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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
7
The piece notes Mr Grandon’s quiet pride in his wife’s public speaking talents. An admirer jokes about sharing meals with Mrs Grandon and dinners with her husband. Mr Grandon bows and exits as his wife arrives, underscoring her prominence and his regard.
A comic dialogue features Billle noting a freckled girl on a horse and Trilie identifying Miss Gotrox who reportedly owns several millions. The exchange questions wealth’s visibility through freckles and status.
Mrs. Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee testifies that Cuticura Remedies healed her skin rash and an infant skin sore after other treatments failed. She notes relief from itching and burning using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment, with family members also benefiting.
The famed soprano Melba drew a remarkable ovation in Paris with fans roaring for an encore after the gala. She had earlier seen even greater adulation in Saint Petersburg when crowds followed her carriage to the hotel and later cut her autograph pencil into pieces as keepsakes.
On the last day of term a kindergarten class shared ice cream. A child named Freddie licked his plate after being told not to. He obeyed, then briefly returned to lick the plate again.
A Chicago woman describes how good health supports earnings while ill health shrinks income. She details illness from nervous exhaustion caused by clerical work and boardinghouse diet, then credits Grape-Nuts for relief, enabling steadier work and improved well being.
An 19th century science column weighs the nebular hypothesis and sun cooling, predicting the sun’s shrinking diameter within millions of years and a cooling future for Earth. It discusses tidal slowing, geological heat sources, and human consequences, with speculative ideas on future climates and deserts.
A colossal pyrotechnic show by Pain titled The Eruption of Vesuvio and Carnival of Naples comes to Kansas City for twelve nights starting August 3 at Cirle Grounds. A vast Neapolitan city built on stage collapses in thunder and fire as Mount Vesuvius erupts with real lava and earthquakes. The production features $1,500 nightly Manhattan Beach fireworks and renowned pyrotechnist Pain reveals novelties across the program.
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