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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
4
A collage of old time ads and jokes appears with lines about eye water ideas, shoe powder, a photographer’s tip, a teething syrup, and a joke about swearing tied to worker strikes. The fragment showcases period product pitches and light humor.
Chicago reports show ongoing recovery with bank payments topping a billion dollars, lower commercial defaults, rising production, and stronger demand in pig iron steel and lumber. July permits for structures near 1907 levels, wholesale and retail activity improving, grain and livestock moved in healthy volumes, bank clearings down vs 1907, and 22 district failures with five above five thousand dollars.
Trade, crop and industrial reports indicate little change from last week but sentiment trends toward moderate improvement. Fall opening preparations begin in August with buyers gathering nationwide. Industry shows expansion in some lines and contraction in others, factories operating on orders. iron and steel see larger orders and production, while pig iron eases. Business failures reach 275 in the U S. and 32 in Canada for the week ending July 30, with year over year comparisons.
Chicago prices show cattle 4.00 to 7.54, hogs 4.00 to 6.90, sheep 3.00 to 4.75, wheat No 2 78 to 79, corn No 2 7 to 9. Butter 1. te, eggs 17 to 20, oats 4 to 60, Timothy hay 8 to 13, prairie 8 to 10.50. Indianapolis hogs 6.5 to 7.0, St Louis cattle 4.50 to 7.40, Cincinnati cattle 4.00 to 6.00, Detroit cattle 4.00 to 5.25, Milwaukee wheat 1.15 to 1.17 and other grain prices listed.
A chronological list covers events and births from William II to Saghalin in 1905 and 1907. It notes figures like Bartholomew Columbus, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Herman Melville, and Andrew Johnson, plus a 1907 Doukhobor police clash near Yorkton ending with arrests and detachments.
Harper’s Weekly recounts Queen Alexandra’s attendance at London’s Mansion House fete. A flower maiden named Molly allegedly kissed the queen after she paused to smile, provoking her mother’s disbelief. Molly explains she did it to have a story for her grandchildren.
Levi P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says he lay in a hospital for five months and was discharged as incurable with months to live. He suffered heart trouble smothering spells fainting and kidney disorder before using Dean's Kidney Pills. After treatment he recovered and has felt well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a salesman presenting a china set called the housekeeper's delight. He notes the line includes forty similar sets and extra odds and promises replacement pieces at half a day's notice without informing the family. The customer decides to buy.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes months of agony from oozing ankle eczema. After trying two physicians and many remedies with little relief she found cure using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. One set healed her ankles quickly and she has had no return a year later. May 18 and July 15 1907.
An advertisement at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts proclaims openness of laboratory methods and asks readers to verify claims about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It questions the existence of Lydia Pinkham and whether letters from over a million women exist, urging skepticism while inviting confidence.
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