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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1906
Page
7
Poem urging inner courage amid struggle with lines about fighting fear and awaiting spring. Attributed to William Francis Barnard in To-Morrow. The speaker calls the heart to persevere through night and sea storms toward harvest and harbor, promising triumph and a victor’s song.
In New York and on the western frontier, Uncle Peter Bines guides his nephew toward a new path after a failed bid for a titled marriage. The youth faces loss, but Uncle Peter and Shepler see potential in a western career and a nation built on talent and hard work.
In a morning scene Uncle Peter and Percival discuss the family crisis after their fortune loss. Mrs. Bines laments the ruined plans to donate money to crippled children and floating hospitals, while the others mobilize to cope with poverty and undercut cynicism with resolve. Psyche notes a local paper reveal about George not becoming Lord Casselthorpe.
A clipped quote about tonsillitis as a dreadful malady and its impact on a singer, attributed to a Washington Star line, reflecting a critical remark on selfishness in public performance.
A United States senator from South Carolina lauds Peruna as a remedy for dyspepsia, claiming catarrh of the stomach causes indigestion and that Peruna relieves this stomach condition. The item promotes the patent medicine with strong assertions.
In a Washington letter ex U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina recommends Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He states he has used the medicine for a short period and feels relieved, calling it a wonderful medicine and a good tonic.
The ad claims stomach catarrh is dyspepsia and that only an interval remedy can cure it. Peruna is advertised as meeting the indications and eradicating the catarrh.
A note identifies Capt Sally L Tompkins as the lone woman commissioned by President Davis and serving as captain of cavalry among inmates at the Home for Needy Confederate Women in Richmond Virginia.
Mrs Powell of Bath England refused to part with a monkey after being bitten twice. A third bite led to blood poisoning and heart failure, resulting in her death.
Caution against using ointments containing mercury for catarrh as they damage smell and the body. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at five cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Amusing anecdote of novelist Mrs Craigie told at an Author's club in New York. She learns her name was misordered on the programme and the chairman introduces nonparticipants before her. She finally speaks then quietly ends with good night, revealing her London address.
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