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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
6
The British and U S navies test a double spiral steel skeleton mast on the monitor Florida to replicate combat conditions. The 96 foot mast withstanded shell fire from 4 inch and 12 inch projectiles as officers atop the structure shook it to prove its strength.
Washington reports Senor Don Augusto B. Leguia elected to succeed Dr. Pardo as president of Peru. A longtime ally of the United States, Leguia rose from New York Life clerk to Peru’s finance minister and prime minister before assuming the presidency. Born February 19, 1863 in Lambayeque, he later led major Peruvian industrial and sugar ventures.
A witty exchange between Mrs. Highwind Here and Mr. Highwind about summer board appears in this notice. It references the Daily Reliable and the Daily Sensation with humor over reader reach and desired clientele as depicted in a New York Weekly style remark.
A witty exchange notes a college son returning home with a new mustache. Mrs Mater asks if he has been seen while the daughter confirms the update with humor. The brief vignette preserves the newspaper’s light tone.
A Cleveland Leader item notes light verse lines about a wife who cannot be beat and a lingering question about effort, reflecting a humorous local touch from the era.
A jealous wife opens a telegram meant for her husband about a trip to see The Merry Widow in New York. The note reads Nothing doing with the widow until the tenth, prompting an awkward explanation as the husband’s plan to surprise his wife unravels. The strange telegram is attributed to Lip pincott's.
A flower entices insects by sweetness. Each bloom secreted honey to attract midges butterflies bees and other insects, forming a natural lure.
A girl stifles a blush as Mr Mannering bursts in with urgency at the country picnic, warning that a bull is approaching and the moment turns tense and comic.
In a pinch, use Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for painful smarting feet and growing nails. It comforts, makes new shoes easy and helps with sweating feet. Sold by all druggists 25 cents. Trial package free. A S Olmsted Le Roy New York advert. It’s foolish to borrow trouble or meet it half way Hedley encourages cheerful mind and heart.
Advertisement touts FITS St Vitus' dance and nervous diseases as permanently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a trial bottle via mail and lists Dr KH Kilne at 1 Arch Street Philadelphia for orders and testimonials.
The article notes Thomas Mifflin as the first governor of Pennsylvania under the 1790 constitutional framework. It identifies Mifflin as the inaugural holder of the office in that period and places his tenure in early state history.
An ad style notice touts Winston’s Soothing Nuro for teething children. It promises gum softening and relief from wind colic with a 25 cent bottle. It also notes birthdays holidays and weddings as causes of poverty for the average man.
The Pinkham Compound is praised as highly successful for women’s health. It cites testimonials from over a million letters at the Lynn Massachusetts laboratory and asserts it has saved women from surgery by using all natural ingredients that restore feminine health.
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