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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
7
A young writer Burk Phillips leaves college to chase authorship near publishing centers. He endures debt, welcomes a surge of prize checks, then moves east with his wife Edith. They face poverty, relocate to the Northwest, endure a brutal winter, and Burke turns to writing a novel while isolation and hunger test their resolve.
A Michigan farmer with $24 seven years ago now owns seventy cattle and praises western Canada after visiting Calgary Edmonton Regina Saskatoon and Lang Lake road areas. He notes thriving crops hay water wood and promising soils near Lumsden Balgonie and Smith settlement and plans to relocate with friends while urging land seekers to consider the district and contact Canadian government agents.
After a church gathering a few weeks ago two brother ministers debated a Shakespeare passage in a friendly exchange reported by the Outlook. They failed to settle the point and one joked about asking Shakespeare in heaven, prompting the other to ask what if Shakespeare does not go to heaven.
In Valley Missouri on February 24 a remarkable local change is noted as Perry Nelson, previously frail and troubled by kidney concerns, reportedly regained vigor after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He highly endorses the remedy and recommends it strongly. Separately, a note on Malta imports and Mediterranean coal traffic contrasts with travel advertising from the Chicago and Alton Railway touting fast train service to St Louis via Kansas City, along with sleeping cars and low rates.
A stream of vintage ad copy and lines cross a newspaper page offering household cures, cosmetics, and quips. Slogans tout droppers from Atlanta, Mother Grays powders, Oats breakfast, and a tobacco cure while humorous witticisms poke at social norms. The jumble includes solicitations for mistaken romance and advice, framed in a period voice.
The item notes customers say they avoid DeRance Starch due to its 16 oz price for the month and switch to Defiance Starch, which requires no cooking and can be used cold or boiled. It mentions a Mexico railroad engineer praising Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and a local note on railway costs and services. A social line about a fat coquettish woman appears amid the mix of ads and notes.
An executive letter from Oregon’s office touts Peruna as the age’s catarrh remedy. Endorsers include laborers, clerks, editors, and the Governor, who keeps Peruna on hand for colds and winter ailments. The missive urges households to use Peruna and obtain Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Cough.
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