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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
7
A Providence Journal tale retells a deacon who drops a half dollar in the church collection. He ends with a 75 cent donation and wonders if credit goes to St Peter for the quarter or the whole amount, while his wife quips that credit covers his guilty reaction to the loss of the half.
A humorous exchange contrasts a newlywed couple abroad with a later remark about a calm trip marred by a minor accident. The husband jokes about kissing another passenger during a tunnel incident while the wife is unaffected, and a separate remark notes family reaction to a perceived political indiscretion.
Uncle Ephrem notes in a Chicago Tribune style sketch that a political figure cannot rely on others to speak for him and emphasizes personal supervision of finances while recalling the case of the Postle Paul. The exchange features Senator Sorghum and a friend debating campaigning tactics and integrity.
A fragment notes a woman beginning to sit up and take notice as other women compliment her husband. The text references potion, Castoria, and careful storage of flowers with a French experimenter Ver der achieving three months cold storage results for peonies, especially red and white varieties.
The letter recalls a four month old with eczema spreading across face and body despite doctors. After using Cuticura remedies the child improved in two months and was fully well in six months. Mrs. R. L. Risley of Piermont New Hampshire provides the account dated October 24, 1906.
A traveling drummer receives a telegram with mixed signals about a new son. The cook, unable to read, delays sending the message. Upon reading a garbled alert that implies infidelity and more, the drummer boards a midnight train home in alarm. The ensuing misreadings delay and then resolve in relief.
An overworked Ohio family physician recounts severe health decline from two jobs and sleepless nights. After adopting Grape Nuts with cream, his digestion, energy, and mood improved, prompting continued use and sharing of the remedy with patients.
Justice Geo E Law of Brazil Indiana has earned the title of The Marrying Squire by marrying about 1400 couples. He recalls kidney trouble in 1897 and credits Deans Kidney Pills with restoring his health. The ad notes Defiance Starch offers 16 oz for ten cents and promotes starch for home laundering.
A brief note on weed reproduction cites pepper grass yielding 18 000 seeds, dandelion 12 000, shepherds purse 87 000, wheat thief 7 000, common thistles 65 000, chamomile 16 000, ragweed 5 000, purslane 375 000, plantain 47 000, and burdock 43 000 seeds per plant illustrating rapid spread.
The ad extols Allcock's Porous Plaster as the leading external remedy for back pain chest colds and local pains. It claims sixty years of sales worldwide with few imitations and urges readers to try Defiance Starch as a cost saving option. A cynical line notes some men value a leader who paves over opportunity.
A collage of ad like snippets including Garfield Remedies claims under the Pure Food and Drugs Act and a belated note on English Labor Party fundraising. It also mentions Defiance Starch promising non stick ironing and William S Mayer, educator from New South Wales visiting Boston as a noted American note.
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