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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
6
Atchison Kansas reader cites Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription aiding pregnancy and middle life. The tonic described as temperance herbal remedy uses no alcohol and lists ingredients on the wrapper. A trial tablet is offered by Dr Pierce at Invalides' Hotel Buffalo for ten cents.
Mrs A Gehriger of Kansas City Kansas endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weakness, nervous exhaustion, and general health. She says it built her up and relieved symptoms, and she has recommended it to others who benefited. She notes years of nursing and claims it has saved many women’s lives.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as preventing tiny rust spots caused by inferior bluing. It urges readers to try the product and see the result. The copy also notes stubborn opponents who refuse to agree may never be swayed.
A Chicago statistician estimates all mined and existing diamonds would form a wagonload sized pile weighing about 10 percent tons with 46 355 474 carats valued around 13.9 billion dollars. The article muses on packing diamonds in ordinary spaces while mixing in unrelated phrases about farm stables and a quiet wedding notice.
William A. Radford outlines plans for a weather tight modern dairy barn with concrete floors, gutters, an overhead carrier system, ample windows, and silos. He argues such designs cut labor costs, improve cow comfort, and boost milk yields while reducing disease through better sanitation and sunlit stalls.
A captain asks how a dirigible can know its altitude. Barometers measure sea level pressure at departure and can be wrong as the airship travels at high speed. A captain once believed he was 300 feet up but was nearly skimming the water.
A buff colored land bird nicknamed Buffy recounts his Atlantic voyage tale aboard a ship. He explains his flight from his own cage, the storm that stranded him, and how a sailor and a canary onboard speculate how he survived. Buffy asserts he now favors safe home life over further ocean flights.
A clipped exchange shows an employer noting conditions and a boy asking if he was paid enough. The fragment hints at unequal pay and casual bargaining between a supervisor and a worker in a past moment.
A terse humor line contrasts desire to invest in a talking machine with a punchy reply about marriage. The dialogue hints at social satire of technology and domestic life in a humorous tone.
An old advertisement urges customers to request Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, noting the Bayer Cross on each tablet and package to guard against imitations. It claims 48 physician prescribed years of use with instructions for cold and pain relief and mentions affordable 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
The suitor boasts he overlooks poverty for love and proposes to the heiress. She doubts his sincerity due to past greed by men and asks if money motivates him. He declares he wants to marry her not for wealth but to avoid letting her remain with an old husband.
An exchange cited by the Louisville Courier-Journal features a man inviting a night at his house for a stag party and asking for a written document. The wife is meant to see the paper, highlighting clever social quips about trust and legal plausibility in the light of changing fortunes.
A communist declares his belief that people should live without work and says he must set an example by not going to work, arguing it would be improper.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as gentle effective relief from liver and bowel poisons causing dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach. It claims the laxative works while you sleep and contrasts favorably with harsher products. The excerpt also notes a film scene where two women react to navy news and shipboard duties with humor.
Ruth refer to the gleaner becomes Sunday school topic as Ira Andrews the Terre Haute city clerk leads a class discussion. A student names Ruth in reply and the teacher notes a misheard answer about scores. Aluminum metal was first discovered in 1827. An American imperialist Old King Coal.
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