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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
7
A collage of snippets and jokes appears, including captions about UAE UR Red Cross Blue, a Swiss scenery preservation league, humorous farmer banter on railroad regulation, a drought of stock market quips, and dating banter between Grayce Reggie. It mixes quips, poems, and light social observations from an old paper.
An illustrated testimonial from a Buffalo housewife attributes improved nerve health and digestion to Grape-Nuts, claiming the stomach’s proper nutrition enhances brain function. The ad emphasizes Grape-Nuts as half digested, rich in phosphate, uniting with albumen and water to rebuild nerve centers.
A crowded penitentiary and rising cattle herds headline Kansas items. Bond votes for Caney schools, new banks in Arkansas City, and rail rate talks appear alongside incidents like a drowning in Sterling and a farmer killing his wife before suicide near Atwood. The state health board notes disease rises, and a prohibition oratorical contest occurs at Ottawa.
Testimony by Prof Hugo R Meyer before the Senate on Interstate Commerce discusses how rail expansion enabled westward agricultural growth and eastern manufacturing. He argues the Interstate Commerce Commission failed to foresee broad economic links between western farming and eastern industry, noting rail workers' ingenuity and the era’s bold railroad expansion.
A narrative recalls a 19th century physician Dr Pierce who traveled from Buffalo to treat patients across the United States. His remedies included a popular Favorite Prescription for women aimed at restoring health and strength, with testimonials of relief from various ailments and a mention of Pierce’s Pellet for constipation.
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