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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
8
In a Princeton address Dr. Woodrow Wilson argues against sweeping government ownership of railways and public utilities. He urges lawmaking to facilitate social life with equity and fair dealing, calling for restraint and impartial regulation rather than providence by the state.
Mrs. Thos. B. Austin of Leavenworth Indiana faced a severe decline with female troubles and stomach bowels catarrh. Her husband postponed surgery and used Electric Bitters instead, resulting in a remarkable recovery. The ad touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed cure for torpid liver kidney disease biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning. A 50 cent price tag is listed for Kirk Drug Company’s store.
President Roosevelt hails L M Shaw on the secretary’s fifth annual Treasury report and notes the department’s crisis management. The White House letter dated December 7 1906 emphasizes the Treasury stands between the people and business disaster and commends meticulous service.
The Nation quotes Vice President Fairbanks praising improved growth and broader views in America. He contends the country is healthier, less corrupt than critics claim, and urges optimism about public virtue. The piece ends by urging charity during Christmas and reflecting on the Gospel standard of aiding the needy.
Fragmentary notice notes Christmas candy priced at a single rate during a gale week. Names like W. E. B. Lewis appear as local figures.
A reflective Christmas exhortation describes the day’s glow reaching workers in mines and factories, sailors on ships, and lone lighthouse keepers. It portrays Scrooge’s tale’s influence as spreading warm goodwill, kindness, and shared cheer to all laboring and isolated people.
P Mason of Markle Indiana recounts a twenty year old miracle using Warner's White Wine of Tar. He gave a bottle to Jas Ledbetter who doctors said could not live. One bottle cured him and Ledbetter remains alive today. Sold by Chas Kirk. Red coal of 150 at Lewis.
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and lung troubles, sold by Storie & Patton Drugists. The page then offers a long stream of local prose on newspaper news, microbes, Christmas, and seasonal cheer, urging readers to share news and enjoy holidays.
A reader recalls the famous lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Christmas poem about bells, carols, and the hope for peace on earth and goodwill to men.
Mrs. Adolph Buesing of Davenport states a twelve year battle with asthma ended after a single fifty cent bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. She credits the remedy with a complete cure and says early use might have prevented much suffering.
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