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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
8
A tradesman guide explains a blow-pipe test to distinguish pure White Lead from adulterated paint. It notes metallic lead returns to metal under heat only with genuine White Lead, and cites National Lead Company offering free blowpipes and a booklet to prove purity.
The advertisement claims Brown's Bronchial Traches directly influence the throat to relieve coughs hoarseness and throat trouble. It also notes grapes squeezed six times in making champagne yield wine of different qualities.
An old advertisement promotes PAZO OINTMENT promising to cure piles in 6 to 14 days with money back if not. It also touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a single remedy for colds, and includes a Danish slogan about homemaking and a signature to verify product authenticity.
Haitian peril deepens as British Indefatigable and German Bremen arrive in Port-au-Prince. The Indefatigable triggered alarms with cannon, while U S ships Des Moines and Eagle were dispatched to protect American interests amid suspected plots and executions tied to the Haitian government crackdown.
Erie Pa March 18 Matthew Khienoja a refined Russian Pole killed himself by cutting his throat on a Pittsburg and Erie train Tuesday.
The Kenilworth arrives in San Francisco with 3000 tons of coal after 579 days at sea from Philadelphia. Taft proclaims Afro-American progress in Brooklyn with Booker T. Washington speaking. A medium aids the search for Miss Bessie Griswold’s body in Roscoe Illinois. Notable: a Kansas City body isn’t the Earl of Leitrim’s brother. Rockefeller praises Augusta Georgia for kindness and anonymity. a London Times takeover is contested in court. Ruth Attrick’s lawsuit leads to a baby’s clothing dispute. Webster county Kentucky’s race tensions flare after Jack Barry’s death following an Evansville hospital ambush.
Fifteen University of Michigan students were arraigned before Justice Doty on rioting charges after a Monday night disturbance at Star theater. A mob, provoked by a reproach from a special policeman, smashed the theater front raided the box office and wrecked interior furnishings.
Six hundred kindergarten pupils of a Children’s Aid Society school on Henry Street East Side marched from the building in fire drill formation when a small fire was found in a conservatory attached to a classroom. The fire was contained with no injuries reported.
Charles Wingren, a homestead settler near Rapid River in Koochiching county, was paroled from the St. Cloud reformatory after a manslaughter sentence. He left the institution on Tuesday following Monday’s offense.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on March 18 the J J Newman Lumber Company sawmill, the state's largest, burned to the ground. Fifty million feet of lumber were destroyed and the loss is estimated around $200,000.
Augusta Ga March 18 Judge O W Buchanan died here Tuesday from a bullet wound received while sitting in a passenger coach of a Southern Railway train. The incident occurred during travel and the judge succumbed to his injuries.
Chicago price movements show spring wheat firm around 5.90 to 6.00, with Minneapolis hard patent and export bags listed. Wheat futures steady with May near 95 to 96 cents, corn firm at 65 to 66, oats strong with May at 53 to 54, butter quoted across grades, live poultry prices per pound noted, eggs at 12 to 18 cents, potatoes from 64 to 70 cents. New York markets record dull flour and unchanged wheat as fears of cold weather support limited gains for May at 1.038 to 1.089-16 dollars per bushel, and No. 2 western rice at 87 to 88 cents.
Chicago and South Omaha market report shows active cattle trading with native steers priced up to 6.00 in Chicago and 6.00 in South Omaha, cows and heifers 3.00 to 5.25, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.00, calves 3.00 to 6.00, bulls 3.00 to 4.50. Sheep market steady with yearlings 5.75 to 6.10, wethers 5.25 to 6.40, ewes 4.75 to 6.25, lambs 6.50 to 7.50. Hog prices range from 2.75 to 4.90 across grades.
In Washington on March 13 Senator La Follette accused Aldrich and Morgan of bank influence behind the currency bill. Aldrich denied support from Morgan and emphasized merits. La Follette argued the bill hid powerful bank backing and withdrew railway bond provisions. After over two hours he paused remarks, receiving congratulations from many senators.
In Galveston on March 18 Captain Moore of the British steamship Howhead from Belfast dressed ship for St. Patrick by placing the green flag above the American flag. A government inspector warned him to fix the display but he refused. After a formal demand from the port’s customs collector and a revenue cutter order with a gunboat threat, the captain finally hauled down the American flag, leaving the green flag up.
San Diego dispatch reports Rear Admiral Evans, commander of the Atlantic fleet, plans to retire upon arrival in San Francisco due to ill health. The note aligns with Washington’s earlier indication that he would lower his flag on arrival in San Francisco.
St Petersburg report says the emperor visited the fortress of St Peter and St Paul and prayed at the mausoleum of his ancestors. Prince Alexis Orloff led the imperial suite in three automobiles. Summer palaces in Crimea are being readied for the emperor and empress with their retinue, expected after Haster. The yacht Standart will go there if needed.
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of 153 Vine St Columbus Ohio testifies after more than a decade of backache fatigue headaches and dizziness. She credits quick relief and permanent cure to Dean's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A widower is defined two ways in debate on marriage status. Some say he remains married, not a bachelor, while others insist he is single now. The text compares this to sports, where the widower’s status is treated by different rules depending on skill and context.
A Minnesota mother recounts her two month old daughter’s raging facial eczema. After failing with doctors and remedies, she used Cutiura Remedies and within two months the child recovered completely, with no signs of sores since. Mrs. H. F. Budke of LeSueur reports in 1907.
A Harper's Weekly quip about Cuchuillin illustrates Irish myth and hurling lore. The tale recalls Tailtin games with kings and nobility, where Cuchuillin launches a hurley ball high, then refreshes with potheen before returning to catch the ball.
A country clergyman questions a youngster about Bible stories during a visit. When asked which parable he likes best the boy, pressured by his mother, blurts out he favors the one “where somebody loafs and fishes.”
A Michigan music student recounts severe nerves that limited daily practice. After switching from coffee to Postum, she reports increased calm, resumed eight hours of practice and two hours of study daily, with family support, crediting Postum for restoring focus and steadiness. The testimonial notes the physician father endorses it and invites readers to read The Road to Welville.
A description of lumbago or rheumatism of the lower back detailing causes such as cold draft wet clothing and exposure. It notes severe pain and risk of chronic disability and recommends quick relief by skin reddening with a flesh brush or rag followed by applying ST JACOBS OIL with gentle friction.
English novelist Elinor Glyn derides the new woman at a New York dinner. She cites women with clubs and fierce chins, recalling a dance conversation about a sister who is said to be happily married because her husband dares not speak in her presence.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. E Hanson of Columbus Ohio praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. The item touts the product as a long standing remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation and other menstrual and nervous symptoms. It invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts and mentions the author Mrs Pinkham.
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