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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
The article explains how National Lead Company tackled paint fraud by branding Pure White Lead with the Dutch Boy Painter trademark and offering a free blow pipe test to verify purity. It urges buyers to request test kits and booklets from the Woodbridge Building in New York.
An elderly woman asserts her knowledge on a train. She enters the smoking car despite the brakeman’s direction and lights her pipe with a match struck from the sole of her shoe. She notes a young man misjudged her as a novice rider and declares she rides this car whenever possible.
A Boston broker reflects on Fielding amid a discussion with young women graduates about the English novel. Separately, South Pittsburg introduces the world’s largest rock crusher in a cement mill, boasting 800 tons per hour capacity, 425,000 pounds weight, and substantial output of small rock pieces.
An Anytown New York woman recalls a years long battle with peritonitis and indigestion. She credits relief to Grape Nuts and Postum after a friend suggested giving them a try. She reports improved sleep appetite and overall health and notes continued use with her husband.
A Cincinnati man 21 plans to wed 65 year old widow Mrs. Hagenback. He fails to appear and the ceremony is postponed, leaving the widow convinced he was kidnapped or blocked by relatives. An urban prank on Tremont Street ends with the couple escaping inspired by a bold chase and wedding gifts.
The summer’s strangest wedding trip follows two theater people Miss Pearl Caryace Cook and Edward Beck who married at 4 pm and planned a train honeymoon but, delayed, rode a cab around Boston three times. The stage crew awaited at the doorway as the cab driver obeyed the orders.
Miss Montana Largey, heiress of a Butte banking family, falls for Ray MacDonald, a poor Canadian Scot. After her father’s death she inherits nearly a million. She chooses love over wealth, and the couple marry at midnight then honeymoon in California, plan a cross continental drive and visit Canada.
A Boston social event leads to a romance after Col. John H Bartlett encounters a superb mince pie by Susie J Reese. He woos the pie maker, they marry, and a family tension over a double life ends with reconciliation as Singley remains a beloved figure.
A Philadelphia 19 year old, Miss Weaver, wed in secret to Jove Lingley after a six month concealment. The couple, both Trinity Lutheran members, met at a church social and became affianced before Lingley produced a marriage license and ring and they eloped for a bogey ride. They planned to tell their families later.
An 18 year old Marjory Savin of Washington secretly marries 19 year old Edwin Pilson the son of a millionaire railroad man. The marriage is announced at the Pilson home when Savin presents her certificate to her wedding hosts. The Pilsons welcome the couple and plan their future with support for the newlyweds.
An Army and Navy Life piece portrays the Native American burial method using cross sticks and exposed remains. It laments the pitiful, grotesque nature of such graves beneath swaying trees, with wind and autumn imagery highlighting decay and neglect over time.
The new patent laws of Great Britain have spurred investment totaling 1,226,000,000 pounds, with Germany contributing the largest share to chemical manufacturing. The measure is hailed as one of the most popular enacted by the British government.
A young wife pressures John to share his lodge password. He reluctantly reveals a complex phrase Aldaborontiphos ciphor mosticos and insists it be spoken only once and rapidly, prompting a tearful plea and regret. The dialogue centers on trust and secrecy in a troubled marriage.
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong eczema battle ending after eight months with Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills. He reports relief from painful red and white boils and restores health. Nelson Burnett of Tipton Iowa vouches for Bordwell and the testimonial's truth.
A financier in a Houston Post quote questions a lawn mower found by the stairs after a midnight entry. The scene pivots on an implied life policy discussion sparked by the strange intrusion.
An old advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy claiming to cure eye ailments and soothe pain for 60c plus a free trial bottle offer. It also promotes Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with free trial and lists Dr R H Kline Jr Philadelphia address. additional ad lines mention Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Allen's Foot Ease with a 25 cent price.
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