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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
3
A gentleman hires a man to clean windows boots knives and haul wood mind the horse and pony tend the garden and feed the house for ten shillings weekly while a boy muses about making bricks in the yard. Benny notes benevolence rewards kind acts with gratitude and recalls a forgotten $25 cane found by his mother in the attic.
Dialogue frames a quirky family scene with George and his wife’s husband. The wife challenges George about smoking a birthday cigar, and George agrees to wait until their Willie is ready to learn. The exchange hints at humor and a nontraditional household dynamic.
The Beverly Unitarian church on Cabot Street stored ammunition in a powder room built in 1727 inside the meeting house compound. No fires were kindled there, making it a designated safe storage area. The article traces the church’s early history from 1656 through later expansions and reconfigurations.
After 32 years James Cummings of Custer Michigan, the harbor tug Graham's engineer, helped save 44 men from the grain barge Rutler wreck off Ludington on November 1 1878. Capt Frederick Kendrick towed a lifeboat while Cummings stayed at the throttle in icy seas, earning a treasury medal long overdue. Representative James McLaughlin revived the case and secured the award.
Hubert Latham the French aviator remains unmarried after more than 40 women have sent marriage proposals since his arrival in the United States.
Dialogue imagines aging together with Mrs Crow William pondering future after life. Humorous exchange ends with a quip about ending up as quail on toast at a table d hote restaurant.
A Brooklyn man describes a 16 year battle with a severe skin disease starting behind the knees. After trying many doctors and enduring sleepless nights and limited mobility, he found relief using Cuticura remedies. He purchased two sets and rapidly improved, declaring the cure complete and life now tolerable. The testimonial is signed Leonard A. Hawter of Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, dated July 30 and August 8, 1909.
An assorted old-time advertisement fragment features Dr Martel’s Female Pills lauded as standard for women’s ailments and Pettit’s Eye Salve touted since 1807. Other items include Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Somnalon, and a Lewis Single Binder cigar line, all presented in brittle promotional prose.
A featured claim promotes a simple inexpensive mix said to relieve rheumatism by cleansing the blood and aiding kidney function. It cites fluid extract dandelion, compound karyon, and compound syrup sarsaparilla, to be shaken and taken after meals and at night, with ingredients available at prescription pharmacies.
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