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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1906
Page
3
AWVoodly talks about his recent focus on building a family tree. The exchange notes his busy effort and hints at a dark discovery described as a hangman’s noose on a branch and trouble removing it.
A new boarder mentions a newspaper ad for cotton duck and questions its meaning while Starboard jokes about an India rubber chicken and Mrs Starvem potentially explaining. The exchange appears as a witty aside in the Philadelphia Press.
Griggs Borely secures a job and works at Hicks livery stable. He calms horses that won’t take the bit, talking to them until they yawn.
A Philadelphia Ledger report notes tense exchanges on the floor as a Congressman pleads for attention and the Speaker orders him to sit down, highlighting friction over speaking time and attention.
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a positive cure for female complaints including inflammation ulcers and spinal weakness. Claims to aid change of life and assures a complete cure.
A vintage advertisement claims Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures female weakness and cervical tumors, relieves bearing down, irregular and painful periods, stomach issues, headaches, and general debility. It promotes confidence and personal letters to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
In a dialogue, a shrewd man asks a doctor how many feet of gas would kill a person. The doctor questions the motive, and the man explains a hotel guest died by gas and he intends to bill the executors. The exchange comes from a Philadelphia Press item.
A Swainsboro Georgia merchant testimonial claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney woes and back pain. The ad states reliable relief, priced at 50 cents a box, sold by all dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A woman in a maid costume brought a dog to a North Clark Street barber asking for a haircut. The manager refused after prior incidents, noting customers left when dogs were shaved. He recalls charging 5 cents per dog and hints at adding an annex to handle future requests.
A reading woman remarks that eating too much meat makes a person irritable. A smaller woman, who married a poet, says her husband loses temper when he has no meat to eat.
A local tale recounts a man smoking in bed starting a blaze that scorched a hardwood pillar and sent water spraying across a feather tick. The incident reflects a run of bad luck as neighbors react to the fire and a heated scene unfolds. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the old man was frightened by the event.
Druggists refund money if Pazu Ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. Ointment advertised for itching bleeding protruding piles at 50 cents. A testimonial from Miss Mary Tillinghast of New York notes her stained glass design success. Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by Mrs. Oscar Tripp of Big Rock, Illinois, on March 20, 1901.
Trade returns show steady production with minimal disruption as the new year begins. Reports note high prices for raw materials, firm demand in iron and steel, rolling stock, and railroad construction, with strong spring bookings and improving banking deposits amid liberal replenishment expectations.
A sprawling market report lists livestock and grain prices by city including Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and Detroit. Cattle hogs sheep and lamb ranges are provided with corn oats rye and wheat values alongside butter eggs and creamery ratings.
A quarrel among attendees centers on Mrs Sorghum urging the orchestra leader to raise pitches an octave so her voice would carry. The leader refused, leaving her upset with the grand opera management.
Mrs. W. F. Griess of Clay Center Nebraska reports a diseased scalp and constant hair loss were cured using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After shampooing weekly and applying the ointment twice weekly over two months her hair grew long enough for a French twist, with no dandruff or itching five years ago.
A passenger notes a new comet visible in the sky while a Throop Street man jokes that it brings misfortune. He recalls losing his cook the night the comet was found, linking superstition to a personal misfortune.
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain announce reduced round trip fares and cheap one way colonists tickets to Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Kansas Louisiana Mexico New Mexico Texas and Mexico City. Through sleepers and special through trains operate from St Louis with Pullman sleeping cars and dining service plus a daily through sleeper. Also low round trip rates to Hot Springs Arkansas and California offered with the new Iron Mountain Hot Springs Special from St Louis. For rates and information contact Ellis Farnsworth DPA Chicago.
A playful dialogue contrasts a doctor’s grim note on Hyer’s health with a humorous remark about his height suggesting a long life. The exchange highlights humorous misreading of prognosis through a tall person joke.
A publisher notes that several famous works emerged from confinement citing Wilde Bunyan Cervantes Defoe Leigh Hunt Raleigh Pellico and Tasso. He argues jail can spur literary creation and mentions Pilgrim's Progress Don Quixote Robinson Crusoe and De Profundis among others.
A dialogue from the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a meal with the Vandergoulds. The guests remark on their generosity in grand terms but criticize their stinginess in small matters such as lacking toothpicks.
An advertisement complains of disruption during church services caused by coughing as a gimmick of an anti cough medicine sold nationwide. The ad credits I W Dimer M D as the maker in Springfield Missouri promoting Anti-Gripines at 25 cents.
The dialogue pits Mr. Colliflower and Mr. Frastus Pinkley in a playful exchange about insinuations. Pinkley denies accusing him of dishonesty while suggesting Colliflower is prone to bold, humorous exaggeration in a regional voice.
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets promise a one day cure with a money back guarantee. Pruggists refund if it fails. Grove's signature appears on each box. 25 cents.
Reports indicate centuries abandoned Spanish gold mines near the Panama Canal will be reopened. The feature notes potential revival and economic impact on the region.
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