossip chatter and prosaic quotes promotes Defiance Starch as a safe fabric stiffener for fine textiles. The ad touts no injurious chemicals, strong finish with less product, and claims it will not stick to irons while including literary asides on life and character.
In a humorous exchange at a restaurant a wife scolds her husband for drinking more wine then he concedes and asks the waiter to bring whisky. The translated caption from Fliegende Blatter captures the light dialogue and comic irony.
A vintage health advert extols the duties of homemaking women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for female weakness. Letters from readers in Jeannette Pa La Farge Wis and Lynn Mass are cited praising relief and recovery.
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