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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
7
A disjointed compilation of humorous snippets and ad copy. The page includes a Hall’s Catarrh Medicine pitch, cartoonish banter about venison and jazz, a fox trot joke about a fox tied with cans, a child’s career musings about becoming a teacher, and a gossip cartoon about Mrs Pilfickle and friends, reflecting light, eclectic reader fare.
Quicksilver or mercury has diverse applications beyond thermometers. It forms an amalgam with gold on a copper plate to extract gold, appears as blue mass medicine, and is used in making mirrors. Mercury compounds like bichloride can be poisonous, causing painful, prolonged illness or death.
A Birmingham Age Herald snippet shows a front-desk clerk describing a woman eager to buy a “gen-u-wine” Persian rug. The dealer questions the claim, noting the buyer’s eye and recent appearance, then wagers the store’s New Jersey factory rugs may also be counterfeit.
A fragmented excerpt features a stump speaker asking about a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. A vet from The Home Sector warns the salvage gang may reach it first. The remark includes a quip about leap frog and ambition.
United States Department of Agriculture summarizes farm forestry to boost profits. High grade logs like white oak and yellow poplar can be sold in carload lots to mills. pulp wood markets pay $4-$9 per cord depending on species. Railroad ties yield higher lumber value, and cutting young trees for one small tie is often a mistake.
The U S Department of Agriculture bureau of markets expanded the fruit and vegetable inspection service started in 1917 to 150 designated Federal Inspector inspecting carloads of badly sprouted potatoes. Certificates upon request describe the condition of interstate shipments as they arrive at market centers and form a basis for settling shipper consignee claims.
The White Leghorn is described as the top egg producing breed today. Its average lifespan is about six years and typical life production averages around 500 eggs, with yearly totals potentially exceeding 1,000. Profitability generally ends by year four.
A breeder warns that the ram should not stay with the ewes into winter. If kept with the flock, he may become bossy and overeat, leading to aggressive behavior and possible abortions among the ewes.
An advertising snippet touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight laxative that cleanses the bowels of excess bile and toxins. It claims no gripe or discomfort and cheap price, ending with a humorous London Passing Shot exchange about a parson and a funeral sermon.
A historical ad notes that aspirin should be taken with water and bears the Bayer safety cross. It describes Bayer tablets, packaging, and price in simple terms, crediting physicians and noting the product as a widely prescribed analgesic. A second fragment references a World War I era cheer by a ship captain to a doughboy.
A vintage remedy ad claims Pape's Cold Compound cures severe colds within hours with a few doses every two hours. It states the first dose clears nasal passages and relieves headache fever sneezing and stiffness, costs only a few cents, and contains no quinine. The piece ends with an unrelated quotation about eating fish for brain benefit.
A newspaper fragment touts Diamond Dyes for dyeing fabrics including wool silk linen and cotton. It promises rich nonfading color and a safety motto links to letting others handle risky tasks. The legible text also mentions a book project for chiropractors with foot care notes.
A noisy advertisement and assorted quips open with nostril relief claims and quirky quotes. Includes remarks by Charles M. Schwab about ambition and downfall, civic pride debates, a trolley conductor joke, and aphorisms on war, Pepsia, and youth.
An advertisement promises instant hair beauty using Danderine applied with a soft cloth to individual strands. It claims the product doubles hair soft lustrous fullness, removes dust and oil, nourishes the scalp, cures dandruff, and promotes growth to long, strong, beautiful hair.
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