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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
6
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne weighs a Brooklyn invention by Mr McGahan that lets a drop box indicator show the minute of the next collection. Carriers set the indicator after collections to reveal if the box has been serviced or skipped. The device aids route inspection by showing untouched boxes on a carrier’s route.
In a rural village a chorus of neighbors asks the butcher’s wife about the squire’s newlywed spouse. The butcher’s wife responds with a sharp, if cryptic, verdict: she’s a puffed lady who cannot distinguish one joint of meat from another.
An entry from a Connecticut woman's 1790 diary recalls a simple dinner of roast pork. A doctor carving held up a rib and quipped Elere ladiva as what Mother Eve was made of, while sister Patty confirms it’s the same kind of critter.
Old coin dating tipsdescribe heating a red hot poker to reveal worn inscriptions, a hobbyist method. An advertisement for Elys Cream Balm promotes relief from nasal catarrh with claims of non drying and sneezing, including a testimonial from Proberta California.
A father resists UH sending his daughter to a cooking school and argues he will support her at home. The principal replies that the curriculum emphasizes managing the cook and dismissing her if needed. The father then writes a check covering the full term.
An old German remedy, Dr August Koenig Hamburg Drops, is touted as a universal healer for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. The advert claims the product leads similar medicines in sales and trust, noting it was made and sold for over sixty years.
A quoted critic mocks an artist as vain while Puck jestingly advises assisting a wife with breakfast. The text also notes Mes Austin pancake flour and swells on census data showing low mortality in a civilized nation. It mentions creameries using butter color and Swiss hotels accommodating tourists.
Advertisement notes all kinds of rubber stamps available to order with self inkers and ink and inking devices. Encourages sending to Lock Box 1a Fort Wayne Indiana for a catalogue.
A brief exchange features an elderly gentleman asking a girl her age and Ethel replying that it is improper for a gentleman to question a lady about age. The note also promotes Eagle Linen Paper for letter writing, urging printers to use it.
A fragment cites Thrane noting typhoid in Washington and questions its cause as drinking water from the Potomac. The exchange touches on why Congress members avoid Cleveland and Doctor opinions, with a stray medical aside about boiling water for a patient.
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