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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
In a Brooklyn building a Third-Floor tenant asks a resident to sell his flute while a Second-Floor tenant joins in, offering to buy the flute and the baby in a curious committee prompted scene from Tid-Bits.
Mrs John Kirk of Detroit Michigan describes a near collapse from kidney trouble five years earlier. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills she regained strength, dropped weight to 168 pounds and felt excellent. The ad promotes 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo and notes Pettit's Dye Salve for eye injuries.
A lengthy Senate session features Senator Heyburn opposing forestry service policy while arguing laws govern true policy. House and Senate consider sun dry civil and agricultural appropriations, with debates on mining safety funding, canteens for soldiers, and rail rate implications. The army pay raise wins, and bills place the Porto Rican regiment on a permanent basis with lighthouse aid expansions.
The United States and Spain signed a general arbitration treaty. The House approved the conference report on reorganizing the consular service. The Justice Department says arrangements are underway for a test case of the commodities clause under the Hepburn act, barring major changes from legislation or other events.
A Denver woman shares her experience of prolonged illness and surgical escalation, crediting Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health. The letter urges other sick women to consider the remedy, noting a long history of use and public guidance from Mrs Pinkham. The piece also includes a jokey anecdote about vegetarianism.
Warning about mercury in catarrh ointments and promotion of Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Mentions Toledo manufacturer F J Cheney Co and W C Cheney. price listed as 75 cents. Includes a vignette and a note on Massachusetts State Grange village improvement program and civic betterment.
A testimonial extols Grape Nuts to cure dyspepsia and indigestion. The writer credits medical advice and daily use for years of relief, noting the product is predigested and gentle on the stomach. It claims broad suitability, including children, and references The Road to Wellville.
The article explains lobsters eat many marine creatures including herring. They can catch fish with the claw and may live long without food when confined. Lobsters may shed a claw to escape traps and can regrow lost limbs. It notes their ability to shoot a claw and grow new ones.
In a terse exchange, Roxley retorts to Ascum that Mabel's lover interviewed him, calling him foolish. Ascum wonders if the man could become a son-in-law, but Roxley asserts the matter is settled by the girl and her mother.
A mother recounts eczema relief in her six month old son after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She cites cost of one cake and two boxes at 1.25 and notes drastic improvement after months of failed doctor visits. Also mentions Marie Lloyd anecdote and a note on storm petrels.
Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. effective catarrh care requires mucous-membrane action and a general nervous-system tonic. The herb Hydrastis Canadensis and components like Cubebs Copaiba and Collinsonia Canadensis are cited as forming a specific, strengthened remedy. Endorsed by theory and testimonials. manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt depicts a door confrontation where a canvasser is refused entry by a resident, claiming he is there to measure for awnings and receiving a sharp reply. The clash highlights misunderstandings between canvassers and occupants at a front door.
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