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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
5
A short health advisory notes the first cold may be mild but warns the next could last longer. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as both preventive and curative and urges taking it to avoid tougher symptoms.
A New York Automobile Club of America meeting discussed the chauffeur’s pay. Albert R. Shattuck, ex-president, joked that a man in the city pays his chauffeur 250 a month plus 250 for all-night runs. The talk highlighted the allure and risks of the plain car business.
Mr. Shattuck notes a chauffeur earns $6,000 yearly, calling it high wages. He recalls the same chauffeur arriving in the U S being accused by customs of trying to smuggle a diamond ring valued around $5,000.
The New York Press calls Marchioness Oyama, wife of Marquis Oyama, Japan's social and cultural icon. A child prodigy educated in the United States, she entered Vassar at 21, married at 22, and by 42 is a famed authority on Shakespeare and a versatile figure in botany, languages, fencing, and society. Her children study in England.
Advice on papering a room from a housekeeper article. It explains calculating needed wallpaper by a double roll equaling seventy square feet, prep steps for new walls with sizing, ammonia wash for painted walls, cloth prior to ceiling papering, and how to cut strips with pattern matching and chalk line guides for ceilings.
The instructions describe preparing and applying wallpaper strips from table setup to aligning edges and brushing down. It details folding ends, trimming, laying strips from a doorway or window side, and using a paste recipe of flour, water, boiling water, and alum, with cautions against warm paste and overly thin consistency.
Spring weather boosts catarrh cases and Hyomei is promoted as a guaranteed home remedy. The ad touts a pocket inhaler, immediate relief, and lasting cures with a money back guarantee from Mitchell & Egbers. Complete outfit costs 1.00, extra bottles 50.
John D Rockefeller and Charles V Murphy topped Marshall Field Jr and Dr Frank B Billings by six up with two to play on King’s private course at Lakewood New Jersey. Rockefeller, who relied on steady driving and careful approach play, tossed his hat in the air and joked with delight as his side secured the win and he praised western players’ golf.
A fragmented match report notes a pair led by opponents overpowering Field and Billings by the ninth hole, as the rivals built a clear advantage on the fair green. The stream of play suggests a decisive finish looming for the challenged players.
An old advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for kids, cures coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and can prevent croup when started early. It asserts no opium or harmful drugs and suitable for babies and adults alike.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat writer warns against applying soap directly to the head and advises making a soap lather with hot water for cleansing. Use borax and a drop of ammonia to preserve softness, rinse with hot water then cooler finish, and avoid hard scrubbing to prevent scalp irritation and hair loss.
A medical notice warns that more than half of men over sixty suffer kidney and bladder disorders often due to enlarged prostrate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing a 91 year old patient from Port Rock, Missouri, who reports significant improvement after two bottles. Palace Drug Store supplies the product.
Camping in the Adirondacks revealed porcupines gnawing an old salt brine tub left from prior camp seasons. The animals feasted all winter, drawing large numbers to the site where campers had to defend their property. Is the salt craving learned or instinctive?
A fragment from St. Nicholas raises a pointed question about man and chance, hinting at a moral or social theme in the period piece. The readable line suggests a broader discourse on agency and timing within the story.
A 1208 Magna Charta of Florence limited noble cruelty by disfranchising settled harpies from the signori unless they renounced nobility. The same act allowed the government to confer nobility on democrats deemed treasonous, elevating them socially while branding them political nobodies.
The excerpt promotes Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder diseases and warns against Bright's disease or diabetes if used promptly. It also describes a neck and chest exercise from the Journal of Health, a Turkish coffee recipe, and a brief note on bread from On Time four. Names of products, store, and the exercise steps are included.
Promoters hail Rexall Mucu Tone as a new effective cure for catarrh after early trials. A Chicago city engineer, J H Spengler, testifies to relief from nasal throat inflammation and prior chronic catarrh symptoms. The ad claims Mucu Tone works through the blood to clear mucous membranes and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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