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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
4
A discussion on Peruna as a catarrh remedy notes two categories of ingredients standard remedies and tonic herbs. It claims Peruna’s components are tested by physicians across schools and years, with one principal ingredient cited for its own therapeutic reputation. The text asserts chronic catarrh is widespread and often resistant, yet Peruna’s label discloses its active constituents for scrutiny.
A Southwestern pamphlet promotes Hicks Capuchine as a liquid brain and nerve tonic. It claims to refresh the brain and nerves and lists price points of 10c 25c and 60c at drug stores. The dialogue notes a slow promotion meeting interrupted by two capitalists with babbling babies, illustrating distractions.
The House adopted a joint resolution to remit 10.8 million dollars of the Boxer indemnity. Even after the concession, funds remain to cover all American losses from the uprising. The measure aims to foster friendly Sino-American relations and contrasts with other powers over the 24.4 million award. The United States, humane and prudent, expects China to rise as a regional power.
A reader shares a testimonial praising Postum as a coffee substitute. The account recounts headaches caused by coffee, relief after switching to Postum, and a family’s health improvement. The note ends by urging readers to consider the product, claiming genuine interest and a hopeful message.
Ira D. Sankey evangelist and hymn writer died at 68 in Brooklyn after years of blindness. He toured with Dwight L. Moody, helped popularize gospel hymns worldwide, with songs like The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Have Rolled Away. Survived by widow Fannie V. Sankey, two sons and two grandchildren.
The liquidation of the old Panama Canal Company, active since 1889, ends after the Seine tribunal approves a final 1 percent creditor payment and issues discharge to receivers. Fallout from the 19th century project includes De Lesseps backed concessions, bankruptcies, and later U.S. seizure of rights in 1904 for 40 billion dollars amid Colombian and Panamanian political shifts.
Norman Fogle chief of the savings department at the First National Bank of Wilkes Barre Pa was arrested on a charge of embezzling six thousand dollars from the bank. He allegedly bought and kept an automobile on a yearly salary of twelve hundred dollars raising bank suspicions.
Two girls fought over a young man on Royal Street in New Orleans blocking streetcar traffic for about ten minutes. The rough altercation involved rough rolls and tumbles as witnesses watched the clash on the New Orleans Street Railway tracks.
A tornado tore through Coats area in southern Pratt County demolishing houses barns and trees along its path. Property losses are estimated around 100000 dollars with extensive damage reported.
A Chicago blaze gutted A Coey's garage, destroying fifty-eight automobiles with damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars. Fire officials reported the rapid spread of flames and extensive loss to the property and vehicles.
Dr James FPF Rymer, a Croydon native, leaves Edmonton for Fort Good Hope 1860 miles along Athabasca and Mackenzie rivers. He plans three years without returning to civilization, treating Indians and Hiquimaux in the Arctic region. London Daily News reports the expedition as a historic first for an English medical man in Arctic work. Doan's Kidney Pills claim lasting relief from kidney troubles with a testimonial from Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia unchanged since 1903.
In a terse exchange, Mrs. Jimmy Bean asks if their days are numbered, prompting Kinhardly Waddle to reply that they sometimes face thirty or sixty costs, highlighting a humorous courtroom vignette from the New York Press.
A Corn Cure that cures and Abbott's Fast Indian Corn Paint offers relief for hard or soft corns bunions and callous spots on the feet warts and other skin indurations. It is brush applied and claims to cure without cutting burning or soreness available 25 cents from Tue Ansott Co Savannah Ga or by mail.
The tallest tree measured is a Australian gum tree of Eucalyptus regnans in the Cape Otway range, standing at 415 feet. Gum trees grow rapidly with Florida and Guatemala specimens reported to have grown 40 feet in four years and 120 feet in twelve years, averaging about ten feet per year.
The Northern method roasts coffee light and brews a thin tea like liquid. The Southern method roasts dark and yields a thick frothy strong beverage. The Southern approach is cheaper, using a small amount of coffee with extra water to meet Southern taste and North ern table standards. Luzianne Coffee, New Orleans, is recommended as best for family use and economy.
A courtroom exchange centers on whether eating raw oysters is healthy with a physician denying any known complaints and a judge prompting further questioning, reflecting confusion over seafood safety.
Mrs Thomas Thompson of Clarksville Ga writes April 23 1907 after 15 years of tormenting eczema. She says terresive cured her after doctors failed. Thousands of others testify to similar cures. Terrenine sold by druggists or mailed for 50e by J O Suurveine Dept A Savannah Ga.
A playful Brooklyn Life exchange spots Parker and Halen at a hotel as they poke fun at how guests arrive by ship, motor, or even stork. The lighthearted note sketches social chatter and city life in a brisk, urban tone.
A fragment from Life and Oxford Varsity discusses the art of the superior smile as a popular, witty social skill among university men. It notes the smile as a cover for a naked mind and its usefulness in later life, hinting at parliamentary candidates embracing charm over substance. It also mentions eye waters for sore eyes as a product endorsement.
An old advertisement extols Grove's Take the Old Standard claiming the formula is Qui nine and Iron in a tasteless form. It asserts the product boosts health for grown people and children, presenting the remedy as the most effective and plainly printed on every bottle.
A hatpin used by swallows formed a nest between two wires, shorting Ballard’s police alarm system. Investigations traced the fault to the box between Fremont and the next south, where a swallow nest bridged eight inches and touched both wires. The fault halted system-wide alarms until electricians addressed the nesting hazards.
J BR Maxwell of Atlanta says after suffering severe eczema and trying six remedies he found relief with verdr Rin everrine and soap. He reports complete cure after using three dollars worth and urges others to try the treatment. Available at druggists or by mail 60 cents for the remedy and 25 cents for the soap.
In This Age of Science, a pimply faced youth threw a pop bottle at the umpire. A policeman, collaring him, measured his head with a tape and declared Size 6, then warned him to desist or face the asylum for the feeble minded. No further bottles were hurled from that bleacher section.
Capuchine liquid relieves indigestion sour stomach belching and heartburn. Direct-acting remedy prescribed by doctors. Available at drug stores in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
A playful exchange quotes a professor doubting Mars habitation claims as magazines favor sensational ideas, reflecting media sensationalism in science coverage.
A dated advertisement promises a quick permanent cure for corns bunions and callous spots with no cutting or burning. It directs readers to mail 25 cents to Tue Annort Co Savannah Georgia for the remedy claiming painless results.
A brisk glimpse notes Thames craft as diverse as Joseph's coat. It mentions merchantmen liners schooners and other vessels from many nations. The piece describes maritime life and the craft of navigation while touching on fashioning the stock front in model figures.
Maude Forgie of Loosutr writes Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing long suffered feminine ailments. The letter extols relief from displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous debility and endorses seeking guidance from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
L Nadeau aged 70 of Ketchikan has lived in Alaska for forty three years and would not live in any other country. A former Hudson Bay Company employee he knows Alaska’s history well and lives alone with a big dog. His friends say he has lived in the frozen north longer than any other white man in the country. He is a Maine native and his town’s men, women and children are his friends.
A mother recalls her baby niece suffering constant scratching from eczema covering the body, especially face and hands. After a year and a half with doctors, one warned of years of sores, but she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the child was cured in three months, May 2 1907.
The Kansas City Journal reports a writer’s tactic where authors purchase many copies of a magazine and frame the editor’s returned check. The editor notes this “paying scheme” as a way readers accept all first contributions.
In Brooklyn Life the speakers Jewett and Hewitt reflect on dramatic shifts over the past year. They note that many men who could once afford a dinner coat can no longer do so, illustrating broader economic hardship and rising costs.
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