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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
3
A columnist warns about sleeping on the back and snoring, urging front sleeping as the cure. He mocks long-held myths about sleep posture, notes dogs dream on their sides, and jokes about pillows and relaxing before bed. The piece riffs on insomnia remedies, sleep science, and domestic folly with tongue in cheek.
Thomas F. Ryan discusses music in the empire room of the Deutschland. He critiques bagpipes and tom toms as native sounds and notes a piper’s constant up and down movement. A street performer’s odd twirl prompts a boy’s question about why the piper moves so much.
A philanthropist notes one appeal reliably draws aid the most an artificial lee. He recalls fifteen years of philanthropic work issuing appeals for body parts from teeth to limbs and observes the public readily funds multiple legs for a single recipient.
A new versatile grate is described, credited to the Prince of Wales, installed at Pond House Chelsea. The device lets a housekeeper move a fire from the kitchen grate to the sitting room grate with a lever, tilting the fuel between rooms after cooking.
Harpers Weekly exposes a Baltimore lawyer who, after a murder case, delivers ironic good news to his client awaiting pardon. The governor will not interfere, but the convict inherits $200 from an uncle, and the lawyer is paid. The joke hinges on misplaced celebration.
A Chicago mother credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills with transforming her chronically itchy, eczema like infant. She reports drastic improvement after trying multiple doctors and colleges, noting the child’s health as of late October 1906.
An Ohio woman reports years of indigestion and chronic constipation eased after trying Grape-Nuts. She describes fear of a serious illness, then relief as digestion normalizes and bowel movements become regular, crediting a shift from improper food to the product.
An article touts a home remedy using Concentrated pine oil and glycerin as a near miracle for acute colds and lung health. It warns against impure Pine oil products and notes the druggist packaging. The piece weaves in humorous vignettes about daily life and household products.
In Harper's Weekly a scene shows Collier at the curtain peep hole addressing Willie about the house. He notes there are some out there but proclaims they are still in the majority, urging confidence in the audience's support.
A Chicago visitor reports Baltimore society women favor a simple skin wash over powder. The home mix uses Rose water, Cologne Spirits, and Eppotone dissolved in hot water, strained, cooled, then combined. Also cited are brief clippings on British women workers and a parenting advert for Castoria.
Readers share letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for tumor relief and recovery. Women recount long illnesses, successful treatment, and renewed health after using the product and its Blood Purifier as advised by Lydia Pinkham.
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