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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
7
A Washington woman wife of a stock dealer recalls suffering fifteen years from back and groin pain. After using five boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills and a three day booster, she regained health. Free trials offered by Foster Milburn Co.. 50 cents per box.
A sharp witted line argues that someone who always seeks a handshake reveals strong evidence of your gullibility and social snobbery, turning a courteous gesture into a blunt social test.
An assortment of early 20th century ads promotes laxatives and cold cures such as Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money back guarantees, Allen’s Foot-Ease for sore feet, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, Defiance starch promising extra quantity, and miscellaneous quips about temper and market moves. The fragmentary text combines brand names, sample offers, and odd aphorisms.
Ithaca residents and Cornell University students gain an abundant future water supply as turbines start moving water to the Fulton plant. The Ithaca Water Company received a 150000 loan from Cornell six months ago for the purification plant and workers have labored nonstop. Dr. George Soper of the state health department calls the plant a perfect piece of work.
Stanley argues for entering an unmapped country in Africa despite friends' warnings. He states he will rely on a fashion pattern diagram to guide the journey, and his companions concede that any route might exist, leaving little objection to offer.
Oxidized legal oath from Frank J Cheney claims Hall's Catarrh Cure will pay $100 per uncured case. Includes testimonials, assorted product pitches for Defiance Starch and Mother Gray powders, cigars, umbrellas, facings, and dyes. Miscellaneous quips and ad copy fill the page.
Readable text shows an assortment of stray advertisements and quotations. It mentions Red Cross Ball Blue, a cheap household ad, a candidate remark about money and brains, Piso's Cure for Consumption with a cursory claim, a Trinity Springs Indiana date, and a note about an office seeking a mare.
A Lexington resident receives a letter from Washington with a five dollar money order. The writer claims that about thirty years ago he killed two or three geese on Ferris’s neighbor’s farm and has since dreamed of geese circling him. He fears a guilty conscience and hopes the money will lift his nightmare.
Belle and Nell discuss Nell’s fear as attention turns to the danger of death revealing her coffin plate with her exact age. The dialogue centers on life, mortality, and a coffin inscription.
An elderly observer notes the decline of the old horse driving commands Gee whoa haw. He recalls country life and contrasts it with modern practice where drivers use phrases like Hi there and Get along. He wonders why owners abandoned traditional horse talk.
A compact ad style snippet features an 5 cent Red Cross Ball Blue offer a Defiance Starch line and a quip about jail birds. It closes with a tongue in cheek line about the average woman preferring politeness over being called touchy.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offer Home Visitors Excursions starting September 1. Tickets go on sale September 1 8 15 and October 6 for return trips within thirty days. Destinations include Indiana Western Ohio and Louisville Kentucky.
Marjorie admits she is in love with Madge after a seaside moment on the sand. They sit together as the tide comes in and leaves them soaked, sealing the confession.
Miss Muriel Armitage a district organizer for the Royal Templars of Temperance writes of her five year struggle with uterine irregularities and hysteria. After six months and fifteen bottles she claims to be cured and credits Peruna with restoring health and curing catarrh of the pelvic organs.
Greatly reduced fares via the Wabash Railroad for visitors excursions to Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with Oct and Sept sale dates. Homeseekers trips to many south and southeast points one way and round trip on the first and third Tuesdays monthly. Rates and folders at 1601 Farnam St Omaha Neb. Harry E Moores Gen Agt Pass Dept.
An advertising pitch asserts pelvic catarrh underlies female weakness and nervous exhaustion. It claims catarrh progresses to affect the whole body and that Peruna offers a permanent cure, promising free advice from Dr. Hartman if results are unsatisfactory.
A witty observation on how the world tests a gullible man. The speaker notes a man’s gaze can consume a woman without violence, comparing desire to a predator’s hunger and warning of social traps in flirtations.
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