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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
3
Maria Goertz of Orienta Oklahoma says the Perma remedy restored her health after chronic catarrh and boosted her weight from 100 to 140 pounds. She credits Dr Hartman and his books along with the medicine for cures for asthma earache stomach catarrh and throat catarrh in her husband daughter and herself.
Perkins usually spends Saturday afternoons playing golf and drinking high balls but one day must stay indoors handling pressing business. His wife and daughter wait on the porch as he arrives and insists no game today. Their daughter teases that he smells of golf.
An elderly Irishwoman recalls Mike, a man undone by liquor, whose ghost is said to walk nightly between the saloon and his home. She notes his dog recognizing him in the stride, and a father figure so drunk his dog knew him.
An advertisement touts a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It describes the medicine as a constitutional treatment that reaches blood and mucous surfaces to banish the disease and strengthen the patient. The firm F J Cheney Co of Toledo offers testimonials and sells the remedy at 75 cents.
Mrs Justhicht asks what loaf sugar is and the reasoning from a companion suggests it is sugar shaped as loaves. She wonders if this is the sugar used to make sweetbread, prompting a brief, practical exchange about its form and use.
A dialogue snippet shows a defendant and an ultra responding during a trial. The exchange hints at jury influence and questioning of demeanor, suggesting tension over perceived interest level and courtroom performance.
An advertisement lists Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat. It also includes medicinal product slogans and endorsements for remedies such as Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets with brief quotes about health and fashion.
Yale expedition head Ellsworth Huntington says he verified biblical destruction by volcanoes. He cites Suweimeh ruins and local guides, noting lava fragments and a mountain of black rock as climate evidence matching Genesis descriptions and the Dead Sea region locations.
A court martial cleared M. Berland the veterinary surgeon of premeditated assault on a trooper at Pontivy France. The verdict rested on whether the surgeon sucked his wounded thumb before striking the trooper after a brief scuffle during a horse operation.
The Oasis of Jupiter Ammon in Siwa is described as a stronghold of religious fanaticism with Senuss sect followers who persecute tax objectors. Europeans rarely visit due to a dangerous three week camel trek across the desert. The local populace speaks a dying Libyan dialect.
An assistant manager at the Hotel Knickerbocker found two colonial notes in a history book. One is a four-dollar bill issued by the Colony of Maryland dated 1775, stamped with signatures J. Duckett and J. Brice and printed by F. Green. The other is a 2 shillings 8 pence New York currency note printed by Samuel Loudin in 1776. The back notes current-pass language and signatures of Abraham Van Wyck.
A Welsh sow sold at a Llan-gollen Christmas fair caused chaos after escaping. The pig, tethered near Glyndfrdwy, gnawed free, terrorized lanes and streets for days, and finally rested in its old sty at Garth ten miles away.
The article cites Griffith Boscawen on Bismarck drinking eight lemon squashes during a speech and recounts a puzzle goblet anecdote. It notes diplomats used party tricks to test others and coax confessions, shaping negotiations and outcomes.
A humorous essay describes widows knowing how to sympathize and flatter. It claims widows make a man feel wise or witty and gain approval from others. A fascinating widow supposedly wields charm through voice and demeanor, turning a man's remarks into a musical moment.
An automatic restaurant in Ostend uses glass-fronted trays with cooked viands and drinks dispensed by inserting a coin. Patrons, especially day-trippers on Sundays and fêtes, obtain items like sandwiches sausage sardines cheese roast beef and drinks such as lager vermouth cognac and bitters.
A noted physician touts a formula to cure colds and coughs quickly. Mix two ounces glycerine, half ounce concentrated pine, in half a pint whiskey. Dose teaspoonful to tablepoonful every four hours, shake bottle before each use. Concentrated Pine sold in half ounce vials labeled concentrated. The remedy reportedly cured hundreds last winter.
A victim reports a thief grabbed a wristwatch, timing the theft as they fled. Police investigate the late incident noting the quick getaway and missing timepiece.
Mrs. N. E. Graves of Villisca Iowa credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney trouble including back pains swollen ankles and smothering spells. She says she has been well for five years and urges readers to remember the name with 50 cent boxes available from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Chicago Journal recalls Col. Cleary a former county commissioner and Chicagoan who during a Michigan county fair balloon ascent called for rescue as the rope crew ignored his plea. He shouted pull me in or I will cut the rope as the balloon rose higher and higher. The anecdote highlights early aviation peril despite assurances of safety.
Free to Our Readers. Write Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago for 48 page illustrated Eye Book Free. They advise the proper application of Marine Eye Remedies in your case. Sore eyes, strengthens weak eyes, does not smart, soothes eye pain. Sells for 50c. Try it in your eyes and in baby’s eyes for scaly eyelids and granulation.
Eight year old Jessie reports a new terror in the church choir after a morning service. The line suggests a humorous take on dramatic or lively changes among the choristers.
Caution urges mothers to examine each bottle of Castoria for the proper safety label and assurance of its use for over 30 years. The message emphasizes the familiar brand as the trusted remedy for infants and children.
A short dialogue sketches a moment of tension as Bell and Leli react to a thought of Jack studying a face. Leli questions, Lelle notes a blush, revealing subtle embarrassment and curiosity in a stalled social encounter.
A witty exchange in the Cornell Widow cartoon features a speaker mocking reliance on intellect after leaving a position. The companion counters with optimism about not letting success turn the head, delivering a light jab about vanity and attitude.
A dialogue mocks belief in eternal punishment with a question and reply about neighbors. An advertisement touts Allen's Lung Balm as a long trusted cold remedy for deep-seated colds and coughs, offered in 25c and 81.00 bottles, with a reminder of common frugality.
An old newspaper item markets Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gum softening, pain relief, and wind colic cure in a 25 cent bottle. Also notes an absurd scene with a hairdresser meeting a chiropodist.
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