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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
8
A Philadelphia Ledger dialogue ponders Boston identity through two speakers Hicks and Wicks. They debate whether she is from Boston and whether she would know the word either, highlighting regional speech and bias in a brief quoted exchange.
A compact ad page fragment promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired feet with trial package offer and address in Le Roy New York. It also lists various whimsical lines and product pitches including Red Cross Ball Blue and Garfield Tea.
Tired nervous and sleepless people are told their nerves lack nourishing blood. The ad promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood nourishing tonic, claims no alcohol, and cites endorsements by medical authorities. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and free medical adviser offer with stamps.
The Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigar remains popular due to ripe well cured tobacco and a rich mellow taste. The factory uses fancy graded tobacco from top crops and maintains a consistent high standard. It is one of the largest holders of fancy graded tobacco in the United States and sells at the right price.
An Army planning outlook predicts a rapid mobilization drill at Fort Riley with 8000 to 10000 regular troops over three summer months. Units from the midwest, even Fort Snelling Minnesota, are slated to participate and march all or part of the way. Some western National Guard groups are expected to join the exercise.
In Scranton Pennsylvania reports indicate no strike among anthracite miners as operators agree to reinstate workers and restore old positions for those who obeyed John Mitchell’s suspension order. A sub-scale committee will travel to New York for talks with operators to ensure no discrimination and a fixed term for the agreement.
San Francisco coroner Walsh lowers the tally to 319 fire and earthquake victims with 134 identified and 185 unidentified. Sightseers fill burned districts as trains and ferries arrive packed and cameras flourish. Mark Twain postpones his Dublin summer trip due to bronchitis.
Washington senators foresee the week ending debate on the railroad rate bill. Republican factions show some opposition to the judicial review provision, but leaders and the president support it, making passage likely as a party measure with broad Republican backing.
United States District Attorney W C Bristol publicly named 21 individuals among the final government land fraud indictments returned by the federal grand jury. The panel concluded its hearings and was discharged as of Sunday.
A Piermont mother recalls her 22 year old son who as a baby suffered severe facial eczema. Despite doctors from near and far, no relief arrived until she tried Cuticura remedies. Within two months the condition improved, and by six months he was well. October 24, 1505.
A traveler asked what to call the young men returning after Easter. The station agent replied that they don’t have a real name and jokingly labeled them returned empties, noting the crowd made a lot of noise at the junction.
Mary Bagguley of Syracuse writes of her sister suffering from female trouble for 24 years. She credits Wine of Cardui with restoring health and calls it a Godsend. Cardui advertised as a safe reliable remedy available at druggists for $1.00.
A collection of comic and moral snippets includes a dinner scene aboard an Atlantic liner where a stout man is nicknamed lowaway, advice on whitening clothes with Red Cross Ball blue, a joke about silver linings, and a plastered note on Garfield Teg as a cure-all.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal use fixes blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for any unrepaired case. Proponents urge sending for testimonials and list of endorsements.
A collage of vintage ad phrases appears with casual humor and mock endorsements. The clipped notes reference Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Garfield Tea promising cures and free samples, reflecting era market satire and promotional language.
An Abilene Kansas resident J C Lightner recalls eight to ten years of back pain and kidney trouble from daily work. He reports marked improvement after using Dean's Kidney Pills and says the issue has not returned. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Kansas City. No. 19 1908.
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