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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
3
An open-ingredient claim explains Dr. Pierce’s medicines use active root extracts without alcohol and with glycerine as preservative. The text urges patient use, notes non miraculous benefits, and cites medical endorsements while affirming price and availability from dealers.
Fragmentary text shows a child asking about animals behind an iron fence with terms unclear. The readable portion lacks coherent names, places, or events to identify.
In a pinch use Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for relief of sore feet. It calms corns, blisters, swelling and sweating. Allen's loout-Ease claims to ease new or tight shoes. Druggists and shoe stores sell it. sample mailed free. Address Allen S&S Olmsted Le Ruy New York.
Three tombstone inscriptions are quoted and a cigar advertisement notes Lewis factory in Peoria offers “Single Binder” cigars at 36 dollars per thousand to dealers. It claims higher cost than some rivals but aligns with a quality 5e cigar.
A Denver man describes a trip along the Moffat road with a Capitol Will girl. He mentions reaching 11 600 feet and passing through tunnels. She asks about the tunnels altitude, prompting his quip about heart strain.
The Chinese Board of Education issues an order prohibiting the sale of small shoes in a bid to stop the practice of binding women's feet. The move signals a government effort to curb traditional foot binding among girls and women.
A chronological list of historical milestones and figures from 1160 to 1902. Entries include battles, discoveries, imperial actions, and notable deaths or legal events such as Magellan starting his voyage, Cartier entering the St. Lawrence, the Tuileries attack, and the coronation of King Edward VII, with numerous European and colonial references.
The Literary Digest cites a foreign engineering paper describing the compressor system. It threads holes through soft soil to hardpan using a tapering arm driven like a pile driver and backfills with stones in compacted layers to form a monolithic, high strength block without removing ground.
Judge Landis fines Standard Oil and issues a perpetual injunction restraining American Seating Company from operating as a trust. The firm had been found guilty of violating anti trust law by monopolizing the school furniture market through agreements with school boards nationwide. The order was unopposed as counsel argued the practices had ceased.
The piece argues that small expenditures and ditch digging have eliminated mosquitoes in parts of New Jersey, notably around Slackensack Meadows, turning marshes into dry land. It calls mosquito control a public health priority and condemns late response and inaction as ignorance or carelessness, noting temporary use of oil is acceptable only as a stopgap.
Farmers in Orange County New York organize the Orange County Union to cut middleman profits by creating a member only company and operating a Newburg exchange selling produce below current prices. They seek cooperation with labor groups and have a labor union committee examining the plan. Union men in Newburg favor the project but worry about proper product labeling.
Gov. Magoon announces Cuba's next fiscal year government expenses totaling 23,200,539 dollars, an increase of 1,800,000 dollars from the prior year. The disclosure outlines funding needs for administration and operations under military governance.
A Winnipeg carpenters union demands a ten cent hourly increase. The piece outlines wage requests across trades including San Jose plumbers and Boston unions, with broader notes on international affiliations and ongoing organizing efforts in several cities. It mentions the Stone Cutters national HQ possibly moving to Cleveland and labor events across North America.
A discussion of how con men use a steady gaze and friendly expression to gain trust in a victim. It notes that experienced criminals show a hidden “crook eye” that reveals deceit, a concept cited by Josiah Flynt in Success Magazine.
In Crimson Gulch a stranger calls for centralized rule, provoking Broncho Bob who warns against preemptive moves. The exchange mirrors tribal distrust and suspicion in a frontier town as plans unfold.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered kidney troubles for fifteen years with back pain poor eyesight and dizzy spells. She could not do housework for ten years. Dean's Kidney Pills relieved and cured her saving her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Forest and Stream traces fly fishing origins from the first imitation imitator to current patterns. It notes the red cock's hackle as the first artificial insect and highlights the breadth of fly varieties, including saloon flies and bass and trout lures, with color preferences such as peacock bars and red wool.
Mrs Chugwater questions Josiah about the meaning of an octopus. Josiah explains it as a cat with eight lives to distinguish it from an ordinary cat.
A wry remark from a philosophical boarder about knowing women and the limits of such knowledge. He keeps his thoughts hidden from the landlady, aware that speech may offend her.
A California woman reports improved sleep after stopping coffee and using Postum. Her brother, who switched from coffee, also notes relief from sour stomach. The ad promotes a ten day trial and references The Road to Wellville.
Quote from Orion Sweet Maiden in Success Magazine urges keeping children cheerful and carefree. It argues adults should foster light, bright, sunlit childhood free from constant worry and seriousness, noting distressed reactions to children’s laughter reflect flawed upbringing.
Mrs Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports a nine month old’s rash on face and feet relieved within hours using Cuticura Ointment. She also used it to remove cradle cap from the scalp with cleansing and healing results. June 9 1906.
An official announcement confirms a London exposition to showcase science art and products of the British Empire and France with colonies. Preliminary government talks last November set the plan and a site has been agreed for the event.
A cartoonish exchange references a newborn sibling described as an angel brought by a visitor. Willie resists seeing the baby while a curious child asks to meet the infant, prompting a lighthearted moment in the dialogue.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claiming permanent cures for St. Vitus dance and other nervous ailments. It offers a free trial booklet from Dr. K. HM. Kline of Philadelphia and notes lightning clouds are usually near ground level, rarely above 2,000 feet.
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