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Newspaper

Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1908

Page

7

Moonshine Maiden Mary Fouts Defies U S Law

A fearless Kentucky moonshiner Mary Fouts, teenage mistress of a fogbound fortress of rocks on Beaver Creek, repels a government posse with Winchesters and airmunition. The siege ends with her still intact and her status as moonshine mistress undiminished despite possible charges.

Kentucky United States Sami Jeramy Mary Fouts America Heaver Creek Knott-Floyd-Letcher Asharrow Uncle Sam Mary Fouwis Bill Peo Ye Mary Kebool Mary Posts Miss Fouts Mary Fouers Tor Janity Mary Ponts William the Conqueror Miss Pours Beaver Creek

Princess gown meets city policeman on Washington Square

A young woman in a princess gown asks Policeman George Donnelly for help buttoning her dress near Washington Square. Amid light humor he assists, then the piece shifts to a discussion from Japanese Weekly Mail about a program pairing Japanese settlers in the United States with wives from Tokyo. The author cites Shimanuki and Ryok kokai as a Self-Help society train of women for marriage and naturalization aims, arguing the plan could ease anti Japanese sentiment.

Washington Square New York Fifth Avenue George Donnelly Donnelly le Point Guardian of the Law United States Japan Shimanuki Kotsikawa Tokyo Ryokkokai Tokyo Ii Mail

Marriage by Photograph and Japanese Self Defense Forces

The Asahi Shimbun reports two self defense movements among Japanese in the United States. One crusade targets gambling by Chinese, seen as a vice harming Oriental presence in America. The other movement appears to promote marriage by photograph between Japanese in America and Japanese women in Japan.

Tie Asahi Shimbun America Japan United States

Horses with Mustaches Rare Claim Stirs Cabby’s Tale

A cabby boasts of a horse with a highly developed mustache while a horse doctor inspects the ungainly creature. Authorities debate mustache as a sign of low breeding, with the Philadelphia Bulletin noting the rarity and debate over such features.

Parade Ground Inspection Postponed by Captain

A humorous flurry of old time magazine style notices and ads appears. A captain tells his company to report for inspection at ten, but the colonel is told to postpone as a wife needs the cannon for a celebration tomorrow. The page also promotes Defiance Starch and Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies, including testimonials from Mrs Williams and Mrs Sperl about medical cures without operations.

Hiram Day Mary Fouts Day Vincie Mars Fonts Kentucky Lydia E. Pinks A. Williams Gardiner Lydia E. Pinkham Alvina Sper Claybourne Ave Chi Chicago Lydia B. Pinkham

Well-Informed choose top products including Syrup of Figs

One of the Essentials of happy homes is information on health products. The text touts a proven family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a world approved remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.

California Fig Syrup Co Vale

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