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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1929
Page
3
A familiar Castoria advertisement touts its virtues for infant colic constipation and diarrhea. It claims five million homes keep Castoria, offers a safe vegetable remedy for babies, and urges mothers to rely on it for night-time fussiness and emergencies.
The article recalls Dr Caldwell's 1892 prescription Syrup Pepsin, a liquid vegetable laxative for women children and the elderly. It highlights its mild safe bowel stimulant properties and broad use for headaches biliousness flatulence indigestion loss of appetite and sleep, noting its then rising popularity and availability through druggists or mail order from Monticello Illinois.
A terse line notes that lacking sport in small bets can drive a man to gamble more or seek risk. It implies gambling appeals when chances of big wins fade and risk appetite rises.
A brief notice notes support offers from Dr Pierce's aid group, detailing available care and contact points for those seeking medical help or guidance. The item emphasizes community assistance and accessible services provided by the organization.
A rider on a pinto recalls the Three Bar brand and the clash of old cowman Warren and Bill Harris as squatters press west. Cal Warren seeks work at the Three Bar as Calico and Miss Warren test a loner seeking a new partnership in the evolving cattle country.
Sir John Foster Fraser recalls a lecturer who described a tour titled Sovereign Woman, a talk on 38 women in 38 countries. The chairman’s misquote and the Surrey audience’s reaction turned into a humorous misunderstanding about the lecturer’s experiences.
A caller requests a list of chores for the morning including double-digging the kitchen garden, cutting down a tree for firewood, cleaning two sheds, servicing the mowing machine, washing and combing a pet, and other tasks. The response suggests the man will enter the house and join with the advocate in a verbal exchange.
Clyde M Reed of Parsons is sworn in as Kansas twenty fourth governor amid record crowds in Topeka. The day features a morning executive council, a parade, noon inauguration at the auditorium, and an evening legislative reception. Paulen stresses roads schools and flood protection and urges a uniform motor code and tax law revisions. The 1929 legislature begins its forty third regular session with swift organization of the senate and house officers.
Mrs. H. M. Smith of Topeka Kansas extols California Fig Syrup as a health aid for her five year old son weighing fifty seven pounds. The ad touts the syrup as a quick remedy for colds fevers and digestive issues and notes over four million bottles sold annually. It claims physicians endorse the product for fifty years and urges readers to look for the California label.
Wichita's oil boom near Valley Center enriches the Wichita Children's Home by over $30,000 as the 80 acre farm north of Valley Center is leased to Tulsa based Tidal Oil Company for 30400 dollars. The tract lies within two miles of the Goodrich gusher.
Nicholas Mark age 81 longtime Wichita resident who enjoyed buffalo hunting in early Kansas days dies. He is survived by nine children including Mrs Juanita Evans of Kansas City. In another note a 3 year old Edna Laverne Stinnett of Wichita had a coin removed from her esophagus with a scope after pneumonia. she was in critical condition but expected to recover.
Topeka Ralph Snyder longtime president of the Kansas state farm bureau was endorsed as the successor to Charles Curtis in the senate by the state farm bureau at its annual business session.
Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water daily and take salts as directed by a noted authority. The ad claims rich foods form acids that paralyze kidneys, causing dull kidney pain, backache, dizziness, headaches, sour stomach, coated tongue, rheumatic twinges, and cloudy urine. It promotes four ounces of rad Salts to be mixed in water before breakfast for several days to cleanse kidneys and neutralize acids.
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