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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
3
A short health note describes backache as a signal of female organism trouble accompanied by nervousness headaches and loins pains. It claims prompt attention is needed and asserts a single remedy restores the feminine system to health.
Reader letters claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured backache and menstrual irregularities. Other items praise Cuticura remedies for skin and leg complications. A brief note on Tea Table Etiquette recalls 19th century customs and a verse about Lady Betty.
The country greets a decisive change as heavy rain and snow end a severe drought. Frost harms Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Texas while Minnesota Wisconsin Kentucky see brief wintry flakes. Rivers rise, factories reopen, and forests win relief as water supplies improve across many states.
Dakota Wesleyan elects Dr S F Kerfoot as president at Mitchell. Winona normal enrollment reaches 318, up 12 from last year. Rockefeller gifts Chicago University 2 million dollars prompting a 25 percent faculty pay increase. Eau Claire summer school of methods reports record attendance. W Ratsall becomes superintendent at Pierre Indian school replacing C J Levegood. Wisconsin districts pursue strict compulsory education for ages 7 to 14. South Dakota agricultural college to run farmer institutes at about twenty five towns this fall. Progressive Journal of Education to launch October 1 edited by Peyton Boswell. Lawrence university trustees active in politics with Stephenson, Hatton, Lindauer, Moehlenpan as candidates.
A compact chronology lists milestones from 1519 Cortex in Tlasca to 1906 pardons by Gov. Wilson. Entries cover explorers, battles such as Knoxville, policy shifts, maritime events, fires, riots, and public notices across North America and Europe.
A Chicago Record Herald report notes government naturalists in Kington gathered facts on birds tongues. It compares woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and parrots, explaining woodpeckers use tongues for prey capture with suction-like secretions, while parrots excel in articulation. It highlights hummingbirds have a remarkable double tongue aiding insect catching.
Mrs J A Bennett of Garifiner Maine credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a complete recovery after four months bedridden with back pain dizziness headaches and bladder inflammation. She emphasizes the treatment's lasting effect and notes it is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Advert describes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigars using ripe tobacco and fancy graded crops. Factory claims consistent high quality and large tobacco holdings in the United States, with annual sales stated at eight million.
The General Demand for a known value liquid laxative leads the Well Informed to the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. Its ethical, wholesome formula is preferred for family use and trusted by physicians. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products only, price fifty cents per bottle.
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