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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
6
Cleaning a sewing machine requires careful steps. Remove the needle and shuttle, avoid flames near gasoline, and turn the wheels to let solvent penetrate all joints. Wipe off all oil, then oil parts and run for a few minutes before reinserting the needle and shuttle.
Callous spots on feet arise from pressure and friction and are often painful. Rub away the softened skin in the bath, then use a toilet pumice to finish. Overnight, apply a cloth with crude petroleum to soften more, then remove the spot. Strapping with adhesive plaster may also relieve pressure.
Headache is a common complaint among women with many cures suggested. Witch hazel applied via a cloth to the painful area provides speedy relief, often in minutes, and can cure headaches caused by excess blood flow when other remedies fail.
An reader in the Delineator shares a method to extend rubber wear. Cut out the heels along the arch to form sandals, providing protection in normal conditions. They offer adequate coverage except in heavy rain or slush.
Zanesville residents recount Mary Lee’s letter praising Dr. King’s New Discovery for severe lung trouble and coughing. The remedy is sold by Houseworth Bros. drug stores with 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes, trial bottles offered free.
A Democratic governor hopeful Marshall denounces personal attacks and liquor interests while supporters run a covert smear campaign against Republican nominee Watson. Report notes Corbett the brewer publicly insults Watson and vows spending to defeat him, contrasting Marshall’s call for issue focus with party sleaze.
Money to loan on first mortgage security in sums of $500 or more. J W Fieldhouse, 113 Lexington Ave. 2006 Plano Tuning. Geo Schaff, Plano maker, in Hk hart. Every month, phone 656. ome try to make gall food unless you suse Gold Medal Flour.
A survey of distant facts covers milk prices in the French Pyrenees, Dutch canal boats, Formosan camphor exports, and vast Atlantic cable capacity. It notes English fish landings, Paraguay-US Europe steam service, Mexican drug laws, and shifts in leather preference. Also reports on British sailors drowning rates, a New Hampshire paper’s long run, brewery capital growth, Chilean Saracen wheat, Sicilian rubber trials, aluminium mercury absorption, Austrian droughts, a Gardiner cable incident, Korean cigarette consumption, a Kentucky Angora goat ranch, a Berlin champagne cork curtain, Nuremberg culinary expo, Clark University professors' stance, an Atlanta juvenile home, and a grand Berlin club curtain of corks.
On a tram car a passenger quips about shivering near the cemetery while the conductor jokes about being cremated. The exchange captures the dark humor of a Sketchy Bits moment.
A quote from the Cleveland Leader ponders whether Clarence Appleby is the type to cultivate, suggesting that a little cultivation could benefit him. The remark frames a social judgment in a concise editorial tone.
A collage of snippets includes jokes about warm muffs at a baseball game, banter between spouses, and a detailed guide on cleaning clocks with benzine. The mix preserves dated voice and regional humor while giving no single cohesive event.
In a Baltimore American passage, Jenks notes a rival ahead while Flo wins a woman’s favor by presenting her nephews with a large billy goat. The exchange highlights playful rivalry and a humorous trick to insert himself.
The Washington Star quotes Mr Dust in Stax facing a moral bind over campaign contributions. He warns that refusing could label him penurious while donating could label him an easy mark. The note highlights pressure on donors in political fundraising.
Patient quips about nerve as the dentist attends to an exposed tooth in a brief Philadelphia Press exchange.
A Bohemian dialogue shows Mrs Bernham objecting not to the beard itself but to its color. She suggests Benham raise a single beard to harmonize with her dresses.
Cartoon dialogue shows Mrs De Riche showing her home to Mrs Windfall. They joke about glueing the arms back on the Venus de Milo as careless servants are mocked in a lighthearted scene from Puck.
The exchange jokes about placing a property for sale with a humorous bartering twist. Towne-Iie offers his place for a song while Browne counters that once a song is offered the seller claims the right notes are missing.
A customer complains to a Yonkers hardware clerk that nails sold yesterday were not clean. The clerk asks what action was taken to remedy the issue, mentioning manicuring as a possible cure.
