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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
2
The advertisement promotes using a wholesome remedy for proper living and suggests the California Fig Syrup Co. laxative as the best choice. It claims truthfulness in presentation and urges buyers to obtain the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the genuine California company via leading druggists.
In Davies and Hunt's Stories of the English Artists Turner hates parting with his paintings. A Birmingham manufacturer named Gillett offers five thousand pounds in banknotes. Turner jokes that the money is mere paper, and the dealer departs with Turner’s works totaling about five thousand pounds in value.
Fragmentary newspaper text mentions medical claims about Bright's disease and a daredevil exchange on a train, plus an old eye remedy by Pettit's Eye Alve and a Beveridge quote about careful wording. The readable content lacks a coherent event or人物.
A collage of newspaper quips about money quarrels sermons and ads. It notes rival preachers salaries a wallpaper trust teething syrups and stationery ribbons with cartoonish exchanges and misheard phrases from the Chicago Tribune.
A veteran recalls a young Union spy captured after signaling Confederates to gain trust. He describes the dilemma of a general who would not hang her, the spy’s denial, and the later proof of her Union allegiance. The narrator notes years have passed and he returned to his own affairs.
A Union private on picket recalls arrest for abandoning post after spotting a girl signaling the enemy from a tree. He later helps expose the girl as a Confederate spy, faces desertion charges, and is spared by a forgiving general after a dramatic capture and confrontation.
A Chicago family relies on electrical devices to run household chores despite the bread winner earning only $18 weekly. The wife uses washing machines and electric irons, cooks with a modular electrical cabinet stove and oven, and the home shows how electricity transforms daily work into less onerous tasks.
A women’s mining company was organized in Marquette Michigan. The piece notes prominent women including Mrs. Philander C. Knox, Sally A. Rosenthal, and Queen Alexandra’s proposed honors for civilian virtue, plus fashion and beauty tips aimed at readers.
A New York Mail and Express poem recalls Gettysburg green fields once stained by blood. It contrasts shells with buds, horses with saplings, and fiery tides with peaceful skies, ending in a prayer that night and strife yield to joy and peace.
A Monticello Kentucky resident recalls how residents greeted Federal troops advancing on the town. An elderly woman reportedly said when she saw the flag coming she threw her bonnet on the ground and stomped on it.
Poetic reminiscence honors Union soldiers who answered Taps in 1861 and after. The verse laments leaving relics in drawers and recalls blue uniforms, bugles, and a silent bivouac as veterans march toward an unknown strand.
The navy and steel blue straw turban features a sweeping cog feather of gray quills tipped with blue. A navy satin scarf sits at the right side, while the left brim rises sharply and is clasped by gray lace and a steel button.
The text notes growing dissatisfaction among women with men, claiming few women remain thoroughly satisfied. It frames a broad, social trend of marital discontent and personifies the issue as a widespread sentiment among female readers.
For a feather cover make a slip of cotton cloth eight inches larger in both dimensions than the item. Leave a side opening one third of the length. Add six inch tapes to each inside corner and to the four outer corners. Tie tapes and close opening with a seam or buttons. Cotton challies may replace plain cotton cloth for comforts.
Short tale notes a treatment for brown skin patches linked to the liver with many remedies attempted and the latest cure described as questionable. It frames the condition as disfiguring and difficult to cure while skeptical of the newest claim.
A terse, moral exhortation stressing that sweet bread comes from one’s own energy and usefulness. It urges active effort, avoiding idleness, and claims fortune rewards those who roll up their sleeves and work.
The Baltimore Star argues that a child needs love and a home in addition to clothes and food for proper development. It warns that the success of society relies on recognizing each child as an individual with unique needs and yearnings for love, including those facing want or crime.
A discussion on how charisma can outweigh mere skill and the need to cultivate charm to the highest degree. The text argues that those lacking magnetic appeal deserve blame rather than pity, as charm is attainable by most.
A burnt straw hat serves as a backdrop for a luxuriant wreath of black eyed Susans. The wreath features intense black centers and rich color, complemented by a large satin ribbon bow in burnt orange on the left.
The sight of an Englishwoman chasing a hare on foot through brambles and over bridges is noted as a vivid, almost comic scene by Town and Country, likening it to a German hausfrau halting in the road.
A bottle of household ammonia belongs in the kitchen sink and a wait staff pantry. It kills grease by chemical action and also adds luster to silver through the same effect.
Instruction advises dampening a drying area of a starched garment with a cloth dampened in cold starch to maintain even stiffness.
The article notes a curious fact about reception of marriage proposals, observing that liars allegedly receive more proposals than other types of girls, a claim attributed to commentary in Punch. It frames social perceptions in a wry, satirical tone.
An advertisement urges sufferers of kidney ailments to try Munyon's Kidney Remedy. It claims quick relief from back and groin pains, leg swelling, facial puffiness, and urine changes, promising cure of Bright's Disease and Diabetes and offering a refund if unsatisfied. Price 25c, sold by druggists.
A cartoon caption depicts a father praising his son's business college progress. The son’s monthly debt statement is described as perfectly formal and businesslike, prompting the father to send payment without complaint.
Brooks asks Rivers how he will respond when smoking cars are removed. Rivers replies with a savage plan to circulate a petition demanding abolition of chewing gum cars.
James C Lee of 1100 9th Street S B Washington D C suffered a severe back injury from a scaffold fall. He describes intense pain around the lower back and abdomen and notes failing relief from plasters belts and other remedies until his daughter used Sloan's Liniment, which he credits as helping his recovery after consuming six and a half bottles.
A debate in a Chicago Tribune exchange centers on the phrase poetic license. The Literary Editor defines it as a universal allowance enabling poets to exist within the universe's constitution.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh through constitutional treatment. It promises to pay 100 dollars if it fails and urges readers to send testimonials while noting the product sold by druggists for 75 cents. The pitch also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A brief exchange on pronunciation from a Boston connection is quoted in the New York Weekly. Jinks questions the word eyether and ayether while Winks notes they heard John L. Sullivan use the phrase at the theater.
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a remedial regulator for female weakness and backache through kidney and urinary troubles. Offered at drugstores or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample from The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, New York.
A humorous exchange has a parent teasing a child who asks to play baseball. The child says he will play in the left garden instead of a proper field. The father retorts the boy can stay home and work in the right garden.
A mother warns her lamb of a grim future as it plays in the meadow. The cautious tone foreshadows danger despite the creature’s cheerful gamboling and carefree leaps.
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