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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1928
Page
3
William A. Porter, English professor, inherits Twin Hollows after his uncle Horace dies mysteriously. His wife Jane, a psychic, says Horace attended a class reunion a year after death and offers a snapshot as proof. Professor Cameron pursues psychical photography theory.
The University of Cologne in Germany awarded William B. Weiss of Wheeling, founder and former head of Sterling Products and Drug Incorporated, the Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa. It honors him as the first American to receive this distinction for advancing German American pharmaceutical industrial relations.
Path finder Magazine notes that under an 1824 act Congress granted General Lafayette $200 and a town of land in unappropriated U S lands. About 23 028 50 acres were set aside in West Florida near present Tallahassee, with a 1825 patent delivered in person by the land office commissioner. Lafayette never visited the land. French colonization attempts failed and heirs later sold the tract to many owners.
Three year old Jane charms the local grocer who gives her candy as a treat. When urged by her mother to utter a polite response she calmly says Charge it. The exchange highlights a playful etiquette moment in the neighborhood commerce.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Standard- Union describes Mexican husbands not carrying keys and waking households with bells and gates when arriving late. The piece notes wives do not wait up and husbands cause noise on arrival, waking neighbors as part of an ancient custom.
Fragmentary note suggests early banana terminology in historical texts. It mentions terms like apple paradise and Adams but lacks full context or dates. Further evidence needed to confirm usage and origins.
In New York society circles the editor dramatizes a naming coincidence as Miss Wombat, daughter of Mrs Willaby Wombat, becomes front page material for a feature on high society.
Public notice promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a fabric safe whitener for homes. It claims to make clothing white like snow without injuring fabric and urges purchases from grocers. The text also mentions a girl using her mother’s wedding gown to create four dresses.
Mrs. T A Milver of Denver Colorado reports benefit from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for sleepless nights during the Change of Life. She says she has taken several bottles and plans to continue, and she recommends it to friends after her mother also used the product with good results.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune gag line shows a young husband declaring fatherhood to the boss who retorts with sharp sarcasm. The text then references ravens feeding Elijah in a separate, cryptic note.
Advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Ol as a powerful antiseptic oil to shrink varicose veins within days and promises a money back guarantee. It claims regular nightly and morning applications restore normal size and can help eczema ulcers or piles, with easy availability at any pharmacy.
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