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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
Mrs. Davie of Carmel Maine shares her four year battle with sick headaches fainting spells shortness of breath and severe pelvic pain. After doctors failed and ads offered potions she found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, reporting restored strength and renewed vitality after seven boxes.
A Brooklyn church hosts a women's missionary meeting where attendees adjourn to a Fulton Street restaurant. Chaos erupts as waiters scramble to fulfill bizarre orders such as strawberry shortcake with croissant and biscotins, chocolate with ginger, kippered herrings with marmalade, and ice cream with mushroom sauce. A Duluth man later jokes about remembering his wife’s preferred dark brown silk by the taste in his mouth.
A Detroit Free Press style exchange questions why money was sent without security. The tale quotes Senior and Junior members about lending books and trust, then shifts to a testimonial from Mrs. Betsy A. Clawson claiming Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her inflammatory rheumatism. The piece cites uric acid and kidney function as the remedy mechanism and ends with unrelated notes.
Clarence Berry and Glum Ralston pursue a camp on the far bank after tracks reveal activity. The hermit captain defends a captive girl as Lackland and men attack the tent, ending in a firefight and Bitter clash as reinforcements arrive and Berry confronts the danger.
Paul Miller, Kate Willis, Jack Ralston, and kin reunite after peril in Alaska. Captain Miller returns, Laura forgives, and Morris is saved. The Klondike gold, a walrus hide, and a cave cache drive final disclosures. Weddings follow as Clarence Berry and Ethel Berry wed, and Kate and Jack marry alongside Laura and Paul.
A young girl recounts a hotel night in Sullivan County where J. snored loudly enough to wake neighbors. At breakfast the next morning a talkative daughter blurts out that the room sounded like pigs. The anecdote continues with a parental aside about family reputation and prospects in Benham.
The Tandon Times reports Theodore Mc Davis’s find in the Valley of the Kings, a sealed lamp tomb with two large wooden sarcophagi and mummy cases plated in gold. Inside are alabaster canopic jars, gold decorated heads, and an array of rich artifacts including seven pairs of sandals, a gilded leather pair, and a unique chariot. The reveal promises major advances in Egyptology, arts, and ancient craft.
Maj. Barchard recounts a firing party of ten that executed a Boer officer who wore a British uniform to breach lines after breaking parole. He notes that each member has since suffered fatal or serious misfortune, with his own left arm in splints from a streetcar crash.
Chauncey Depew entertained three women at a New York restaurant. One woman, with shy humor, asked him to award a golden apple to the fairest by treating an orange as the prize. He promptly summoned the waiter to bring two more oranges.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal notes poetry in romance and daily scenes from moonlight and rows to meadow walks and church weddings. It reflects on life and love as a poetic thread through ordinary moments.
In Detroit, Ethyl-Did Annette failed to gain any value from her breach of promise case as the man chose to marry Babette, leaving Annette with nothing.
Enterprising salesman from a large city visits a Tura community to sell an incubator. He touts time saved, but the farmer replies with a tobacco spit and a calm question about time for a setting hen, and no incubator is sold.
Hiram Beecher of Annapolis explains prices for soft-shell crabs vary with the moon. Sloughing season follows the dark moon and peak supply near full moon drives prices down to 10 to 15 cents a dozen. off-season prices range from 60 to 80 cents. Crabs shed to move from small to channelled forms, favoring grassy shores where they avoid eels.
An enthusiastic reader from Colonel's Town praises Postum Food Coffee for curing indigestion and severe nervous trouble that kept them from sleep. After switching from coffee, health improved rapidly, sleep returned, and years of use affirmed the product's benefits. The letter, signed by a reader, notes cream enhances flavor and directs readers to the Road to Wellness booklet in each package.
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