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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
6
Kansas City readers hear a testimonial from Mrs. Bell Gammon who was pale and weak at womanhood. After taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription suggested by a druggist her health improved quickly and she recovered her vigor without alcohol in liquid or tablet form.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Wirt’s Golden Wheat Food as a miracle cure for thin children and a path to family health. It claims the product improves wellbeing daily and offers a free health recipes book mailed from 298 Wells St Chicago with no obligation.
A drug store clerk informs a hurried customer he must wait an hour for a prescription because the only person who can fill it is on lunch break. The anecdote reflects busy shop life and comic exchanges from a period newspaper page.
Samson and Harry travel from the wilderness to Chicago where they join a land boom. They meet Jack Kelso and Bim, attend Mrs Kinzie's party with Col. Zachary Taylor, and witness Lionel Davis selling land. A panic hits as the bubble bursts, forcing hard choices and rapid losses.
An 1819 notice shows a stage line between Brooklyn Newtown and Flushing claiming faster transit with a reinforced team. The driver advertises 12 miles in about 90 minutes and urges fans to buy seats at Nichol stores in New York or Brooklyn, or Lowre’s in Flushing. Fare from Brooklyn to Newtown is 37 1/4 cents and to Flushing 50 cents.
A fragment recounts tensions in an unnamed orchestra with jibes about a clarinetist. Officials blame the musician’s poor tone and sour notes while jokes about the lead ingénue circulate, noting distractions during onstage kisses and forgotten music.
The court heard Mrs. Youngbride describe being struck with a sponge cake mere days after marriage. Judge cites orderly conduct. The charge of assault with a deadly weapon leads to one year in prison and costs.
An executive order from President Hsu Shu Chang expands China road construction. Main trunk routes from Peking to provincial capitals will be fifty five feet wide, while provincial capitals to district seats will be at least thirty three feet wide as part of the good roads program.
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years. The Bayer name is stamped on each tablet and on each package to guard against imitations.
Little Helen shows no preference for a brother or sister and blurts out she hopes the baby is not a cousin. Her mother had prepared her for the stork’s visit as Life notes the moment.
A Western quip features Yona drawling Two-Gun Steve of Tombstone Arizona about cousin Pete dying from overattention. A listener jokes it’s a common consequence in such digs with horse theft rumors, underscoring the greenhorn talk.
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