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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
7
Lincoln Neb in a profile of Mrs. William Jennings Bryan detailing her role as a home maker and unofficial secretary. She manages the Fairview household with a contracted shorthand and typewriter system, handles Mr Bryans mail and personal correspondence, studies law, and supports church and charitable work.
The American Museum of Natural History gains Chinese pigeon whistle artifacts from Dr. Berthold Laufer. Whistles attach to pigeon tails and produce varied tunes as flocks fly, with two main designs bamboo tubes or gourd wind chests. Crafting demands precision and skill, with some workers producing about three specimens daily.
Tommy Post, a performer staying at the Grove street house, suffered a small loss after a recent fire. He reported the loss of a nightshirt a red bandana handkerchief and a water soaked trouser leg and will take steps to replenish his wardrobe.
A starfish netted by researchers commits suicide by dissolving into multiple pieces, creating a rare display of self disintegration among marine invertebrates observed in a controlled setting.
A Lake City Minnesota reader reports severe back pain dizziness nervousness and eyesight problems from a kidney ailment. After using Dean's Kidney Pills for relief the user claims complete recovery and perfect health. The ad notes the product sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Senator Beveridge recalls a past statesman on Independence Day in a small country town. On a platform decorated with flags he appeared intoxicated, faced with jeering farmers. He joked that a prominent figure must be drunk or crazy, preferring to be called an inebriate.
Mrs. M. F. Johnston from Richmond Indiana spoke at the Boston biennial of the G F W C of the Art association. The city council allocates five hundred dollars annually for a picture and $100 for the annual exhibition. She notes changing standards in art and anticipates greater culture and knowledge for children in the coming years.
A Chicago clerk describes how loss of health shrinks her income and endangers employment. After adopting Grape-Nuts as a major part of meals she recovers brain function and vitality, keeps her job, and restores her earnings. The ad promotes Postum and the claim that There’s a Reason.
A surgeon who recently performed three leg amputations in a week draws rumor in his home. In an attic trunk a daguerreotype of a one legged girl, identified as the wife, reveals the patient’s past. Dorothy asks if the girl resembles her mother, sparking a tense family moment.
A mother prepares noon lunch for six year old Bobbie and explains why Katie, with a better appetite, should help. The boy asks to switch, and the mother agrees, noting Katie’s efficiency.
A Hot Springs, South Dakota man met a Phoenix resident and they traded a weather quip. The Phoenix man noted heat by saying it is hot, while a death joke about a man in Phoenix who died last week and went to Hades prompting a return for his overcoat circulated as a Denver Post gag.
A light editorial note notes misfortune in bachelor life yet hints at hope via marriage notices. It contrasts misery with companionship and suggests bachelors may find pathways through public announcements of weddings.
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