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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
3
Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio writes that Peruna cured her severe catarrh of head and throat after trying many remedies. She reports breath and stomach improvements within a month and says her general health is excellent. Also mentions Peruna tablets and Man-a-lin laxative.
A fragmentary verse notes Miss Mary a girl whose mother baked doughnuts, then Mary marries a man with a bare lip. The speaker invites leaning by the deep river, presenting a playful limerick style snippet from a Denver Post page.
The opening of the sixtieth congress on December 2 ends December 21 with minimal substantive work. Both houses meet intermittently, adjourn for holidays, and only organize, while thousands of bills await committee action. Post Office fears bluff trains to capture mail are noted along with committee shuffles and Tawney’s budget stance.
A Burlington reader reports a cousin in Rockingham County cured of a lifelong skin disease after two months using Cuticura remedies. The testimonial notes the child’s skin becoming as soft as a baby’s with no scars, recorded June 16, 1905. The piece ends with a humorous aside about Alexander the Great.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promises $100 for a catarrh deafness case cured only by Hall's Catarrh Cure and mentions circulars from F J. CISENEY & CO. Toledo Ohio and Druggists.
A Chicago Tribune fragment presents a visitor from the interior thanking Henry for showing historic city objects and expressing a desire to see Cap Anson, reflecting casual city history dialogue.
W G Fitz Gerad tays in Technical World Magazine that New Zealand is a pastoral agricultural country with a famed aboriginal race. He notes WN Island as a government sanatorium site in a volcanic region with hot springs geysers boiling mud pots and steaming lakes in cratered mountains.
A humor piece from Everybody's recounts two Mormon boys in Utah who tell a teacher their names John and William Smith. When asked their ages they answer ten, and the teacher concludes they are twins, joking they are only twins on their father's side. The anecdote showcases light regional character.
A testimonial describes severe coffee dependency harming a husband and wife. After switching to Postum their health improved, headaches lessened, and weights rose. The couple credits Postum with their recovery and urges others to try it, noting a company claim and a magazine promotion.
A discussion echoed in Technical World Magazine foresees Hudson Bay as a major inland trade artery linking Western Canada grain to Europe. The plan claims a thousand mile shorter route to Liverpool cuts transport costs, with vast agricultural lands and 600 million acres in play, reshaping western commerce and markets. An unrelated humorous hotel scene follows about a deaf guest and a diligent bellboy.
A Norfolk Va merchant C L Wood suffered months of back and kidney pain with irregular secretions. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills, pain ceased within four days and no kidney trouble returned. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also mentions a detective writer ending a plot and The Peruna Almanac offered free from druggists in 1908 edition.
A stranger asks who is the tall figure. The native replies it is Mr Pompus, a plain mistery with bearing of a second minte and overbearing air for a young lieutenant, as noted by the Catholic Standard Times.
A fragment notes U S government irrigation expands cultivation in the Snake River Valley Idaho with land value rising from 4 to 800 dollars per acre. It outlines filing methods, land limits, pricing 50 cents per acre, 25 dollar fixed charge, stock ownership with perpetual water rights, and instalment terms at 6 percent. It includes a brief fiction excerpt and advert items.
A woman with a cold blue eye recalls Vernon’s morning words about passing the tree where two years ago he carved the reader’s initials. The remark hints at sentiment and memory tied to a past act.
A regular customer voices curiosity about horse meat and asks the butcher if any is available. The butcher replies that they do not have it. The exchange is noted as an unusual food inquiry in the shop.
Claim touts WW GROVE signature BROMO QUININE as world wide remedy for a cold in one day. Advertisement notes price 25e and mentions massive orders for Siberia of Canadian harvesting machinery.
A historical snippet notes a rule that if one tree is chopped down, three must be planted. It also references Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children marketed to ease teething pain and wind colic, priced at two cents a bottle.
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