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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
3
A Philadelphia Inquirer note gives home ironing steps for shirt waists infrequent users. Use Defiance starch for even stiffness, keep iron clean and hot, damp cloth for wrinkles, iron from top to bottom, and air well before storage.
A fragmented old advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for uncured cases. It includes endorsements from Toledo firms FP Cheney Co West & Truax Walding Minnan Marvin and notes internal use claims. Also promotes Defiance Starch 16 ounces for 10 cents with encouragement to save money.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and pain relief in children. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation allay pain and cure wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle.
A fragment touts a starch claiming superiority via an ane øvr process called Defiance. It promises unique quality with higher starch content for a low price, noting a ten cent cost and a claimed one third more for customers.
A brief grocery advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry soap for five cents a package. A humorous aside asks about marriage in heaven and references another place.
A consumer letter from Elizabeth Carne of Fond du Lac Wisconsin extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her eight month struggle with suppressed menstruation and general debility. The notice offers $5000 for authenticity and invites young women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
James F. Legate, a veteran legislator and lobbyist with nearly fifty years in Kansas, died at his Leavenworth home after a stroke. He was 72, and for thirty-five years shaped state affairs as a member of the Kansas legislature, recalling the border era figures like Jim O Lane and Governor Robinson. The item references various regional notes from Kansas towns and events surrounding public life.
The Omaha Auditorium Company opens a stock contest in July offering shares at 25 cents each with two prize guesses per share. A $5,000 capital prize plus 1,606 other prizes will be awarded after the November election, with seven monthly cash prizes as the sale continues.
Great Northern Railway offers harvest excursion tickets from Minnesota and Chicago areas to points in Minnesota Dakota and nearby regions from July 26 to August 20 at 5 or more travelers. Rates vary by origin with $8 from Sioux City and Yankton $7.50 from Sioux Falls. Tickets available at agents or from Whitney G P A St Paul and Max Bass G I A Chicago.
A Massachusetts couple falls in love despite the girl's mother and a broomstick wielding guardian. The suitor escapes a scene at the door then returns to win consent, and the pair marry, in a tale of romance overcoming a quirky obstacle and the mother’s intervention.
Mr Wahlberg of 222 South Peoria St Chicago suffered an extended illness from liver and kidney troubles. After doctors gave up, his brother tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and he soon recovered to full health. Also notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease feverishness teething disorders and worms with over 30,000 testimonials. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Unclear fragment mentions Grover and Defiance Starch with 12 oz packages and comparison to other cold water starches. Note appears to be an OCR garble about stock, sales, and pricing with uncertain details.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue at five cents for use by households and Défiance Starch at ten cents for an 16 ounce package, promising big value and money back if not satisfied.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for women to fit tight or new shoes. It claims relief for swollen hot sweaty and aching feet. ingrown nails corns and bunions. Druggists and shoe stores sell it 25 cents with free trial by mail from LeRoy New York.
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