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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
3
Storekeepers report a fair quantity of Defiance Starch praised for superior quality. Traders note difficulty selling other brands as Defiance gains attention. A wary vendor offers a kind word and predicts potential buyer interest despite a tough market.
Hon Timothy D Sullivan of New York urges Doss Kidney Pills for sick kidneys noting great relief and restored health. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York advertises the product at 60 cents per box and claims strong endorsements from readers and public figures. Also mentions other local ads for cigars and tonics amid a string of miscellaneous snippets.
James J. Hill argues in a Portland letter that resource wealth underpins national progress and state strength. A side anecdote recalls a 648 City laborer who measures a ditch by the length of a rule and a stick, highlighting quirks in everyday work.
A letter from California recounts a wife and husband suffering nervous pain and headaches from coffee. After switching to Postum Coffee their symptoms eased quickly, with head and neck tension relaxing and pain vanishing. They no longer use the old coffee and feel daily improvement.
An account traces a famed diamond from a hidden garret stash to Napoleon's coronation pommel. It passed through Marie Louise and Francis II, to Louis XVIII, Ghent, and Paris, used at Charles X's 1830 coronation, and now remains unsold in the Louvre after the fall of Napoleon.
A short bearded man with a heavy grizzly pursuing a principle refused to remove his hat or cigarette while eating. He insisted he would pay any price for bread and coffee but would not remove his hat, challenging cafe policy during the noon rush. He left after the waitress insisted on hat removal.
An ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for building strength and soothing nerves after typhoid fever. It cites a testimonial from Mr Charles Worth of East Vassalboro Maine detailing long illness and gradual recovery. The piece includes unrelated quips about fashion and humor.
Senator Tillman recounts a late girl whose statements grew exaggerated in church and school. A quarrel over birthdays ends with a mother recalling Ananias and Sapphira as a caution. A pupil mishears a tale about worms and sparrows.
A fragment recalls a New York State pacitarium scene where a physician questions a patient about regaining bot and comical misuses of words. The anecdote notes how attempts at witty language led to errors in a medical setting years ago.
Hundreds of dealers report the extreme quantity and superior quality of De fiance Starch taking place of all other brands. Others may claim they cannot sell any other starch.
An 1890s style testimonial column extols women’s health, dismissing fragile beauty as a drainer on households. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal cure, citing patient letters from Tacoma and urging women to seek the remedy for menstrual and related ailments.
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