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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
4
D M Carr argues that home patronage strengthens towns and reduces trust power. He explains how mail order and capital concentration drain rural communities, lowers employment, and harms schools and churches, urging residents to support local businesses to boost real estate, wages, and local prosperity.
A rural purchaser learns costly lessons about bargains in kitchen ranges. He buys a range advertised as inexpensive, faces broken parts and misfits, and ends up paying more to a local dealer for a sturdier unit. The episode warns against buying without careful inspection.
The article touts the good roads movement as a major recent improvement with estimates that eight million farmers could save up to 100 dollars per year in wear and time, totaling hundreds of millions annually. It notes civic pride in road quality, and forecasts state legislatures expanding highway work over the next dozen years.
A Baltimore American account describes a young couple overheard on a bay trip. The moon and water influence their expressions of affection. The girl shivers and says she feels as if a goose walked over her grave, prompting the boy to quip he wishes to be that goose as the moon hides behind a cloud.
In a tense tale, Bobbs recalls spying on a manor as rings of intrigue unfold. Secret messages to Europe alarm London and New York correspondents while a staged haunting masks schemes. Florence Carney reappears as the bachelor narrator faces marriage and a lingering wager with MacArdel.
Margaret Emmerich of Clinton says a decade of kidney trouble and back pain finally ended with Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports improved eyesight, fewer dizzy spells, and renewed ability to do housework after suffering for ten years. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A historical note observes that French men often serve as household servants performing tasks like making beds sweeping cleaning rooms going to market cooking and sometimes washing, while in America such duties are typically considered women's work.
A Philadelphia doctor recalls prescribing an ounce of whisky three times daily to an Irish patient. The wife insists Pat has had only that amount, while a drugstore clerk’s tall tale claims an ounce equals 16 drams, prompting debate over what actually was consumed.
A writer quotes an architect lamenting that women demand more closet space, claiming it disrupts architectural plans and makes the designer a laughing stock. He argues plans should prioritize practical convenience over aesthetic perfection.
The will of Daniel Osiris, prominent Paris Jewish banker and philanthropist, bequeaths 13 million dollars. Five million is directed to the Pasteur Institute, with the remainder designated to other charitable uses and institutions.
An advertisement claims Grape-Nuts provides as much nourishment per pound as ten pounds of meat or other foods. It cites weight changes in users, asserts true health comes from balanced nutrition, and promotes the product as a “road to wellville” with a notable slogan.
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