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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
2
A collage of notes and quotes on cold snaps, aviation, battleships, inflation, and social quirks. Mentions King Manuel, Uncle Sam’s battleship, a 30 000 ton dreadnought, taxicabs versus horses, Mars, and the Panama Canal. Ends with indium therapy as a charitable research endeavor.
Donovan shelters two Holbrook women from a web of suitors and secrets on Annandale lake. Gillespie, a rival suitor, hints at Henry Holbrook’s yacht the Stiletto and a hidden motive. A pursuer in a rowboat shadows the launch as Helen Holbrook and Miss Pat navigate danger, while Donovan confronts moral tests and traces of guilt.
A Canadian land development tale cites James Bailey near Regina who bought 640 acres at $18 an acre and, after two years, yields 19 875 bushels of wheat and 4 750 bushels of oats. He claims 17 550 from grain and 10 280 from land value increase, with land now offered at $35 an acre. Agents offer rates and information on opportunities.
Dr Woolf Huntchin of New York argues that consumption is a poor man’s disease and that the ill poor lack funds for cure. He notes 65 percent of consumptives are too poor for treatment and urges sanitarium or hospital care to prevent family infection and greater loss, asserting money buys chances for fresh air and cure.
A reader from an Indiana town recounts lifelong coffee use and digestive distress. She credits Postum with ending dyspepsia and coffee cravings, noting improved health and no longer fearing coffee for breakfast.
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