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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
5
Rev G M Gray a Whitesboro Baptist minister testifies that four years ago he suffered lumbago with daily pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with removing the problem after a short time and urges others with kidney trouble to try them. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A man recounts a tale of a skilled pickpocket who warns a friend about a diamond with a screw attachment. The thief uses a rubber band to secure the stone, suggesting it can only be taken by biting it off. The account ends with a Bulwer epigraph about happiness and virtue.
A Virginia mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health and enabling her to nurse her four month old baby. She reports weakness before trying the cereal, then a marked improvement in both her strength and her infant's condition. The letter promotes Grape-Nuts and mentions Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan and the book The Road to Wellville.
A detailed recipe for a dessert using ripe peaches as a substitute for canned. Instructions cover puree preparation, batter, baking in a mold, water icing, and serving options with pistachio garnish and optional cream, ice cream, or gelatin cream.
A compilation of household tips on cleaning tarnished brass and silver with salt and soda, judging chicken quality by breast plumpness and leg color, preparing pineapple with minimal waste, stabilizing top heavy vases with weights, recovering yolk from whites with a cloth, and tying shoelaces to stay tied by threading the loop through the center.
To neatly and permanently fill cracks in floors soak newspapers in a paste made of half a pound of alum boiled in water. The mixture, about the thickness of putty, is forced into crevices with a case knife and will harden like papier mache.
A consumer guide warns buyers about white lead adulterants and promotes the National Lead Companys Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee. It offers a free book on painting and test equipment upon request to the Woodbridge Building, New York.
Whitsett Courier recounts a chaotic scene when a new vehicle caused a rider to topple a blind mule onto the town hall. The startled mule damaged the town clock and roof, then wandered off as the mayor attempted to call the meeting to order.
A reader recounts three summers of eczema on a brother and a child cured by Cuticura Ointment and Remedies. A Michigan mother cites a Indiana case where a little boy recovered and stayed free of eczema after treatment. August September 1907.
The tale notes that chewing everything 47 times restored the rich man’s health and regained his soul. In business he swallows a camel chewed 47 times, and the camel passes the eye of a needle, securing his entry to heaven.
A steel magnate asks wife Maria to verify the Paragon in the social register as their son Reginald’s wife is described as a paragon. The wife questions the Paragon’s status and calls for confirmation of the marriage’s social rank.
Pa. answers a boy who reads a cigar store ad asking what is imported and domestic. He says with a quick joke that a hired girl is the answer. The Philadelphia Press records the back and forth as a humorous exchange.
A Brooklyn-era anecdote cites Joel Chandler Harris on editors and physicians sought after for free promotions and health tips. He recalls an editor jailed ten days for kicking the mayor, who was released with a parting joke about giving the jail a puff.
An old farmer, John, boards a limited train with no ticket and offers two cents to ride one mile. He asks the conductor if the 2 cent-a-mile fare applies, and the conductor confirms it, prompting the farmer to ride briefly before alighting.
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