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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
7
A feature from Lynn Massachusetts promotes patient letters as a confidant source for women reluctant to reveal details to doctors. It claims thirty years of correspondence with sick women yields knowledge that can improve cases and offers to share these letters from grateful readers.
A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen Town Pa extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ills including displacements inflammation and irregularities. The letter credits the remedy with relief from headaches nervousness and a long list of conditions after following doctor and product directions.
In Constantinople and other Turkish cities winter heating relies on the mangal, a charcoal burner that ranges from simple metal receptacles to costly artistic pieces. Charcoal is burned until extinguished, then brought indoors for beating, though improper burning can lead to fatally risky outcomes.
A Burnetts Creek Indiana hog owner recalls five years of cholera outbreaks among hogs. He treated affected hogs with Sloan’s Liniment, noting no losses and successful drenches for severe cases. He endorses Sloan’s free book on treating horses cattle hogs and poultry.
A.Munsey's Magazine vignette features a bard praising a king while the monarch retorts that only his glory endures. The clash of verse and weaponry becomes a critique of fame, time, and artistic immortality as old time chuckles at the contest.
The Senate and House intensively debated deficiency appropriations including a Navy bill of over 24 million and Panama Canal bonds. Talks covered tariff commission proposals, Capital and labor relations, and bills on Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition funds. Debates also touched on non-reservation schools and the Indian service budget with adjournments pending further action.
Dr Henry Gibbons Jr dean of Cooper Medical College was badly injured in a streetcar accident in San Francisco. The cyclone that hit the region around Hazelhurst Mississippi killed more than twenty people. Five people died in a three story rooming house fire at 1116 Wyandotte Street Kansas City with several others seriously hurt.
C V Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana reports severe eczema on limbs for over two years. After trying physicians patent cures and quack remedies with no relief, he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and quickly recovered. Dated November 15 1905.
The article discusses ancient pisework or formacie construction inspired by ants and Pliny. It cites Rondelet describing a 150 year old chateau in Ain France repaired in 1764 with walls as hard as stone, noting adobe-like kneaded earth and questions what defines Mexican adobe.
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her backache urinary troubles and bearing down sensations in 1903 and four and a half years later in 1907 she reports no kidney trouble since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The text marks March 14 1839 as the birthday of the word photography. Sir John Herschel introduced the term in a Royal Society paper. The word quickly spread to France where Argo cited photographie in the chamber of deputies on Daguerre’s pension report.
The London Mail quotes a lament about a man whose life seemed to run on fortunate terms. He reportedly wished for a sudden death, and, as told, was tragically run over that very night. The remark underscores a paradox of fate and luck in a single anecdote.
An advertisement touts Salzer seeds for 1908 planting with Emperor William Oats claiming high per acre yields and Silver King Barley promising large returns. It urges sending 10 cents and the notice to La Crosse Wisconsin for catalogs and sample seeds, ending with a poetry aside from the Yale Record.
A 1907 sales report shows Lewis' Single Binder cigars surpass nine million units, with figures for 1906 noted as lower. Quality cited as the driver of increased business and market strength.
A delirium tremens patient jokes with a physician about a fake snake and proposes Garfield Pea laxative. The ad-copy notes headache powders and digestive tablets for request to Garfield Tea Co. in Brooklyn. A Paris cafe strike over mustache rights is hinted at with a wry social observation.
Claim guarantees to cure itching blind bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Also notes King Edward’s fondness for plovers eggs spread on Russian black bread.
A New York Sun quote on adoptive preferences favors blue eyed babies. It notes prospective parents often equate blue eyes with intelligence and stability, disadvantaging brown, black, gray, or hazel eyed children and citing biased views from some writers.
An old Galloway laird rides home from a supper party with his wife on horseback. She falls near a ford by the Urr where the tide sweeps in. Rescue finds her arguing with the advancing sea and refusing the next drop. The tale weds humor with a cautionary nod to wandering fate.
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo firm F J Cheney & Co swears as senior partner to pay $100 for each uncured catarrh, with notary A W Gleason witnessing on December 6 1886. Claims cure via internal use addressing blood and mucous surfaces.
A Rochester New York company markets OUR PIE lemon chocolate and custard pie mix. The package promises proper proportions for quick, good pies with 10 cents per package at grocers. Rome under Augustus maintained a fire brigade and night police totaling about 7000 men.
An ad touts a single Bromo Quinine laxative product promising a cold cure in one day. It notes a signature by E. W. Grovh and claims worldwide usage. A historical line recalls the first armored train at the 1871 Paris siege.
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