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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
3
A New York practical joker recounts sending a money charged telegram to a money saver in San Francisco which led to a $4 express fee and a paving block mailed back with a taunting card. In London a Ber mondsey workhouse provision gives top hats to six elderly, well behaved paupers.
Mrs IWighmus calls for a social secretary as a convenience but Mrs Gaswell notes apartments are already full of furniture and space is scarce. The exchange highlights housing crowding and household management concerns in a domestic setting.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed free address Allen 8S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An English professor tours Sligo hills and hears a guide tell of a lake with no bottom. The guide recalls his cousin diving in to prove the lake’s depth but never resurfacing, sending a faded joke about a cable from China requesting clothes the next day.
Colorado Springs plans a Western style centennial event marking Zebulon Pike’s first sighting of Pike’s Peak. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway coordinates festivities with Denver and rail sites. Ten thousand U S reg ulars, Indians from tribes linked to Pike’s expedition, National Guards, cadets, veterans, cowboys and citizens will join parades, drills, war dances and tournaments in late September.
Col R S Harrison deputy marshal recalls a horse kick that weakened his back and kidney function. He suffered chronic rheumatism and used Deans Kidney Pills, which improved kidney secretions and relieved back pain. He bought a second box and was well for two years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a day Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
A Humana family cartoon exchange features a cat refusing to share a dish with a dog, prompting comic banter about sharing meals and leftovers amid humorous banter on table etiquette.
In a brisk session, Congress and the Senate approved relief for California victims, directed War and Navy support to San Francisco, and funded body repatriations. Rebellions over tariff and rate bills continued with Mr. La Follette and Senator Tillman testing limits as other measures pass.
President Roosevelt presents a Grant era log from the cabin near St Louis built for his family after leaving the regular army before the Civil War to the War Department for the national historical collection. The Ways and Means Committee drafts an amendment to the free alcohol bill requiring manufacturers and dealers to keep books and records and file returns as directed by the Treasury Secretary. Secretary Bonaparte accepts Midshipman Miner Merriweather’s resignation from the Naval Academy and orders dismissal of the one-year confinement sentence from the academy grounds.
Brooklyn woman Miss Lucy V McGivney writes that months of headaches and side pains kept her from work. After using Peruna she reports being active again and headache free. The ad notes many grateful letters in our files but space limits more testimonials.
In a brief exchange Miss Wise notes the term sterling has faded from usage in English money talk. Mr Short adds that the word money itself has similarly declined in relevance to his view of financial language.
A New York area woman recounts replacing coffee with Postum and adopting Grape-Nuts nutrition to recover from postnatal loss and digestive misery. She now manages dairy farm chores, two children, gardens, fowl, and a mail order business while writing for newspapers.
A popular young French painter in the United States amusing friends with his literal use of English. He learns phrases from a dictionary then repeats them to sound natural. He recalls a bathing costume described as stunning and remarks on the chilly bath memory with a bow.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas from Fairmount Walden's Ridge Tenn writes that after eczema spread to running sores on her child’s feet and limbs a prominent physician failed to help. Six weeks on Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills fully cured with no relapse, saving daily mountain travel and doctor costs. October 13 1905.
A peddler offers a painless corn cure to a householder but is met with a firm no as the door slams. The snippet also notes Yale professors now retire at sixty eight with exceptions.
This ad outlines the woes of childless couples and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as remedies. It claims cures for female weakness and infertility, notes surgical options at the Buffalo clinic, and emphasizes transparent ingredient labeling.
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