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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a remedy for rheumatism offering direct curative properties and a soothing effect on the nervous system. It promises rest and sleep, cites cures after long suffering, and invites readers to request free advice and a first bottle guarantee from Mills Medical Co., Elkhart Indiana.
An old time printer, nicknamed Muscogee Red, worked a Lawrence paper during a blizzard, later paid with money from the editor. A marshal intervened at 8:30 pm, but the editor insisted the man was decent. The tale is tied to a Kansas City Journal recounting a mistaken payout and a humorously evolving newsroom scene.
A long anecdotal tale recalls Billy Florence's pranks on the Duke of Beaufort in New York. Florence teased the Duke with a brutal exercise ritual haltingly described, provoking a staged disaster and alarming onlookers. The hoax ends with the Duke in a hotel office in nightgown and slippers, while Florence feigns concern.
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