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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
8
This article argues happiness depends on absence of physical ills, praising St Jacob's Oil as a cure for aches and pains. It contrasts England’s outdated relief costs with modern needs, and critiques misleading advertising and the Defiance Starch company’s honesty, promoting Magnetic Starch Co. products.
A plan in England envisions organized Protestant blocs in each constituency to promote the return of Protestant members to Parliament. A Vienna club pledges members to marry poor women, fining those who wed rich women to support another needy couple.
The sermon on Malta cites Paul’s shipwreck and Maltese hospitality to extol kindness as a royal virtue. Talmage links mercy to forgiveness, urges daily acts of benevolence, and frames kindness as essential to civil society and Christian living.
Charles Curtis of Kansas, a Republican from Topeka area, is described as an Indian of the Raw tribe who has served three Lerm sy congress and holds a certificate for the fourth. He is praised as an accomplished speaker and a prominent ally of the administration.
Rev. C. H. Thompson, living at 106 East 15th Street, Washington, is highlighted as a remarkable missionary who recently moved from Little York. His long, devout life in missions faced a harsh trial after illness from bad water in Wagoner, Indian Territory. A Chicago physician called his case hopeless, but Dodd's Kidney Pills were tried and led to restored health, creating a local sensation.
The king of Slain 18 is described as the wealthiest monopolist with an annual income around 20 million. His palace is a city-like residence housing near 3,000 people and illuminated by electricity. An unrelated ad promises Allen's Foot Ease powder for foot ailments through mail order.
The passage blends promotional real estate copy for Marinette County Wisconsin farms with scattered odds and ends. It mentions the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, farm purchase pitches, then shifts to misc excerpts including misquoted poetry, patent medicine claims, shoe remedies, and humorous dialogue about fishing. The overall piece reads like a garbled newspaper page collage.
An old advertisement touts Devoe ready paint as cheaper per square yard than lead and oil paints. It asserts longer durability and greater coverage, urging readers to ask for a pamphlet and to mention the paper when requesting it.
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