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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
3
A city editor recalls a polite youth asking for safer Fourth of July practices. The boy cites a family member terrified of pyrotechnics and wearing a medicated mask last year due to whiskers catching fire, urging attention to a careful display.
The narrator notes a solitary woman knitting on a rock at North Berwick. He and his companion discuss her, labeling her an auld maid, but another interjects that she is not, claiming her man is a gowfer. The exchange hints at a rumor about the woman's partner and her loneliness.
Mr E R Langendorfer of St Aubert Mo reports a severe kidney trouble that baffled local physicians. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he was cured and remained symptom free, claiming all doctors failed him before the remedy succeeded.
The wife of Wu Ting-fang will be deeply missed in Washington as she stood out among Oriental residents for her memorable impression on society, unlike other eastern ladies who lived there.
The notice promotes summer travel on the Milwaukee Road through Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with Okoboji as a nearby resort. It highlights camping boating fishing and cool weather with lower round trip rates this season. Full information available from F A Nash Western Agent C M & St P Ry Omaha.
A sharp quotation argues that the world has fewer men of plain truth than men of falsehood. It contrasts straightforward honesty with deliberate misinformation, framing deceit as more common than sincerity in human conduct.
Some grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch because they already hold 12 oz brands in hand that cannot be sold to customers who previously bought the 16 oz Defiance Starch for the same price.
A humorous line suggests an Irishman who always closes his eyes when staring at a woman's faults. The quip relies on playful self irony and cultural stereotype for comic effect.
An advertisement claims permanent cure for fits and nervousness after one day of use. It promotes a free 82.00 trial batch and treatise from Kuinyg Ltd, 981 Arch 86, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The copy ends with a blunt moral remark.
The Wabash advertised excursions to New York Atlantic City and Montreal for July 31 August 7 and 14 have been abandoned. Fortunate is the girl who loses her temper and never finds it again.
The ad asserts Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in quantity or quality and contrasts it with other brands offering 12 oz. The fragment notes a social observation about a girl’s first kiss, reflecting dated editorial style.
An advertisement from N Ww. Bamurl in Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 promotes Biso's Cure for consumptions as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. It claims to provide remedies from a trusted local source and emphasizes the benefit of a reliable cure.
A fragment quotes a question about personal ideals. The terse line suggests discussion of who suits each person’s ideal, indicating a conversational or literary aside rather than a full report. No concrete names or events are readable in the fragment.
A roundup of quirky Kansas items reports bumper weed crops in Smith County, a long on politics but short on school in Morris, a Gypsum nine baseball team and revived old spelling schools in Decatur. From Pawnee cornstone to Neosho Falls rain bow trout, recaps of local oddities include Harvest forecasts, grange picnics, and a Topeka debate over Santa Fe offices.
John D Hicks of New York extols saving as a positive virtue and explains how The Bowery Savings Bank, largest in the world, channels small deposits into widespread community benefits. He notes 140,000 depositors and over a billion dollars in New York savings deposits, with children taught thrift through parental deposits in their names.
The London Times then and now is praised for its vast printing power. The Times reportedly produced 170 copies a minute and 10 200 an hour with a daily circulation around 32 000 and ad revenue near 550 per page. The operation employs 300 daily on site and pays 475 000 yearly in paper stamps and ads. The Time’s earliest issue was January 1 1788.
The text proposes establishing a nine member court of justice run by and for women. It would handle cases where learned men know little, such as disputes between dressmakers and clients. It aims to relieve male judges from certain dressmaking suit decisions and reduce reliance on expert testimony.
Hon W F Aldrich from Washington endorses Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus OK as a safe vegetable tonic. He reports it built up a depleted system and recommends it to those in need of debility recovery. Omaha Neb official H M Emory also praises Peruna as a tonic in a testimonial from 213 North Sixteenth Street.
The advertisement touts Peruna as an effective tonic for stomach catarrh nervous debility and general weakness. It cites testimonials from prominent members of various orders and promises a free booklet on catarrhal summer diseases from the Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
A 1902 notice highlights Brownell Hall in Omaha with a staff including graduates from Vassar Radcliffe and Chicago. The school offers music art modern languages taught by women in European capitals, general education prep for college, and emphasizes character and social responsibility along with outdoor sports and a sunny gym. Contacts Miss Macrae, Principal, for a catalogue.
A New York Tribune anecdote recalls Dr. Bilis a famed Boston Unitarian minister known for a white Panama hat. A Boston colleague jokes the hat stayed bright because it was “Calvinized,” dipped in brimstone, provoking puzzled reactions about orthodoxy and fashion.
A Detroit hotel guest, cold and short on bed clothing, kept pressing the bell for a quilt. A bellboy delivered pitcher after pitcher of ice water, joking that the quilt would not arrive until finally the guest demanded warmth and received a quilt. The humorous scene ends with the guest smugly noting envy arises from ignorance.
A Yale medical school dean cites a student who guessed a dose for a hypothetical patient. The student initially answered a tea spoonful, then revised his response. The dean dryly notes the patient has been dead for forty seconds.
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