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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
4
Free medical examination inquiry offered by Minyons in Philadelphia. Send a postal request and medical blank for diagnosis by eminent doctors with no obligation or charge. Nostrum-like claim promises thorough evaluation and candid outcome whether curable or not.
Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania says twelve years of eczema on hands arms and feet left them swollen itchy and raw before using Cuticura Remedies. He notes rapid improvement and complete healing after starting the treatment and reports no further trouble since. Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston sole props of Cuticura Remedies.
Two boys walk in a wood hear bees in a hollow tree. One leans in and jumps away shouting a bee stuck a fork in his ear. The incident ends with a humorous misinterpretation of the buzzing as dining activity.
Mixed clippings report humorous items and ads including relief cures for women, a 6 percent mortgage joke, cat registration humor, Red Cross Ball Blue, and bullfighting tragedy notes from Madrid with injuries to Bombita and Pepete.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune item discusses motives behind bribery and the odds of a proposal by Prof McGoozle. The dialogue humorously contrasts expectations with reality and jokes about stenographers in offices being mostly women.
A Richmond Virginia woman describes severe health decline from coffee use and recovery after stopping coffee and starting Postum and Grape-Nuts. She reports regained strength, weight gain, improved walking and memory, and urges sharing the experience for others.
A column mixes a detailed description of a homemade ditch digging device with agricultural tips. It covers the bed and digger construction, wheel and adjustable draw iron, and how the design aids in deep, hardpan soil drainage. The piece also offers advice on keeping cream clean and at optimal temperatures to maintain sweetness. It includes notes on manure weed seeds, fruit tree fraud, butter pricing, peach rot, frost resistance, and comparisons of red clover and alfalfa as dairy forage.
The report notes the farm uses barnyard fertilizer management to drain washings back to soil while focusing on breeding purebred cows for higher returns. With 150 acres of black soil, the operation grows corn oats wheat hay flax and vegetables for own use, but dairy cattle prove more profitable.
The article describes common cabbage worms and their adult form the cabbage butterfly. It advises spraying young plants with arsenate of lead diluted to a gallon of water and covering foliage during heading. It notes heating water to 1300 degrees will kill worms without harming plants. It recommends tar paper circles around cabbage and tomato plants to deter cut worms.
A long recipe fragment details cherry preserving with sugar and maraschino cordial, citron preserves with lemon and ginger, boiled raisin cake with raisins and spice, a watermelon rind pickle update, and various domestic hints. It also mentions potatoes, cake making, melon prep, vinegar boil, nutmeg and cinnamon, and household cleaning tips.
A Newark boy informs Officer John Eckerline that a father and another man have been fighting around the corner for an hour. The boy explains the older man had the upper hand until the other man gained a second wind and began to “wipe the street” with him.
An advertisement recounts a woman’s kidney trouble causing headaches backaches weakness and swelling. Doan's Kidney Pills are credited with restoring health after doctors and other remedies failed. The piece ends with a Max O'Rell anecdote about a French master at St. Paul’s school in London.
The Our Own Minstrels stage a vaudeville style program featuring humor sketches and musical numbers. The famed tenor Sig Ryrup N Howell is slated to sing a ballad with a playful title. Local audience members enjoy the lively performance and jokes about everyday quirks.
Every package of Post Toasties includes a small booklet titled Tid-Bits made with Toasties. Promoted as a bonus in grocery displays, available wherever Post Toasties are sold.
The text describes a pongee gown with embroidery in a daisy pattern in silk. It mentions waist and sleeve effects and references a conservative habit and a Red Cross River product at leading grocers for five cents. The passage is fragmented and mixes fashion with unrelated promotional lines.
Tacoma Ledger warns of perilous tides in Puget Sound Narrows where waters rise over twenty feet and whirlpools threaten small craft. Describes dangerous currents near Olympia Mud Bay Shelton Henderson Bay and the compelling yet deadly beauty of the Narrows.
Mrs Lapsling notes a cousin who is amphibious in left and right hand skills. Tommy Tucker jokes about becoming a traveling sociologist. The ad mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with gums relief and cheap price.
A Canadian contributor recalls Justice of the Peace Alexander Beggs who, in a cow disease case, ordered the farmer to be shot but fined the cow. A pen slip reversed the sentence and the magistrate signed as Edward VII, per Beggs, J. P. The tale surfaces as humorous royal misnaming.
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