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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
7
In Scribner’s Magazine Aunt Anne enforces pantry overhauls while Carryline endures fatigue and isolation. The narrator, irked by interruptions, laments convalescence and spartan social duties as a clergyman visitor is turned away. The excerpt portrays strain within domestic life before the wider conflict.
A doctor at the New York College and Hospital for Women finds three or four girls on a bench awaiting treatment. They were gathered over a large piece of candy and trying to see who could tell the biggest lie. The doctor expresses disapproval, recalling his own honesty, and the smallest girl urges sharing the candy with him.
Rev C H Thompson long a missionary among Western Indians lived at 106 East 15th Street Washington Indiana. After severe exposure and illness from bad water during his territory preaching he was deemed hopeless by physicians but recovered completely after using Dodd s Kidney Pills. His remarkable cure has attracted medical attention.
An exchange notes a physician’s carelessness in a case involving Mrs Jenkins. A month’s country rest was prescribed though she could afford a Europe trip. The remark suggests she may not return to him. The Chicago Post is cited.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway advertises prime farm lands in Marinette County Wisconsin at low prices and favorable terms. It notes Wisconsin crops markets and healthful climate and urges buyers to invest now rather than rent with property eventual ownership. For details contact F A Miller, GM Passenger Agent.
Berlin’s sewerage system annually hauls 60 to 70 million tons of sewage over 20 000 acres beyond city limits. The drainage costs about 25 million dollars per year yet boosts fertility in the land and is deemed the most sanitary and scientific method for disposing of the city’s sewage.
The czar of Russia reportedly owns vast china from rulers back to Catherine the Great. It is kept in a large winter closet at the winter palace in St. Petersburg. Also note Gibraltar tablets advertised for urinary health from Rigg’s Pharmacy in Lincoln Nebraska with mail orders available.
The article notes Austria as the most lenient country toward murderers with ten years counting over 800 guilty and only 23 executed. It contrasts moral questions with a British style coupon ad about Putnam Faceless Dyes and ends with a proverb about thorns on a woman's path.
Dr. Manchester’s Canton sermon extols William McKinley’s faith and leadership. He describes the fallen president as loving, Christian, and a unifying figure beloved by all, and urges readers to seek faith, humility, and duty in the wake of tragedy.
The speaker extols a late president as clean and upright with unsullied hands and unwavering duty. He is described as sincere, benevolent, and brave, a knightly figure who never betrayed countrymen and faced duties with unflinching resolve. The nation recently mourned with tearful eyes.
A husband remained at his dying wife’s side as a fatal illness loomed, resisting public appearances and social duties until prayer and steadfast care helped her survive.
A fragment describes a bloom on fruit tied to waterproofing failure. It notes that rubbing removes the bloom and leaves dampness that can cause tool corrosion or deterioration. The text suggests moisture accumulates on tools after the bloom wears away.
The piece recalls Fort Smith in the era when the Federal court punished criminals by public hanging. Tens of thousands flocked to the Arkansas frontier city for the gallows days as merchants planned for a rush. Fort Smith now moves forward, leaving hangings as a memory in its colorful past.
A woman with extensive Japan experience notes that burning stem ends with wood rather than a match or sulphur helps water uptake. The method, used on chrysanthemums, reportedly extends freshness to about one month or six weeks.
A piece notes how households neglect pain relief like St Jacob s Oil while a minister in Ashtabula Ohio uses bold display ads to boost church attendance. The first ad doubled congregation size and a second ad raised Sunday evening attendance by about 150 to 400.
A vintage ad touts Llen's Foot Kase powder to ease tight shoes and swollen feet. Claims cure hot sweating aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents with free trial by mail. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York. If a hammock is hung somebody will swing for it.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., noted expert horseman and judge of horseflesh, pursues breeding high quality horses at Pocantico Hills. He has imported several horses from England to his place for this purpose.
A statistician claims the typewriter invention has provided employment for 500000 people but avoids noting digestion issues from sedentary work. All sedentary workers need Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, a medicine said to aid digestion and cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and bloating.
A reflection notes that handwriting reflects character and changes with age, and claims some banks require depositors to sign their names each time pass books are balanced. The remark suggests evolving security and verification measures in banking based on personal handwriting.
A New York City reader endorses Garfield Tea for liver trouble after using four packages, claiming the remedy cleanses the system and purifies the blood. The note links herbal medicine to wellness and mentions widespread use. The piece ends with a stray remark about a hotel needing arrival.
Advertisement for a promotional oversized biography priced at 1.50 with agent commissions and freight terms. Claims large profits for agents and offers a free outfit for 10 cents. Ends with a quip about a dead whale being worth more than some live men financially.
An assorted 1900 advertisement fragment cites Ball Blue for whitening clothes and lists various patent medicines and sayings. It mentions N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey and prices like 25 cents and 75 cents for tonics and cures. The tone is promotional with health remedy claims and moral quips.
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