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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
4
The article argues that a medicine's value hinges on how drugs are combined rather than the individual ingredients. It stresses that proportion and harmony among components determine stability and effectiveness, citing Dr. Hartman and Peruna as an example of years of experience guiding formulation.
A highwayman in a Philadelphia Record tale stops a gasoline runabout on the Applian Way near Rome. He finds only a woman and asks about a husband hiding under the seat, then refuses to rob, saying it’s bad enough to have a husband.
Atarper’s Weekly recalls a Jos eph Jefferson anecdote from the Walnut Street Theatre about Camille and Armand. A maid carries a candlebrum that topples, setting stage ice cream ablaze and breaking the tense scene as laughter erupts and the curtain falls.
A humorous anecdote recalls Justice Harlan riding to Washington in a Louisville sleeping car. In the smoking compartment a flask circulated and whiskey was drunk from a common glass. The justice sniffed the glass, demanded the perpetrator reveal the bottle, and questioned the owner about hiding it.
A New York Press piece notes urban superstition with executives and workers insisting on numbers. Some buy addresses like 79 on Seventy Ninth Street while others chase favorites such as five, seven, nine or three. The article cites hotel living and avoidance of the thirteenth floor as examples of this peculiar habit.
Edward Schooley and wife in Inyo County tend to the body of Ray mond Kelly for weeks after he died near a mining claim. Unable to raise 250 to move the corpse to Santa Barbara, they preserve it at high altitude with help from a friendly undertaker who plans to retrieve it in February. Kelly died during a mountain storm and a comrade sought aid after the descent. The couple carried Kelly four miles and buried him temporarily in canyon snow.
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans systematic tree planting to ensure future cross ties. After five years of experiments 60 trees have been planted on company land. An 681 acre area near Altoona will be planted with chestnut and red oak seedlings in 1907 and 1908. Railroads nationwide use about 110 million cross ties annually, with Pennsylvania supplying about 5.5 million, a demand that has denuded forests and pushed ties to seventy cents each.
A lawyer at a Kansas City dinner urged more civility in cross examinations. He recounted a damage suit where a cross-examiner yelled at a witness in overalls and was answered with a sharp retort about attire and truthfulness.
Dried beet pulp from beet sugar mills is rising in use among farmers in certain areas. Soaked about six hours before feeding, five pounds absorb around four gallons of water creating bulky winter feed. It is praised for sheep hogs and poultry where silage or root crops are unavailable.
A Montana reader credits Grape-Nuts with curing indigestion nervous strain and blurred vision after years of illness. He claims brain and nerve fortitude returned, digestion restored, and eyesight and temper improved, noting a renewed zest for life after using the cereal. The advertisement cites Battle Creek Michigan company provenance.
A Danville citizen quotes relief from an extended skin condition after using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur and its Ointment. The testimonial claims the remedy cures skin and blood troubles and praises its pleasant taste and convenient form.
A clipped Washington Herald quote reports Macaulay muttering that mentioning the make would stir trouble. The text hints at tension or deflection but provides no clear event or outcome.
A light Detroit Free Press quip on Mrs. Smartly-Well making her own hats and her husband’s indifference to wearing them. The joke centers on clever fashion and domestic banter with playful sarcasm.
The piece praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a trusted female remedy with a clear list of ingredients and a badge of honesty on its packaging. It notes it contains no alcohol or habit forming drugs, warns it won’t cure tumors, and urges patients to seek consultation and privacy. It also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a bowel regulator and cites habits formed in childhood.
Mrs Ka Filppe recalls strict childhood rules about dating with a chaperon while Mise Pest jokes about her parents being sensible. The Chicago Record Herald presents the exchange as a social reflection on propriety and guardianship in courting.
Fragmentary ad copy mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain and colic. Vague references to relief claims and a visual display at an art gallery appear, but text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details.
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