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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
9
Advertisement outlines single and return fares for Boston Toronto Saratoga and Detroit excursions. Travel dates span June to August 1903 with return limits in August and September. For details contact Geo W. Vaux Excursion Dept Chicago.
The new system of creaming allows farmers and millers to sell cream for cash. Ike Cobb’s creamery offers hand separator cream within 400 miles of St Paul and also buys butter and eggs. Write COBB St Paul Minn to receive prices and details.
In a playful exchange Miss Redingote and Miss Brindle discuss engagement plans with Uncle Brindle. Mrs Brindle recounts a humorous incident at a store where he matched a ribbon, revealing a humorous glimpse of character and social affairs. The column blends light domestic gossip with a nod to a medical ad and a kitchen product slogan.
Booklovers Magazine recounts a three day Paris visit by Jeanette Gilden, detailing theater nights, Louvre favorites like Venus of Milo and Winged Victory, Napoleon’s tomb, Notre Dame, Sorbonne walls, old book buys, Bois de Boulogne tours, and meals in hidden restaurants, concluding the trip urged writers to capture Parisian manners.
A testimonial describes recovery from insanity after sustained use of Grape-Nuts as brain food. The speaker details prior collapse, hospitalization, and later renewed capacity for brain work including murder case testimony, crediting regular Grape-Nuts consumption for improved health and nerve strength. The ad notes a posthumous courtesy and mentions a receipt book in each package.
Jimmy Baker, a Chicago barber, travels to Oconomowoc Wis to enjoy a two week vacation after a $120 racetrack win. He is courted by Miss Maginn at the hotel desk and receives telegrams about large cash offers for his property. Believing the attention, he ignores signals, spends time with three hotel girls, and plans meetings and dancing lessons while a potential $200,000 deal hangs over him. By day ten he leaves with little money left, ending a brief flirtation and a fading dream of luxury.
Co. Alexander notes two Colorado figures as curiosities. One owns the state’s greatest silver mine but refuses to develop it, shipping ore to Denver for a meager living. The other operates a famed healing spring with rudimentary cabins, resisting hotel upgrades or promotions to attract patients.
Marrold Johnson writes from London Daily News reflecting on the Industrial Revolution and past cheerful labor. The poem contrasts lively spindles, clacking needles, and social joy with weary later days and dwindling mirth as the world grows older.
A group of Englishmen argues about human virtue. A Yankee boasts of a Nebraskan who quit smoking after a minute’s notice, claiming disbelief. The speaker then recounts a brutal joke about a man on a barrel blasting powder and his mate’s head, delivered as a grim joke in poor taste.
Commands Large German Fleet with modern battleships Kaiser Friedrich II and Wilhelm II along with armored cruisers Prinz Heinrich Victoria Luise and four protected cruisers Amazone Ari Adve Neduse and Frayenrod in a historic cruise through French Portuguese and Spanish waters signaling expansion of naval reach.
An Ohio lawyer story shares how a bank president learned to value listening as a chargeable service. The tale from the Washington Post notes the banker paid $10 per hour for hearing his stories, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation of paying for listening.
Mr W Taylor reports his son suffered severe dropsy with swollen feet and limbs. After two doctors failed, Dodd's Kidney Pills were taken three daily for eight days, then continued until recovery. The child went from a helpless invalid to a healthy active boy, with gratitude expressed for the medicine's apparent life saving cure.
A mother and daughter exchange a sly domestic line about a husband not lingering at the club. The daughter recounts tricking him by lighting a cigar near the fire, creating a faint smoke odor to alarm the mother.
The text contains garbled lines including names Vince Gre er and Bettie Ba Re Ktutre, with stray addresses and stray quotes about gold bricks and Piso's Cure for Consumptor. It reads as a jumbled mix of ads and stray letters from a 19th century Philadelphia publication.
Complete external and internal treatment for skin and scalp humours, loss of hair, and related conditions, featuring Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. Claims include cures of bad blood scrofula infantile and birth humours, eczema and rashes, with emphasis on use for children and invalids when other remedies fail. Advertises price and order details.
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