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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
6
Mrs G Schoonfield of Muskegon Michigan says six years of back pain left her nearly unable to walk. After using E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and can do all her work. She recommends the medicine to everyone she meets.
An advocate urges women to guard their health and notes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for feminine ailments. Readers are invited to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts, with letters answered by a woman.
Willis Bump asserts colonial lineage and ancestral acts against witches. Judge notes Gillis as a descendant who dodges collectors in the matter.
A kitchen section features multiple cake recipes including Prince of Wales Cake, Sham Tarties, Coffee Cake and Blackberry Cake with detailed ingredients and steps. Additional notes cover Rabbit in Jelly preparation and a social remark on women’s conservative roles and domestic duties.
A vintage menu block lists Frozen Cheese Salad with cream and olives, Date Cake and Date Strips, Love Knots and Cake Tarts, and a Chili Tripe dish. It includes Chocolate Egg Nog, Cornmeal Muffins, Date Bars, Strawberry Whip, Peas in Ramekins, and Meat Dumplings with instructions. It ends with a reflection: knowledge is worthless without application.
A vintage kitchen column presents recipes for Corned Beef Hash with a crust, Corn Flake Drops using egg yolks and coconut, Blitz Kitchen cake with orange cream, and a Pastry Cream filling. It also describes a chicken pie method using leftover fowl, gravy, biscuit topping, and a hot bake to brown the biscuits.
A quick exchange unfolds with Jess and Bess debating a suitor. Jess recalls a sweet remark about the listener, imagining her as charming in girls’ days, highlighting lingering affection and playful gossip.
The Bayer name on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin promises genuine aspirin. It is described as safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for head and toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. The ad notes Bayer packaging with directions and small 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
The article describes a custom where a Chinese woman crosses a muddy road using a stepping stone held by a boy. The boy, given a small coin or item as payment, drops to his hands and knees in the mud to create a path for her steps.
For years druggists have watched the remarkable record of Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician's prescription and strengthening medicine. It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment now. If you wish to test first send ten cents for a sample bottle. Mention this paper.
An advertisement urges readers to monitor their blood supply for sluggishness and offers Swift’s Vegetable Blood Medicine as a revitalizer. It claims the product purifies blood and strengthens the system, with free medical advice available by writing to the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Experiments prove transatlantic mail can be delivered to steaming ships at sea by air. A flying boat drops a grappling line to secure a water proof mail bag aboard the vessel. The plane then circles orbits while the mail bag is pulled from the water and hoisted aboard as the ship sails on.
In a courtroom scene the eminent counsel cautions jurors to respect women. A stern woman, identified as the defendant's mother-in-law, interrupts, accusing someone of calling her a meddlesome old cat. The moment ends with tension in the gallery.
A brief exchange features a young bride and her mother as they joke about the duration of the honeymoon. The mother quips that its length ends when the wife asks for money and paroles a pun about the term cave man.
The eldest master of every ten households records their families and sends the list to the imperial tax house as part of annual population counting in China.
An old advertisement urges use of Cuticura Ointment Soap and hot water to remove pimples and blackheads in five minutes. It recommends daily toilet use and adds Cuticura Talcum for complete care.
Anecdotes recount the French poet Beranger who died in 1857 and lived to give away all he had. His generosity drew many ingrates as visitors to his stairway while Lisette explained the poet would write another song rather than rebuke them.
A witty exchange sets a clash between marriage talk and a club life. Pan notes the speaker laments matrimony as the force that brings him to and keeps him at the club while another character jokes the club pushes him toward wedlock.
A wry remark notes that many men delay marriage until a widow steps in to push them toward matrimony, suggesting spousal influence as a decisive factor in wedlock decisions.
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