22 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
1
Senator Clapp recalled a former feud as he spoke in Minneapolis about careless building. An anecdote quoted a speaker claiming a St Paul resident is killed by accident in the streets every 48 hours, prompting a sharp, humorous retort from the audience.
An advertisement urges cleaning an old worn rug with Easy Task soap. It describes making thick suds, scrubbing the rug flat, drying it, and achieving a look as good as new. The copy promotes Easy Task as dirt fighting and fabric friendly.
The mordant British barrister Horace Avery, newly appointed judge, quips during a cross examination by asking a witness who calls himself a retired gentleman why he retired from being a gentleman when he achieved that status.
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of Castorla as a safe remedy for infants and children, ensuring correct dosage and bottle integrity. Public health advisory stresses vigilance in medicine storage and use.
A tourist questions the volcano while a guide explains hotel managers in the region keep a ceremonial fire burning annually during the season as part of local tradition.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Mr Martels Female Pills as a scientifically prepared remedy for women ailments. It claims the remedy is proven effective with quick and permanent results and available at drug stores. The text also includes a misdirected energy remark and a joke about a street car conductor and his pull on the cash register.
An advertisement from Buffalo New York promotes PETTIT'S EYE SALVE claiming cure for various eye diseases. The copy attributes the product to a brand name with a quoted motto and references to persistence and genius.
The schooner Ella L. Davenport from Charleston, carrying lumber, reported an unprecedented large school of whales along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Maine. Captain Dunton said 75 to 200 whales followed and swam around the vessel for over two hours, then vanished southward.
Paris readers learn ocean study by Alphonse Bergert finds about fifty milligrams of gold per ton of sea water and ten milligrams of silver per ton. If shared by 1.6 billion people, each would gain about 24 million dollars. The piece notes vast total minerals and salt content in sea water. It ends with a note on the ortolan as the world's costliest table bird.
A London society figure described as the borrower, usually a woman from a good family, imports items from motor cars to weekends at cottages and borrowed jewels. She often borrows balls for debutante daughters and once enjoyed access to a peeress’s mansion, reflecting a lifestyle the new regime may curb.
An elderly peeress who hosts about a dozen dances yearly faced a breach of etiquette when a borrower exceeded limits last summer. The peeress paid all bills, then barred further use of her house while Queen Mary remains connected to social circles and considers a London move.
London fashion notes say the elite canine world now wears sandals instead of boots in summer. Dog outfits offer leather baby‑style sandals in all sizes with a strap and button fastener, lighter for hot days and true to traditional sandal shape.
Bees disrupted a property sale in Carleyville, York County, as an auctioneer sought bids on a hive of bees. The insects swarmed, driving away 100 or more people including the auctioneer, with the sale postponed while the bees returned to the hive.
An English bulldog named Biddy, owned by F. M. Cantwell of Peoria, rides in a car on Washington Street near Illinois. The dog sports four gold teeth including a prominent fang, carved by a Peoria dentist as part of dental work for a young dog not yet two years old.
Clark University president Dr G Stanley Hall in Worcester Massachusetts urges parents to spank children lightly arguing Americans overprotect and foster precocity and disrespect. He defends mild flogging as moral reinforcement and criticizes excessive gentleness in childrearing.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross announce the 1910 Red Cross Christmas Seals campaign with the slogan A Million for Tuberculosis. The Red Cross will issue stamps as before but in cooperation with the tuberculosis association which will share in proceeds. Local associations will pay a reduced use fee, shifting 12½ percent from 29 percent, boosting funds by about fifty thousand dollars. The seals will be labeled Red Cross Seals and placed on the back of envelopes this year.
Senator John H Bankhead comments on a political move calling it coldly calculated and unfair. The quote recalls Mrs Blank, a Bar Harger society leader, and a garden party for the British legation where she joked about formality and dress.
A Southern public school superintendent shares a long windowed letter about his mother an inveterate coffee drinker whose heart stomach headaches and general health improved after switching to Postum. The letter notes a distant merchant friend identified as the source of the coffee's peculiar flavor and claims the family discontinued coffee using Postum instead.
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