An exchange cited by the Houston Post contrasts a timid citizen’s claim that a dog with a new muzzle is mad with a man of precise speech who declines that reading, suggesting the animal is indignant rather than insane.
Countryman explains delaying action until encountering a rhinoceros at the 200 foot Fiegende Blatter event. The quip frames the dispute as a humorous exchange over time and a seeming confrontation with a beast that prompted legal consideration.
A brief comic dialogue from the Houston Post features a quarrel over spending a country day with Belinda and Nellie the maid. The exchange hints at social norms and household roles in a lighthearted domestic setting.
Miss DePlayne questions if Mr Wiley knows she is an heiress while Miss Peachley notes his attentiveness. The exchange reveals an unusual topic and a hint of social intrigue in Chicago society pages.
A poetic excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution evokes moonlit lane romance and the moment couples share a dance like a silver band. It frames longing for a loved one and hints at time spent with a sweat heart in a nostalgic, lyrical mood.
A dialogue from Lippincott's Magazine humorously traces a man noticing a pretty girl and her letters. The girl asks how she passes attendants to send notes, prompting a wry exchange about social annoyance and witty obstruction.
Fire safety guidance advises not to open a door if smoke is seen or pouring from beneath it. Shut doors and windows, gather water outside the room, and use wet towels or sponges to protect against smoke. For oil fires use water only to spread flames. a hearth tug, milk, sand, earth, salt, or a flowerpot can help stop oil fires.
The article instructs on how to restore worn black lace by shaking out dust then dipping in blue gum water, washing with soapy suds, rinsing, and stiffening in blue water with gum. It describes rolling in cloth, pinning between cloth and sheet to avoid blue staining, drying, placing tissue, and ironing with cloth to prevent gloss.
A brief Chicago News item notes skepticism about fortune telling via ecards while recalling a man who reportedly lost a fortune through such schemes. The fragment hints at caution about digital mysticism and financial risk.
A brief verse notes how power rests with the silent voter and the pervasive influence of a scheming leader who speaks by day and night while the public remains mostly voiceless.
A brief Chicago Record-Herald wryly notes a hunting dog, deemed no good for hire, is kept instead to lead others, reflecting a local humor or editorial aside about usefulness and guidance.
In the Cleveland Leader a man hides his feelings while a girl senses his wooing intentions. the exchange hints at romantic pursuit through his looks and demeanor.
An honorary degree given to Mark Twain by a Missouri youth’s institution sparks a humorous editorial exchange. A New York editor questions why Twain would be called a doctor of laws as the idea travels by telegraph, amid a general news collapse.
An explorer teaches a guest that riding a camel in Africa’s deserts is a poetic, difficult journey. He describes a ritual setup with a stool and wine, then explains the endurance needed to endure twenty four hours without food or drink to grasp the desert ride.
A reminiscence recalls Lady Jer sey and her daughter Lady Clementine Villiers. Friends left gifts in the antechamber for her birthday, with Lord Brougham visiting as an elderly guest. The scene highlights social custom among readers of fashion and politicians at the house.
A guest at a gathering seized a laid out present to give as his own, assuming the recipient would not recall it had been given before. The man took pride in his quick thinking, but he was noted as an ex-lord chancellor in the London Truth account.
Visitors in the City of Mexico may hear vendors using a language that blends into Spanish with peculiar syllables and accents. This reflects the persistence of pre Columbian Indian languages in remote districts where distinct tongues are still spoken by tribe members during the holiday season.
A description of the Lakas tribe living near the La gone river in French Kongo Africa. They move houses by both women and men, carrying the roof plaits to a new site, often miles away, and rebuild circular straw huts at the new location.
Mrs M M Davidson of 379 Gifford Avenue San Jose California says Electric Bitters prove a powerful general remedy for headache biliousness and torpor of the liver and bowels. She asserts a bottle provides more digestive relief than any other remedy she knows and notes it is sold under a guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug stores for 50 cents.
High class piano tuning service advertised by J. W. Reading. Home phone 1328. The Daily Review issues a ten cent weekly price.
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