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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
National Lead Company combats lead paint fraud by introducing the Dutch Boy Painter trademark and a free blow pipe test kit to verify purity. The firm provides a booklet and test outfit to buyers, promoting honest sourcing of White Lead and reducing deception in the paint market.
The government plans to enforce new forest laws in Korea under a cooperative framework with Japan. A school to train Korean foresters has reportedly been established to support the program.
For sale one Brougham from a German town with single and double harness. In first class condition and offered at a very reasonable price. Contact W., 93 South Jefferson St., Chicago, Illinois.
Scott writes about the Lay of the Last Minstrel and previews a humorous ballad by Herr Spuytentuufel titled Mamma Your Little Darling Is Too Full to Eat Any More, hinting at later minstrel performances.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample mailed free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An insect funeral in nature is described as a mother butterfly prepares a downy nest for eggs. She sacrifices her own body’s covering to protect the future generation as the nest forms in intricate patterns and spirals before she dies.
A woman recovering from peritonitis describes years of indigestion and nervous strain eased after starting Grape-Nuts and Postum. She reports better sleep, appetite normalization, and improved health, noting lasting use by her husband and herself.
Peter Constable, a tall, fortune‑rich geology student, narrates a five year odyssey from a Brooklyn bound voyage with the Madame to Mar tinique and Saint Pierre, detailing stoking a coastwise boat, learning bunkers, and plans to pursue culture over coin while pursued by Miss Stansbury. He reflects on the Madame’s view of usefulness and his elusive relationship with Lady Commander.
Constable sits on the deck of a ship at Saint Pierre as Miss Stansbury arrives in a carriage. In the sultry night he contemplates the city, the volcano Pelee, and a lifelong goal tied to a distant girl. The two discuss past acts and unspoken feelings as they approach the plantation house where her family resides.
A constable and Mrs. Stansbury converse with restrained humor about hospitality and a famed dentist associated with La Montagne Pelee. The exchange hints at memories of past volcanic danger and a tongue in cheek reference to examining the mountain.
Constable faces irksome scrutiny from Mrs. Stansbury while Breen joins the visit as Mount Pelee grumbles. Uncle Joey and Miss Stansbury observe the orange moon, ash fog, and a looming eruption as the group weighs the mountain's dangerous temperament.
In downtown skyscrapers elevator service is suspended on Sunday forcing janitors and families living on top floors to descend and climb 20 to 30 flights to reach the outside world. A 24 story building notes a 10 year old daughter making three round trips Sunday totaling 2,880 steps.
In Paris the portrait painter boasts of crowded rooms as he recalls patrons packed into a small studio. A Montanan questions the setup jokingly asking if they waited to be painted in oil, highlighting comic misunderstanding.
A humorous exchange compares Philander to a bee, noting he has not worked all winter. The jest hinges on a playful pun about bees and winter lethargy.
A furious flat dweller storms into the gas office and questions a bill he thinks reflects last month’s gas usage. The clerk explains the charge represents the amount due, not necessarily the consumption, prompting a tense exchange.
The remark contrasts past splendid entertainments with current dull offerings and notes a shift toward established social status as the measure of value.
The Utica Globe notes prices stayed high despite depressions, with wholesale levels in 1907 at their peak over 18 years. Of 258 items, 172 rose, 51 fell, and nine groups all gained, led by farm products up 10.9 percent and foods up 4.6 percent.
QODS BENDS Jack Leyburn helped the Michiganders christen their Detroit track by trotting a mile in 2.04% in the Blue Ribbon event. Nancy Hanks has foaled a bay colt by Todd at Hamburg place near Lexington Ky. Manager Egan of the Burlington club has inquired in Davenport about buying the Davenport baseball park. Justo at Pekin Ill trotted the 3-year-old mile in 2:13%4 the fastest this year for a 3-year-old trotter. Etherial at Brighton Beach ran 5 1/4 furlongs in 1:06 tying the time of Brookdale Nymph and Royal Vane. Half Sovereign won the six furlong handicap in 1:12 2 5. Lady Maud C. owned by Walter Palmer Ottawa Ill set Fargo and national track records with a mile in 2:08 4. The Papke Burke bout at the Coliseum Athletic Club in New York did not occur due to police interference as spectators gathered.
United States Geological Survey releases results from Forest Park, St. Louis, testing on bituminous coals and lig nites from U S deposits. Analyses cover mine samples, feed to boilers, briquetted coal, and washing. briquetting shows promise for slack coal and anthracite culm in locomotives. Plant dismantled March 1907. sections moved to Norfolk Virginia and Denver. labs moved to Pittsburgh with Norfolk branch. further smoke abatement work planned.
The Spandau city council in Brandenburg Prussia launches a campaign to raise 1 625 000 dollars as a national gift for Count Zeppelin. Advices from St Petersburg say Ambassador Riddle shows improvement under Kisrovodsk treatment. Capt Lumsden found guilty of navigation rule breach and dismissed from service. Manila insular band to Australia for American fleet receptions. Philippines donate band service, Australia pays expenses. Panama presidential vote favored Senor Abaldia. government supporters abstain. Electors meet Aug 1, certify Aug 18 before Sept 1 National Assembly. Mexican troops clash with Papago Indians at Imaculado ranch. 19 Indians and 2 soldiers killed, 5 soldiers wounded. Prince Wales impresses at Quebec celebration. military pageant on the plain of Abraham draws praise.
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