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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
6
The late Bishop Stibbs of Oxford was a keen humorist who enjoyed shocking clergy. He joked about patience sermons and joked about managing his skirts as a bishop for twenty years. He also quipped about preferring an umbrella to a pastoral staff during a staff presentation.
Mrs. JA Wellett of Champion Michigan recounts crippling kidney pain and nightly awakenings. After five years of suffering she used Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports dramatic relief with better sleep and no back or limb pain.
In Essex England a flitch of bacon is awarded yearly to married couples who swear they have not lusted or desired other partners. The tradition began in 1444 and is paid to those proving their fidelity.
A fragment notes grocers avoid Da nce Starch due to stock on hand and a customer refusal to buy after using Defiance Starch. It also quotes N W Samuel of Ocean Grove MN praising Piso's Cure for Consumption and ends with a line about a man getting hot when roasted by others.
An assembled line of old time ads markets Putnam Faceless Dyes as brightest fastest and easiest to use sold by druggists 10c per package. It also promotes Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets price 25c and claims cures for rheumatism by Matt de Johnsons 6088. Additional lines tout defiance starch and cautions about armed men with taunting phrases.
Two Duluth explorers William Burnett and J OS Gaynor encountered a bull moose thirty five miles from Chicago bay in Cook county. With no gun they watched the beast fight twenty wolves for hours using forefeet hind feet and massive strength. The moose shed his antlers during the struggle and fled. wolves receded after the loss of their quarry. Source St. Louis Globe-Democrat recounts the improbable encounter.
A hydrographer reports a Dry Fork stream in northwestern Utah vanishing midcourse into a basin with 75 to 100 foot walls. The pool appears bottomless with water rotating. only a narrow rock outlet leaks a little water, while the surface below stays dry. Nearby springs, including a large hole, intermittently refill, suggesting underground flow in gravel beds that reemerge after heavy rain.
Capt Caleb Johnson, a Mississippi river pilot, endured four days and nights in a dark cave near Simms hollow on the riverbank. He wandered through winding gorges and jagged passages, exhausted and hungry, with no light. A farmer found him in a sinkhole four miles from the entrance on Thursday afternoon, leaving the mystery of the cave unsolved and feeding local superstition.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any case not cured and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best.
The line suggests prompt payment as a key sign of responsible behavior and civic-mindedness, emphasizing timely settling of obligations. It appears in a concise, opinionated fragment.
Grocers report they do not carry Defiance Starch, citing stock of other brands in 12 ounce packages. Defiance offers 16 ounces for the same money, prompting customers to choose the larger package. The note urges buyers to choose Defiance starch for the value and cooking needs.
A statement notes that property ownership or a marriage license investment signals a man’s landing status. The text implies social criteria, connecting land and marriage to formal acceptance.
An advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes early Russian millet as a hay substitute, claiming 5 to 8 tons of hay per acre with prices 50 lb for 1.90 and 100 lb for 8. Low freight rates offered.
A reflective note on thieves who operate with seeming impunity as time marches forward, suggesting the absence of immediate accountability. The remark underscores how some criminals escape usual consequences and linger in the shadows.
An ad touts Defiance Starch as unlike any other brand offering one third more for 10 cents, highlighting its purported superiority in cleaning and whitening.
A terse aphorism on marital harmony warns against moral judgment during the honeymoon, suggesting restraint in criticizing a partner during early marriage. The quip frames the bond as delicate and deserving of care and discretion.
No chromes or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one third more Defiance Starch for the same price as other starches. Lawyers occasionally make mis takes, but they seldom bring suits against one another.
The record lists nineteen parliaments here for the British empire. It notes seven in British North America and two in Australasia with additional parliaments in South Africa.
A brief news item notes Pope Leo bars confession by tele rate line. The report mentions church authority actions affecting confession practices and telecommunication context in the Vatican.
The text notes a woman’s limited reading time after marriage and children, suggesting luck if she can read at all beyond the doctor’s book.
An advertised claim says Ber day’s use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer ends fits and nervousness. Free $2.00 trial bottle offered with treatment notes. R H Eling Ltd advertises at 031 Arch St Philadelphia PA.
A Fond du Lac Wisconsin reader testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved eight months of menstrual distress and widespread pains. The letter praises the remedy, urges others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, and notes a forfeit if the testimonial is not genuine.
A man speaks of a long standing grievance against a fellow man after receiving a slight opportunity. The statement suggests lingering resentment and a personal conflict carried over time. The exchange hints at a personal feud shaping interactions between the two individuals.
An advertisement urges shoppers to keep yellowed garments white with Red Cross Ball Blue. Grocers offer a large 2 oz package for 5 cents. The text also notes a cynical maxim about society elevating a nobody to a somebody.
Advertising copy touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a quick remedy for headache and toothache claiming it saves doctor trips. The slogan contrasts rich and poor lines about lineage.
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