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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
3
A collage of quips and notes from The Western Kansas World including jokes about Halley's comet, air quality, pyramids of wheat and cotton, Mars life skepticism, penny dreadful politics, a Nevada suicide anecdote, bequests in Los Angeles, and reflections on steam age progress and medical fashions.
Donovan, a summer visitor at Glenarm near Annandale, foils an assassination plot against Miss Helen Holbrook and her guardian aunt Patricia. He fights two Italian intruders on the Holbrook estate, is taken for a suspect by Henry Holbrook, and clashing loyalties reveal a tense web of family secrets and looming danger as the night ends with Holbrook confronting Donovan.
A narrator rides out under a moonless sky to confront Helen Holbrook over her alleged perfidy as Miss Pat’s care and a family money dispute haunt his thoughts. He reaches the quiet shore of a vine-wrapped cottage by the creek and reads a sign at the gate, pondering the scene.
In Tippecanoe Indiana the home of a cancemaker named by Mima is traced to a rural mailbox marked Red Gate Hartridge. Henry Holbrook likely stayed there as a boarder. A houseboat sits nearby with tarpaulin covered canoes and chairs drawn close, suggesting a shipshape, lived-in scene.
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as produced by its chemists. It cautions that only the genuine article, with the full company name on the front, ensures the claimed benefits and warns against imitations.
A provincial company scene features an actor asking for ten cents to pay for a shave after playing Hamlet for four days. The manager notes the beard is growing and suggests a quick switch to Othello, revealing backstage tensions and comedic timing.
A Chicago man describes an intense itchy skin eruption that spread from hands to other parts, keeping him awake and tearing skin. After trying doctors and various treatments, he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, claiming itching ceased within days and the eruption disappeared in about three weeks.
A 19th century style testimonial from Mrs Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with freeing her from fifteen years of kidney trouble and enabling nearly eighty year old labor. The ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and price sixty cents a box. The page also features assorted quips and product plugs including Resinol ointment and Red Crees Ball Blue laundry product.
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