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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
7
A man picks up a small glittering object in a railroad yard and pins it to his coat. He collides with a freight train, is hurled against a post and knocked senseless. A dispatcher learns his identity by a badge on his coat, identifying him as a Lady Maccabee.
A. D. Bruce of Aurelia Iowa touts Sloan's Liniment for curing a fistula on a horse after a vet doubted success. He claims the product also revived a neighor’s horse with eweeny plowing, and praises Sloan's Sure Colic Cure as reliable.
The text advertises Defiance Starch as a solution to over-stiff laundry. It notes that thin applications work better for fabric. It also recounts a barrister’s witty defense of a cook, who then asks how to reward him. The lawyer replies to never cook for him.
In Pinch. Use ALLEN'S FOOT EASE. A powder that cures painful smarting feet and growing nails. It makes new shoes easy and relieves sweating feet. The greatest comfort discovery of the age. Sold by all druggists 25 cents. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Bohemian cartoon caption questions a social scale as a place where money is weighed. Freddy asks Pa about the meaning and Pa explains it simply.
An advertisement promotes three pie flavors Lemon Chocolate and Custard from D Zerta Co Rochester New York. It emphasizes easy preparation without fuss and invites customers to try the product and tell friends. Prices are given in cents at grocers.
A dialogue aboard a boat pits the stern man against the bow man. The stern man declares plans to rock the boat while the bow man warns against action. He adds he carries an unloaded pistol for deterrence.
Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 5c cigars. Smokers know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria.
A quip notes that if a man loses his dog’s loyalty his wife should pack and return to her mother.
Rhubarb is praised for aiding gout and rheumatism and improving complexion through its acids and alkalies. The stalks stimulate digestion, act as a test by increasing saliva, and sugar content is minimal yet present. Several recipes follow, including rhubarb for children, rhubarb and fig jam, and rhubarb marmalade with gelatine and lemon rind.
Drain and wash mushrooms, stew in butter with salt and white pepper. Heat through, place in a baking dish, cover with eggs keeping yolks intact, top with stale bread crumbs, season, and bake briefly in a hot oven. Serve with buttered toast.
Instructions describe removing curtains from rods, dusting, laying flat, applying cornmeal moistened with gasoline, brushing it in, waiting four hours, airing, brushing off the cornmeal and pressing to achieve bright clean curtains.
Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio credits Dean's Kidney Pills with prompt relief from back pain nervous energy and irregular kidney secretions after using the remedy. The ad notes 50 cents a bar and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the distributor. Also includes a humorous snippet about a nervous suitor and briefly describes a decorated card rack from Paris for dinner use.
A Sunday school class organized a social evening that faltered until a bull terrier entered. A shy boy blurted a gruff memory about his bull pup becoming a bloodhound, breaking the tension with a sharp, humorous remark.
An old farmer pressures his ailing son to work the fields. He suggests scattering seed by hand, claiming the shaking will sow the fields better than a seed drill, despite the boy's chills and inability to plow.
A reader notes that many police are in plain clothes and jokes that they spend their pay to keep their wives from being plain clothes women. The husband offers the quip about financial strain and appearance.
A Wisconsin woman describes long term dyspepsia with weight loss and weakness. After trying Grape-Nuts with milk and lime water she regained strength and appetite, later adding meals with Grape-Nuts and improved speech. The testimonial ends with "There's a Reason" credited to Postum Co.
A moralizing bachelor laments life as a gloomy prison while a girl teases his solitude. The piece shifts to advertisement wording for Garfield Tea as a natural laxative claiming digestion purification blood cleansing complexion Bright Health and a jab about men and beauty doctors.
Pettit's Eye Salve promises instant relief for eyes irritated by dust heat sun or wind. Available at all druggists or Howard Bros Buffalo New York. Also notes promotional lines for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and other evergreen quotes and endorsements.
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