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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
3
Rev Geo A E Troutman of Mt Washington Missouri and other ministers tout Peruna as an effective remedy for catarrh and throat spasms. Letters claim dramatic relief after using Peruna or Peruna tablets, noting improved speech and breathing.
The Eyennne Wisconsin company of Milwaukee Wisconsin published a set of eight souvenir post cards in blue featuring initials at Washington Park Avenue Milwauke. The set will be mailed upon receipt of 12 cents. Address The Evening Wisconsin Company Post Card Dept Milwaukee Wis.
An enamel box containing six Cascarets tablets sold as a health aid. The ad touts Cascarets as a exercise like bowel stimulant and liver aid, claiming they prevent sickness by strengthening intestinal muscles. It markets the product as a pocket health supplement from Sterling Remedy Company.
An office boy struggles to recall a visitor’s name after a caller asked for Mae while Lo was away. He comes up with fragmented guesses like Gerim, Trank, Ten, Brad, Fan, Ker, or Rick, but cannot remember the caller’s identity. The scene captures a tense memory lapse amid routine business.
A brief social exchange notes tea call invitations between Mrs Gadder and Mrs Chiltion Kearney as they plan future visits in Chicago society.
Critics argue dwindling army forces and low pay weaken national defense. Plans contemplate withdrawing Marines from the Isthmus of Panama and replacing them with two infantry regiments for canal security, while Congress grapples with pay and infantry increases. Enlisted men cite monthly practice marches, low pay, and non military duties as top complaints shaping the reform debate.
Jackson Day at Chief&6 differed from New York’s Jefferson Club Bryan rally. Viscount Aoki said war with the U S and Japan is not likely now. Taft praised Philippine progress and education while cautioning self rule until a generation or more. Ohio Republicans plan direct vote on March 11 for presidential candidate. Senator Foraker rejects the move.
The Boston elevated line will deploy fight car trains to cope with heavy traffic. Officials plan test runs to ease congestion and improve transit capacity during peak hours.
Mrs Frank Abbott of Fulton Oswego County recalls her one year and a half old daughter suffering from eczema with yellow sores. After visiting three doctors and an eye specialist, the eye was deemed lost. A Cuticura remedy set costing one dollar brought rapid improvement in three days and complete disappearance of sores in a week, though eyesight could not be restored.
An advertisement argues catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal remedies not local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and mucous surfaces, claims expert backing, and offers testimonials. Also notes the product and family laxative are sold by druggists.
Spread butter in a baking dish and cover with American cheese slices. Place four eggs on the cheese with intact yolks, season with pepper and salt, and pour two tablespoons of rich cream around them. Top with grated cheese, bake ten minutes, then garnish with parsley and serve with dried toast.
The advertorial testimony from Bernard P Woods of Lonaconing Maryland describes long term kidney weakness from hard work and heavy lifting. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with steady improvement and eventual cure after fifteen years, noting they are sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A middle aged married man shares a humorous rule for harmony. He says when his wife is wrong he agrees, and when she is right he argues, she wins, he looks foolish yet all is well. He urges this wisdom before marriage.
An Illinois recipient is urged to mail 12c for a seed and plant catalog. The offer promises numerous vegetable and flower seeds with prices listed and a postage paid mail order, plus an extra Berlin Earliest Cauliflower if 16c is sent. The ad ends with a cryptic line about unexplored earth.
An EssentiaI emphasis on health and good living notes a world trusted remedy Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It is endorsed by physicians and widely accepted for household use as a wholesome laxative. Buyers are urged to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
Edison urges youth to pursue technical education as critical for national industry. He says the United States needs ten thousand dollar men and that corporations seek brains, with Bethlehem Steel as an example of the demand.
Adolph Topperwein of Texas set sensational marks in San Antonio by hitting 2 1 4 inch wooden targets thrown at 20 feet for ten straight days and missing only 4 of 50 000 and 9 of 72 000 shots. He racked up runs of 14 540 13 599 13 292 and 13 219 consecutive hits using two stokeless Winchester .22 rifles. The ammo was Winchester stokeless powder known for accuracy and cleanliness.
A fragment shows chatter about the Bachelor Girls Club and a tease that the Lt expired by December 31, 1904. The note hints at continuing activities beyond year end.
An advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT cures for itching bleeding swelling and protruding piles within six to fourteen days or a full refund.
Advertising copy promotes permanent cures for nervous diseases by Dr Kane with free trial and treatise, inviting readers to send for a brochure from 941 Arch Street Philadelphia. A second note extols Lewis' Single Binder cigar as equal to top 10 cent cigars.
A Denver woman describes years of female trouble ending in relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other sick women with backache bearing down pains and periodic discomfort to try the tonic and writes for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
An experienced cook can make Lemon Chocolate and Custard pies using OUR-PIE preparation sold in most groceries at 10 cents per package. Each package contains the proper ingredients to bake the pies.
Mrs Howard Gould seeks payment from her husband for clothing expenses totaling 3600 dollars. The bill lists a seven hundred dollar skirt as one item among the necessaries of life.
Ad touts a single dose sanative Brom o Quinine with E. W. Grove signature claimed to cure a cold in one day. Mentions a 25e price. Also notes vanilla arises from a climbing orchid genus abundant in the tropics.
Mrs Winslow's Sootheing remedy for infants teething soothes gums reduces inflammation and eases pain. A four cent a bottle price listed, with claims of wind colic cure.
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