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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
3
An old advertisement claims St Jacobs Oil has for fifty years guaranteed to cure lameness rheumatism lumbago stiff joints burns scalds chilblains and all aches. It lists prices 25 and 50 cents and notes it is sold wherever a druggist is found in Baltimore Maryland.
A collage of early 20th century ads tout Defiance Starch as superior, Red Cross Blue for laundry, and Dr. Kline’s nerve remedies. Cure claims span fits cures and respiratory products, with testimonials and platform quips about optimists and poverty.
A garbled OCR fragment depicts scattered phrases about a driver, a car, a clergyman and salary issues. The text contains stray punctuation and incomplete thoughts, making a coherent report impossible. It suggests miscellaneous observations rather than a single event.
At age forty nine, office worker and amateur US three mile run champion twenty six years ago Mr. Duffy swims thirteen miles in a little more than four hours in a tideway. His long athletic career and temperate living illustrate how strength persists into middle age despite rivals fading.
A collage of brief Kansas items describes odd events and local color from Wa-Keeney to Ly on county. Mentions include a 25 dollar reward for poisoning a dog, camp meetings on Swede creek, church bells at a Presbyterian church, a cloudburst in Alma, and October 1 baby-missing drills in Gray county. Also notes bees in Highland hens, wild game mentions, and quirky incidents from Dodge City, Newton, and Topeka.
The author notes trees' enduring presence and beauty as they witness all local changes. Like people, they age through stages, growing toward an eventual end, acting as living monuments that mirror human life and mortality.
W H Brown of Lenox Missouri recounts long lasting backache that left him bedridden at times. A friend recommended Dodds Kidney Pills and after two boxes the pain disappeared and he felt well again. He credits the remedy and his friend for the improvement.
A Montreal and Toronto newspaper advertisement by a Canadian firm promotes a patented nursing bottle with usage directions. The copy ends with troubling instructions about cooling the bottle under a tap and boiling milk if the baby does not thrive, alarming readers and prompting scrutiny.
Advert copy touts Defiance Starch as offering one third more value for the same price plus higher quality. Phonographs are mocked for talking without brains and the text likens this to fashionably called dudes. A medical promo recommends Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry to prevent infant illnesses and stomach issues. The final line links time value to government contract work.
A collage of consumer pitches and notices. Prominent items include Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder at 5 cents for a 2 oz package. Also mentions seedsman Henry A. Salzer from La Crosse, Wisconsin traveling to Europe, and ads for laxatives Burdock Bitters Defiance starch Winslow's soothing syrup and general tips on digestion and time management.
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