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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
3
Fragmented meditation links stars and nebulae to a grand plan guiding creation. It contrasts celestial motion with human appetite for wealth, suggesting cosmic forces shape both worlds and people, from awe at the heavens to the lure of the dollar across seas and lands.
Frank Newton of New Berlin Ul March 16 reports long back pains and weakness eased after using two pills three times daily. He notes rapid improvement in appetite and energy and declares he is a different man thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills. A joke line about women and skirts follows.
The M I and T Ry markets second class tickets to California through June 15 1903 withSt Louis 30 Kansas City 25. Tourist car through to San Francisco departs St. Louis on The Katy Flyer at 832 p m Tuesdays. Ask for details. Address Katy 303 Wainwright Bldg St Louis MO. A man is not a musician because he blows his own horn.
Oswego reports a mad dog scare amid a string of local oddities. The column lists small town happenings across Kansas including church donations, sinking funds, social theories, peculiar crimes, and armless Charles Payne’s exploits in Butte as reported by Chicago records.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue in a large 2 oz package. It contrasts laundering with the claim that a crook who uses an alias easily creates a new name for himself.
The piece argues Defiance Starch yields better, longer lasting results than rival brands and promises more value for the money. It also covers a Supreme Court schedule for the Chicago drainage canal case with Missouri and Illinois timelines, and a London Times correspondent’s inquiry into U S freight rates versus English conditions, noting terminal charges as decisive.
A Nashville merchant recounts being repeatedly rejected for life insurance due to irregular heart action believed linked to heavy coffee use. After switching to Postum cereal coffee, he maintained stable heart function and secured cheaper coverage, per Postum Co. claim.
The excerpt promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a quick relief for nervous prostration, blues, sleeplessness, and other female ailments. It cites a Eau Claire Wisconsin testimonial from May 28, 1903 praising the remedy for restoring health and recommending it to others. The text claims the compound soothes strengthens heals and tones the female system and serves as a remedy for bearing down, back ache, womb displacement, ovarian inflammation, and menopausal symptoms.
A letter from Eleanora Day of Day, Pennsylvania, praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nervous prostration, backache, headaches, painful menstruation, stomach pain after meals, and constipation. She reports feeling like a new woman and urges others to try the remedy. Dated March 25, 1901.
Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for confidential advice. Letters are read only by women and no fee is charged for guidance drawn from her extensive experience with such troubles.
Mrs Bertha B Dereurns of San Francisco reports relief from nervous prostration, sleepless nights, indigestion and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endorses the remedy and urges others to try it. A $500 forfeit clause accompanies the testimonial letters to prove authenticity.
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