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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
23
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale recounts an East End man who quietly handles home tasks with tools and a good mood. A neighbor on the back porch misreads a scene as a suicide until the gag is revealed: he is boring an auger hole through his porch floor with a hired girl observing, and the neighbor fears a scream but learns it is a prank.
Mrs. Nancy Flynn of near Goshen Indiana survived a severe neuralgia heart attack after doctors doubted her. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for easing the pain restoring strength and saving her life. The article notes neuralgia spans headaches nervousness paralysis apoplexy and locomotor ataxia and claims many cures with the pills.
A Chicago Chronicle tale recalls Squire Jones famed for thrift. A barber recalls an old neighbor Nancy Jones and her husband’s frugal habits. The husband saved tobacco scraps, smoked them in a cob pipe, snuffed the ashes, and resisted waste in all forms.
An editorial urges regular blood cleansing as a household duty noting dust and dirt accumulate in the blood from everyday eating. It recommends Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the best cleanser and purifier for readers.
George asks Ethel if she will miss him while away and she confirms. They exchange bittersweet lines with a playful twist, noting how consolation comes from the chance to miss each other. Source: Chicago Evening News.
A conversation aboard the ship reveals a confrontation over race as a crew member protests being called Black by Captain Jones. The exchange highlights tension and self-identification amid the crew.
A brief notice from the New York World notes guidance on handling married life prompts. It references a source or perhaps a feature titled By Her pipeidon-Well and mentions following directions for a married life prompt.
A Northern newspaper notes a shifting fascination as early sea stories give way to reports of mysterious cones found at several ports. The piece hints at evolving maritime curiosities and public interest in unexplained phenomena along coastlines.
A newspaper note describes using leftover wallpaper to fashion vallances and lambrequins for windows and doors. A recent suite demonstrates the method with patterns matching each room’s decorative features, employing cheesecloth or sheeting as backing for a neat, continuous look.
Regular dusting is essential and best done with damp cloths or soft brushes. Use a soft paint brush for carved surfaces and kerosene oil to clean clogged interstices, then rub dry with a soft cloth. Flannelette dust clothes and chamois skin suit polished surfaces. keep the chamois clean.
A fashionable New York woman recreates a changing room of nations in her bay window tearoom. This week she outfits the space as Japanese with artificial plants and shelves, offering an evolving display inspired by different countries.
Advice on dusting and care for fabrics, curtains, bookcases, and upholstered items. Emphasizes air drying bamboo tools, brushing crevices, and wiping with a cloth to remove dust. Notes books and window treatments require regular attention, with practical tips on trimming and curtain styles.
A Detroit Journal item depicts a husband murmuring that his wife flirts outrageously yet he feels obliged to ignore it while advised to confront the matter and pursue resolution. The quirky exchange captures domestic tensions in a humorous tone.
A cheeky caption from the New York Journal imagines a tenant joke about no more plaster falling on the hallway ceiling as supplies run out, highlighting urban housing woes with dry humor.
A witty line about a cat named Boomerang that keeps returning. The joke notes a character firing the cat a dozen times, yet she keeps coming back, a play on the boomerang concept.
A reader recalls blocking a piano’s heavy pedal with a plug of cork to mute noise. The method brings two days of quiet relief before fear of discovery and questions from the children ends the reprieve. The note then shifts to a Niagara Falls excursion offered by the Cleveland Akron Columbus Railway.
An orator speaks of a nation's dual path with bread and sword while his wife quips that a woman would choose a bread knife, in a quotation from the Indianapolis Journal reflecting gendered humor.
Grain-O offers a non stimulating alternative to coffee. It nourishes and cheers, suitable for all ages, with the claim it tastes like coffee. Advert reads 15 and 25 cents per package and urges substitution for coffee at night.
Readers report long lasting relief from womb weakness leucorrhea and nervous exhaustion after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Two Cincinnati and Chicago women describe cures including abdominal pain bearing down headaches and general vitality returning. The notices praise the remedy as life changing.
If high ranking military and naval officers think the vast sea coast can be blockaded, it seems impossible to offer adequate resistance. An unrelated ad promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters claiming relief from constipation dyspepsia malaria rheumatism and kidney trouble.
An old advertisement promises a permanent cure for fits with Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free $2 trial bottle and treatise from Dr Kline at 933 Arch St Philadelphia, paired with brief humorous notes about mosquitos and annoyances.
Quote attributed to L A Bulletin warns cycling keeps cyclists healthy but dangers include reckless drivers. The remark emphasizes safety while promoting cycling as a benefits rich activity.
From July 3 to 6 tickets from all points to Washington D C and return via Chesapeake and Ohio Railway cost one fare plus $2.00. Tickets valid for return to July 15 and extended to August 31. Promotes visits to East coast resorts and Hampton Roads. For details and sleeping car reservations contact U S Truitt Nov West Passr Agent 234 Clark St Chicago. A boy arrives at age when hats come off at the door as naturally as the measles.
An old advertisement from the Atchison Globe promises a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims all druggists refund the money if the remedy fails and lists a price of 25 cents along with a note about boarding house vegetables tasting alike of water and salt.
An Atchison Globe advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use with a 75 cent price. The copy emphasizes consumer dissatisfaction and the product as a remedy. The brief notice reflects early 20th century direct marketing language.
A Shark Arkansas resident named Jno E Fore testifies he has used Dr J C Ayers Pills for years as both preventive and cure for biliousness and believes them the best medicine for the purpose and that they do all they claim.
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