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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
6
A scrambled page notes eccentricities from the era including fashion bans on trailing skirts to curb germs, a market shift with East Indian bananas competing in English markets, and reflections on balloon travel. It surveys brain sizes, a rising women’s club, and quirky tech like endless rope pumps and pneumatic carriages. It also comments on diamonds, a rebound from Japan, and political quips about Tim Healy.
A narrative fragment follows Hartley and Van Brunt two wealthy New Yorkers, their companion Pratts view of the pair, and a Londonish valet named Opper who joins aboard. The Twins nicknamed The Heavenlies pursue a lifestyle craze from New York while Hartley clings to sanity, and Pratts loneliness grows as the trio drift toward a distant charity girl Agnes Page and a pending marriage plot.
Mrs Bodenhamer of Kerne sville North Carolina describes chronic stomach trouble and nervousness. After using Hartman remedies Peruna and Manalin she reports improved health and urges others with similar symptoms to try Perana. The letter notes many similar testimonials and appeals for candid consideration of the product.
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