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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
7
A magazine editorial argues all disease should be criminalized, blaming harsh household burdens on women and linking cure to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The piece touts medical advice, promises free advisers, and promotes Mrs. Pierce’s remedies with confidential letters and postage details.
A vintage ad praises Defiance Starch with 16 oz packs for the price of 12, claiming longer lasting效果 and no cooking. It contrasts with rival brands and cites testimonials, urging consumers to choose Defiance for better value and reliability.
Public health style note promotes treating constipation with Grape Tonic. It cites deaths from typhoid and appendicitis to urge prompt response and criticizes pills and salts as ineffective. Claims the tonic is good for children and mothers, offering a free bottle to new users.
John Burns, long a labor leader and strike figure who spent time in prison for his defiance of speech limits, has become a cabinet officer in Britain. The first workingman to reach such a senior government post, he embodies the era’s growing democratic reform and social policy within the established system.
Articles claim brilliant silk like threads can be produced from cellulose using carded cotton. The artificial silk is white and silky to the touch with a crackle when pressed, preferred for trimmings and embroidery, usable as hat material, cheaper and cleaner, with growing demand in silk producing countries led by Germany and France.
Maurice Grau, once impresario of opera, is seriously ill at his Paris home. He relinquished opera management two years ago and never returned after a health decline following rest in the south of France. Since October his heart trouble has worsened, signaling a near abandonment of recovery efforts. Also noted are remarks on Thomas F. Ryan’s public image and K Lane’s nomination for interstate commerce commissioner amid New York interest.
A collage of 19th century ads touts kidney pills from Dean's, Blood Balm B B B, Defiance Starch, Cuticura remedies, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Claims include kidney relief, skin cures, blood purification, constipation remedies, and domestic product promos. Prominent names include Foster Milburn Co Buffalo and Mrs Minnie Drew.
Kansas items report Lawrence to dedicate a $40,000 Y M C A building December with H M Beardsley of Kansas City delivering the principal address. The project is debt free. Governor Hoch spoke at Ottawa on trusts and urged crushing them and criticized oil buying from Kansas refineries.
The passage presents a collage of sensational claims and faded ads. It mentions a dramatic tale of an Empress Dowager and brand propaganda about Pillsbury Vitae, with unrelated quips about tobacco, cigar brands, and Peoria factory notes. It also includes testimonials praising Dodd's Kidney Pills and a stray joke about absent mindedness.
AFragmentary report notes a vegetable product from Lynn Massachusetts that claims to conquer tumors and avoid serious operations. The text references a “Vegetable Com” and a claimed impact on growth through verification but has numerous garbled phrases and unclear details.
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