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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
3
Washington begins rapid work transforming Potomac flats along the city frontage into a verdant public park with lawns trees and drives. The project replaces swampy waste land with river views and shaded walks, promising a cooler summer refuge in the capital.
A campaign to enlarge and build in stone a small Twilight Park chapel founded by Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee aims to honor his memory. The All Angels church, though far from Washington, remains linked to the diocese and dates to the 1895 mission begun by the bishop who summered there.
A report notes a claimed presidential permit to view the original Declaration of Independence, which has lain in a safe since 1903 with limited exposure. The document’s ink faded, its signatures faded, and after 1908 a state department committee urged keeping it dark and dry to preserve what remains.
The division of information of the bureau of immigration and naturalization distributes aid to locate farm and labor jobs for aliens. About 100,000 cards circulated, with nearly 1,000 responses from February to Tyne. Twenty six nationalities represented are sent to states including Georgia 23, Illinois 22, Indiana 1, Iowa 21, Kentucky 15, Michigan 15, Nebraska 5, Massachusetts 2, Ohio 13.
Levi P. Brockway of S Second Ave Ancka Minn reports five months in a hospital ending with an incurable diagnosis and six months to live. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved as kidney secretions regulated and heart and breathing symptoms eased, leading to renewed health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A playful dialogue opens with Miss Yellem about to sing asking the professor for a favorite air. The professor answers with Fresh air and plenty of it, greeting readers with a cheerful morning remark.
A New York based pair of popular writers and their daughter are described with a playful exchange about a mother who can smoke a cigarette but not recall sewing. The piece then notes marital monotony, urging hobbies to break routine, and ends with Senator Parker’s view on race fixing and a Gloucester jockey’s remark about a saloon plan to fix a race.
A York state woman writes of ten years of stomach and liver trouble and says stopping coffee, using Grape-Nuts and Postum revived her. She gained twenty pounds, feels renewed, and can work daily without fatigue, noting she now handles housework herself and drinks Postum with meals.
A Chicago art dealer recounts how New York collector William T Evans raged at receiving fakes from dealers. Evans said his blood boils at dupes and likened his fury to a waiter’s hostile glance during lunch, describing the persistent sting of fake works and deceit in the art trade.
AArk woman recounts two year battle with eczema and persistent itching and sores. After trial of multiple doctors and ointments, Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills relieved pain and restored sleep. Within a short time her ankles healed and no relapse in a year. Mrs. David Brown Locke Ark May 18 and July 3 1807.
Japanese residents of Washington state plan a statue to Commodore Perry for the Alaska-Yukon--Pacific exposition grounds. Prominent Seattle residents and Flowery Kingdom merchants back the project, with local bankers supporting the idea. Also notes on Defiance Starch for home laundering and Castoria as a trusted infant remedy. A Seneca quote about envy closes the piece.
The Toledo Blade notes the popularity of fine white goods this summer and urges Defiance Starch as the safe choice for delicate fabrics. It claims the starch’s strength reduces quantity needed for a perfect finish and cites a marketing quip about gowns and figures in dry goods windows.
The Well Informed favor a simple pleasant and efficient liquid laxative made from Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The California Fig Syrup Co. emphasizes its wholesome known components and ethical production. Buy genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
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