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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
An article warns tech workers ride street cars in variable weather without wraps, risking colds and rheumatic ailments. It notes body cooling during fast rides and perspiration from heat, recommending wraps and caution through spring. The ad urges immediate Peruna use at first symptoms to shorten illness.
Letters from users and supporters in Chicago Illinois Atwood Colorado Paterson New Jersey and Rochester New York praise Peruna for curing cold symptoms and catarrh in adults and children. One note claims lasting relief after a few doses while another hails the product as the best ever used.
The spouse declares she will handle tasks herself, saying she will do them right. Mr Meehan agrees, complimenting her as the manliest woman he knows. The exchange reflects domestic humor and witty banter in a lighthearted dialogue.
A witty exchange about singing faults from a Chicago Tribune note. The Doctor jokes about a bad note while the Professor minimizes the lapse as a minor fault.
A 1906 French monetary study shows total currency should have been about 3.06 billion dollars, but only 1.898 billion remains in circulation. Analysts attribute losses to accidents, fires, shipwrecks, indemnities to Germany, and export–import coin flows, with a speculative one billion dollars possibly hoarded.
Brief item notes Johnny was stealing jam and was caught red handed by his watchful mother. The fragment mentions Pettit's Eye Salve priced 25 cents and lists druggists in Stoward Bros. Buffalo NY. Also a line about Cardiff exporting twelve million tons of coal yearly.
Portland's Mrs. Sarah A. Evans describes the trials of a woman market inspector in educating merchants about cleanliness. She argues filth cannot be legislated away and urges all towns to appoint inspectors or empowering women to oversee market cleanliness and food safety.
From a dialogue in which a husband asserts his able nature for staying silent while his wife hints he might lack sense to speak. The exchange centers on who deserves credit for restraint and wit within domestic conversation.
A Woodville Connecticut mother reports her one and a half year old son suffered terrible facial and body sores. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about two months the child healed and has had no sores since.
Mrs H Mutzabaugh of Duncannon Pennsylvania describes spring kidney trouble with smothering spells heat flashes and pain in passing kidney secretions. She credits eight boxes of Adams Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with restoring her health. Garfield Tea touted as a strong laxative. Snail farming in France is extensive with 2 500 000 pounds consumed annually. Lewis Single Binder Se cigar praised. Deepest hole in the world bored in Silesia at 7000 feet through 83 coal beds.
The article notes nearly 300 000 new arrivals in Canada in 1907, including about 60 000 from the United States. It highlights reasons such as favorable climate today low land prices easy payment terms 160 acres offered by the government and strong social conditions. It compares Canada to the US driving settlers to seek homes in Winnipeg Edmonton and nearby regions.
A poor family in a tumble down Florida shack faces a grim holiday image as Ezekiel, without stockings, hangs his trousers by the chimney. A Northern visitor arrives with gifts but learns Ezekiel lost his pants and jokes about his missing stockings, ending with a blunt, rural quip.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a customer declares a reversal of pain while a chiropodist jokes about the reaction. The gag centers on a sharp moment and a punchline about discomfort.
An old ad promotes Dr B H W Kline nerve restorer with a free 62 bottle offer and a Philadelphia address. It also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Children claiming gum relief and wind colic cure priced at 2 cents per bottle.
One of the essentials for happy homes is health knowledge and quality products. The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine, ethically manufactured laxative, approved by physicians and well-informed shoppers, to be bought from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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