Evening at Home Foils Secret Society Pitch
Mr James a longtime member of old secret societies declines a friend’s invitation to join another group. He states he prefers to spend his evenings at home.
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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
7
Mr James a longtime member of old secret societies declines a friend’s invitation to join another group. He states he prefers to spend his evenings at home.
Thomas A. Edison declares a method to popularize electric automobiles and end horse power practice. He remains one of the era's most encouraging inventors as the Chicago Tribune reflects on his latest claim.
Mrs. Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut suffered five weeks bedridden from kidney disease with back pain headaches and dizziness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills for improvement after one box and a full cure after five boxes, sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box.
Warning against mercury containing catarrh remedies and advising careful use under physician supervision. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F H Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective, sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
Public Ledger notes Cassie Chadwick shedding her reticence and joining the tell-all set, prompting questions about whether this makes her a muck raker. The item hints at a broader sensational trend without detailing specific accusations or events.
An advertisement from LeRoy New York offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease by mail to Allen S Olmstead. It claims to cure sweating and hot swollen feet and ease tight shoes, corns, ingrown nails, and bunions, noting it is sold by druggists for 25 cents and not to accept substitutes.
Excerpted bits show a teething note touting Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and a Jersey woman claiming a lightning etched a snake on her arm. The text also credits a professor Dowle predicting a posthumous return and references a valuation joke about a man’s worth at various ages with a remark on a crank.
An OCR fragment touts Dr R H Kline of Philadelphia offering a product named Great Nervous Restorer claimed to cure St Vitus Dance and other nervous diseases. The ad invites readers to send for a free treatise and references a stray editorial aside about articles on the Helpful Hen and rate bills. The text mentions a Chinese student winning a prize at New York University and a casual remark on the anti-pass law affecting conductors.
The New York Herald report notes steady price increases for staple foods and goods across Europe and beyond. England faces scarcer bacon cheese eggs and butter amid high demand. Germany and Austria report higher costs for meat dairy and labor. public-house prices rise in Strasbourg and Austrian shoe makers raise wages while leather costs climb.
The Morgantown Chronicle notes Dr James Cox possesses a genuine steel Indian tomahawk found by William Dunfare on a farm north of Masontown Preston County. The pipe tomahawk shows white man craft, likely made in Europe, possibly England or France, and dated around 1755 to 1700.
A fragmentary column touches on Chicago piano usage and a quip about a newlywed daughter living in Chicago. It surveys varied subjects including royal salaries, Emperor William’s color photography hobby, and English Bible student Lars Cromer, all framed in a period newspaper voice.
Mrs Glen Willer asks Mrs Wade Parker for opinions on a new spring hat while at a Cleveland Leader gathering. Parker compliments the design, calling it lovely and noting its fit with the season.
In Concord Massachusetts Margaret Fuller Ossell enjoyed friendships with Emerson and Thoreau but kept some people at bay. One stormy night Old Dr Bartlett heard a loud knock and was asked how much camphor a person could take by mistake without dying and the answer named Margaret Fuller.
A rough dialogue recalls a famed fighting dog praised for gameness by a tin peddler and Uncle Jasper. The piece quotes humorous misspellings and dialect from Chicago News and Philadelphia Press style jests about Irish stories and extreme cold in Siberia Werehjoauksk.
A sermon-like text urges repentance and true faith over outward show. It contrasts genuine virtue with self interest and cautions against relying on legislation to curb selfishness while condemning hollow piety and materialism.
Miss Winnonahb Von Ob, only 20, attracted horsemen from east and west with her success in training. She conquered a notorious temperamental horse at P. J. Bar ranch, then continued taming spring stock in New Jersey, emphasizing kindness and insight over force.
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