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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
3
A medical warning urges women to seek early care for womb and ovarian symptoms before hospital operations. It promotes Lucie E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy and cites a reader letter detailing avoidance of surgery through treatment and advice.
Mrs Knapp of Milwaukee Wisconsin writes that after childbirth she suffered blood poisoning and pelvic inflammation with painful menses and threatened surgery. She credits one bottle of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with curing headaches and overall health, noting nine months of good health followed.
The French government reports railways, cars, bicycles and horse drawn conveyances show varying safety. In one month horses caused 967 accidents with 82 deaths and 85 injuries. trains caused eight deaths and 187 injuries. automobiles 2 deaths and 36 injuries. bicycles 6 deaths and 113 injuries. Grain-O touted as a coffee substitute claiming health benefits and lower cost.
Mrs Herlihy laments time both drags and gallops as she scrubs a shirt. She notes yesterday hour labels seemed slow while today rushes past, with clocks racing toward noon and her sense of time slipping.
An ad claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers a $100 reward for any deafness case due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to send for free circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
A reader asserts the newspaper runs a puzzle section, while the editor denies it, prompting the subscriber to insist the publication does indeed feature puzzles as a “sour poetry” section.
In La Crosse Wisconsin Salter Seed Company extols Speltz and other forages like Bismarck Hog Wood Pea Billion Dollar Grass Victoria Rape and Bromus inermis as worth $500 to farmers noting Speltz’s richness for hay and grain. The catalog urges all farmers to obtain Salter’s pamphlet for details.
A newspaper notice offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder by mail from Allen 8S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. The ad claims relief for tired sweaty damp and swollen feet, helps shoe comfort, and treats corns and bunions. It notes it sells in druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A comic exchange notes people minding their own business while others meddle. An advertisement touts PUTNAM FACELESS DYES requiring only boiling goods in the dye, sold by druggists.
Beginning February 12 through April 30 low rate Setters’ tickets go on sale every Tuesday to Oregon Montana Washington and all Northwest points. Write wire phone or visit nearest agent C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana.
A letter extols settler opportunities in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia plains. It highlights fertile black loam soil, high yields for wheat oats and barley, abundant hay and stock, mild winters, good rainfall, and easy access to markets, rail lines, schools, and churches. It recommends contacting Canadian government agents for information on homesteading or outright purchases.
Snow melted revealing deadly germs that spread with spring winds. The piece promotes Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a cure and cites Sheriff Jonas T. Stevens of Hyde Park Vermont as an endorsing example. It invites readers to contact Dr Greene at 36 W. 14th St New York City for free advice.
A light exchange about room decorations reveals curiosity over who selected the decor and hints at admiration for the aesthetic chosen for the space. The moment focuses on taste and the choice of décor in the setting.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children made from pure grains. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee when prepared properly and costs about 14 cents per serving. Available at grocers in 15¢ and 25¢ sizes. During the Pekin siege, diplomatic corps and missionaries in the British embassy are accompanied by 80 mules.
A collage of patent medicines and household ads urges readers to try Kemp’s Balsam for coughs with free samples and 25 or 50 cent bottles, Piso’s Cure, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, plus stamps and printing outfits. Also notes Pan-American Exposition travel by Nickel Plate Road and local services in Indiana.
A month’s test free for dyspepsia by Dr Shoop Restorative promising six bottles with express paid. Send no money and pay $5.60 only if cured. Lane’s Family Medicine advertised as daily bowel and liver aid. Byron quotation noted.
All Kinds of Stamps also printing projects price. Fort Wayne agents offer excursion tickets to students with school principal certificates at one and one third fare round trip for Easter vacation. Tickets available day before school closes and following day. Return by end of vacation period. Contact OC Asterlin or R J Hamilton Fort Wayne Indiana.
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