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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
2
An old fashioned remedy favoring salt pork for consumption is contrasted with Scott's Emulsion. The ad proclaims fat feeding aids digestion and lung health, noting cod liver oil and phosphites boost vitality in weak lungs.
The Hartford City News notes onions aid nervous prostration sleep and complexion when eaten regularly with a Bermuda onion before bed for women. Boiled onions daily may clear the complexion. Apples help digestion, reduce stomach acidity, and serve as a good breakfast fruit. Traveling salesmen comment on local hamburger and onions.
The Postmaster General issued a directive to prepare a complete list of all free rural system patrons. The list will include family names, residence routes, and box numbers and be posted in post offices and with directory firms. The change aims to curb discrimination and treat addresses as public property to allow broad advertising use.
The article touts Electric Bitters as a health tonic that regulates stomach liver and kidneys purifies the blood and boosts appetite. It claims cures for kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria with vigorous health following use. Priced 40 cents guaranteed by C C Deam local druggist.
A detailed camp diary from Montrose Ark dated December 1902 to January 1903 describes a group led by John Bell and John Mornyan camping two and a half miles east of Montrose. They report hunting meat including a deer and mule meat, rough weather delays, a fired cook, and daily camp routines amid rain and mud.
Tuesday December 31 John Carl the longest serving deputy prosecutor in Richland township Jay County retires at age eighty four after twenty years in the post in a Dunkirk News letter he urges that deputies prosecute with impartiality and reap the profession’s higher standards.
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with free circulars and Toledo, Ohio as the origin, promoting Hall's Family Pills.
A south town woman faced a tramp who mocked sign language by asking for boiling water. She promptly returned with hot water, but the mute actor laughed it off saying he wasn’t afraid of hot water or gas. The Hartford City News notes his good humor and quick wit.
G. H. Hansan, an engineer from Lima Ohio, reports recovery from threatened kidney disease after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He recommends it to trainmen facing similar ailments and notes Davenport & Eble supply the remedy.
The article notes experts reject the need for separate foods for brain or muscles, urging a balanced diet. It mentions Green's August Flower as a popular tonic and highlights Indiana debates on establishing a second state normal school, with strong support from Prof. J. W. Carr and a large superintendent vote favoring the measure. The Indiana Teachers Association discussed establishing a school at Munice, revealing split views between associations.
Army and navy experts doubt the practical utility of Marconi’s wireless system despite early success. They note a single successful message under rare conditions does not prove a working oceanic system. General Greely says real working performance remains undiscovered.
Editor O N Downey of Churubusco Tad proclaims a breakthrough that promises longer life while praising King's New Discovery for consumption as the best remedy for coughs colds and grip. Deam guarantees 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with free trials offered.
Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana writes about suffering la grippe for four weeks and relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He claims two small bottles cured him and recommends it for his family. He says a dose or two can prevent pneumonia and save lives. Davenport & Miles sell it.
At the Stone River veterans meeting nearly fifty attended in Greencastle. George W. Scearce of Danville was chosen president, Gil R. Stormont commander of the Lafayette soldiers home as first vice president, J. J. Bowers of Shelbyville second vice president, and W. H. Dryden of Martinsville secretary and treasurer. The next gathering will be in Shelbyville on December 31, 1903, marking the fortieth anniversary of the battle.
Daily millions find comfort in Bucklen Arnica Salve. It kills pain from burns and cuts and treats ulcers eruptions fever sores rheumatism and corns. Best pile remedy on earth only 25 cents at Deam's drug store.
The Ossian News notes trouble with its picture department after a graphic of schools drew comment. The editor promises a clarifying piece and suggests future charts and compasses to accompany each picture.
Mrs. N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports Dr King s New Life Pills cured her sick headaches that persisted for two years. The pills also ease constipation biliousness. 25 cents at Deam s drug store.
An old ad offers Chamberlain's Broy and Liver Tablets at 25 cents. Warranted to cure and sold by Da port and Eile. The brief notice markets a patent remedy with a simple sales pitch.
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