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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1906
Page
2
The article extols five consecutive years of exceptional farm prosperity and rising economic indicators. It cites doubled population growth, rail receipts surging from 500 million to over 2 billion, and railway capitalizations near 1.5 trillion in early 20th century terms, noting strong dividend returns and improved financial figures for the era.
The text tracks national bank deposits from 1888 to 1905, noting a rise from about $1 billion to $2 billion, a 1897 dip, then a surge to over $5 billion by 1905. When including savings banks and state and private banks, total deposits near $13 billion. Per capita money in circulation more than doubled from $15 in 1877 to over $31.
Before the Congress of German Anthropologists in Gorlitz Professor May discussed ear formations linked to criminal and lunatic types. Elhan measured ear dimensions, noting many criminals show larger auricular parts especially the helix. Blau questioned the theory, citing variations and a remark about sexual criminals showing pronounced outer border development.
A humorous exchange quotes a housewife and a farmer about potatoes in a rural scene. The farmer explains that potatoes seem to grow quickly, making the later dug potatoes larger than the first ones. Included are quirky phrases and an advertisement line about Mrs. Austin's Famous Pancakes and want ads.
Letters poured in from across Ohio as the Gibson monument unveiling nears with interest from G A R posts Lima and Fostoria both promising over 100 attendees. Invitations include Gov Harris and staff Senator Foraker and Gen B R Brown. Ohio Division Commander Park Yeungling of Salem will attend. Chicago foundry reports satisfactory progress on bronze figures led by C A Linkham and L B Burns.
The article notes Gibson’s statue the American Girl as the finest piece cast by the foundry. A Chicago institute foreman and connoisseur praise its high class work. The statues will ship from Chicago, arriving October 1 as granite work continues. A later paragraph urges courtesy amid busy life and advertises a digesting tonic and DeWitt’s Salve for various ailments. It also mentions a elopement and a Paris funeral service for a presumed dead colleague.
An ad touts a free pain free treatment for deafness and head noises. It describes a vapor medication, electrical massage to restore ear elasticity, and drum massage to stop noises. The system claims quick relief and a positive cure for those previously unsuccessful.
Catarrh symptoms including foul breath slime and mucus scabs in the nose pains and dizziness impaired smell and taste dripping in the throat are claimed to be overcome by this treatment. The ad promises a cure through their solution.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes with cough, loss of flesh, chest pain, frothy or yellow expectoration, breathlessness, and night sweats are described as precursors to consumption. The X-Ray Medical Institute offers inhalation and specialized medications to quickly suppress these symptoms and improve patient spirits.
The advertisement asserts a treatment that purportedly destroys consumption germs on contact and acts as a preventive for people with lung nose throat or bronchial ailments. It describes baths cleansing mucous linings and preventing airborne germs from lodging in the respiratory tract.
An advertisement for the X Ray Medical Institute Cleveland Ohio touts painless cures for cancers tumors ulcers lupus consumption deafness and many other diseases. It features patient testimony from Mrs James Keenan of Cleveland who claims dramatic improvement after six weeks of treatment and offers home verification.
Mrs. G Edward of Mineral City, Ohio, proclaims cure after starting X Ray treatment on April 13, 190%, for cancer on her nose. She credits the institute with preventing nose erosion and invites inquiries. Also cited are testimonials by Mrs. John W. Smith and M. O. Bartholomew praising relief from spinal, nervous, and eye ailments following multiple X Ray treatments at the Cleveland Institute.
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