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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
3
Folkloric quip compares male and female letter writing habits with humor. It notes men taste coffee and test ink while women open envelopes eagerly, revealing contrasting manners. The piece cites a Baltimore American line about males and soft soap, then suggests limited intellect vs. shape among women.
A nurse extols Grape-Nuts as delicate and nourishing for all ages. She shares a recipe using Grape-Nuts soaked in water, beaten egg white, and fruit flavoring. The physician husband supports its use for stomach trouble, weakness, and brain fatigue, with a 10 day trial.
Kansas City reports Judge McPherson imposes prison terms and heavy fines on George L. Thomas L B Tazsurt and several major firms including Chicago Burlington Quincy Swift & Co and Nelson Morris & Co for unlawful rebates in freight rates. Sentencing warns shippers and railroads that such practices will be prosecuted. Roosevelt expresses sympathy to Russian Jews and Canal Zone schools expand. saloons face renewal fee stress. yellow fever case noted in Louisiana. local tragedy of carbolic acid death. Senator Morgan marks 24th birthday with Senate remarks.
Oklahoma City hosts a state celebration marking the new statehood with Gov. Hoch of Kansas and Gov. Frantz of Oklahoma arriving to a delegation from Kansas. Speeches by Mayor Messenbaur and civic leaders precede Gov. Hoch’s address and a fireworks display caps the event. In a separate item, Cal McCartney survives a severe chest injury after a wreck, sand from a seashell embedded near the heart is removed and he is expected to recover.
John S. Pattison governor of Ohio, was buried in Green Lawn cemetery after a simple funeral attended by state officials and friends from across the country. Judge Judson Harmon praised his political life, and Bishop Henry Spellmesar delivered the sermon. The service drew a broad turnout from Cincinnati and beyond.
An Alabama colored country church faces a dilemma when Deacon Jones finds a hawks nest with twelve white eggs. Fostered by humor and religious instruction, the dialogue explores kindness to animals and the temptation to hide the eggs beneath pine thickets to avoid harming the hen or provoking Mars Will.
A eclectic page shows comic dialogues and jokes, testimonials and ads. It includes humorous exchanges about radium, lunches, and a married life, plus a Baltimore doctor on a crowded car, and mentions of Crenshaw Cheoney family and Cheney & Co patent medicines.
An assortment of brief items reports timber acreage in British Columbia at 182,750,000 acres and a French champagne tally of 100,908,363 bottles in a test year. It notes steam plows boosting sugarcane estates, a London dentist’s marriage proposal on a false-teeth plate, a Russian ruse for newspaper copies, and sleeping sickness deaths in Africa. Also covered are a museum theft in Weimar involving Goethe manuscripts, Defiance Starch marketing, and light vignettes from daily life and jokes.
The king of Ashanti is said to have 3 232 wives and a young Jones is born every 40 minutes. The number of known stars surpasses 200 million. London Times contributors are paid 252 dollars a column. One man in six in the American navy is a total abstainer. A parrot is said to appreciate music more than other animals. Over 20 million leeches were used annually 25 years ago, now under 1 million. The world’s largest prune orchard is at Los Gatos California with 59 000 trees and about 50 000 dollars yearly profit. There is always room at the top, but sometimes the bottom is more sociable.
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