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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1909

Page

6

Notable Boer War Veteran Captain Duquesne Career

Frits Duquesne, born in South Africa and educated in Europe, built a long career as a professional hunter and spy during the Boer British conflict. He served in the Kafr wars, fought around Colense, and endured capture and imprisonment before returning to Europe and later engaging in journalism and magazine work in New York.

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Safari Danger and Bloodied Ivory Tales From Africa

A veteran hunter recalls Roosevelt's Africa trip style and equipment, detailing rifles, calibers, and costly ammunition. He recounts a near-fatal elephant charge, Nick the Senegal shikaree killed saving him, and the perilous realities of big game hunting across lakes, rivers, and parched velds where disease and danger loom.

Roosevelt North American East Africa America London Ike Lake Country Lake Albert Edward N'Yanza Lake Kivu Nick Senegal Cunninghame Roose The Cape Cairo Zanzibar Lake Tanganyika Dows

Bill's Affliction and Starch Talk In One Page Snippet

A fragmented column blends a comic line about Bill with a political quip on vigilance and a note on laundry starch. It mentions Uncle and a baseball fever mockingly, then shifts to a brass tacked advertisement praising Defiance Starch for brighter, thinner applications, followed by a light quip about Miss Hilda's French class.

Mothers Who Have Daughters Helped by Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy

Winchester Indiana woman cites doctors predicting dropsy but after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound reports relief from bloating cramps and sleeping issues. The firm cites hundreds of letters praising the remedy and urges women with menopausal and menstrual troubles to seek treatment.

Winchester Ind May Deal Lydia Pinkham Lydia FE. Pinkham

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