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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
7
A forceful piece urges decisiveness and focus, seeking the main point in any proposition. It cites examples from mining, electrical invention, and Rockefeller to illustrate concentrating energy, eliminating chaff, and pursuing the germ of success.
The writer argues that western wheat regions fuel bread production and should prefer flour milled locally rather than imported brands. Shipped wheat, foreign milling, and returned flour create losses from commissions, freight, and jobs, enriching outside interests instead of local labor and wealth.
A community focused warning argues that outside ownership of water works, street cars, and other utilities drains local earnings to distant owners. It calls for municipal or home-capital ownership to keep profits locally, urging commercial clubs to foster a town owned approach and rethink renewal franchises.
A historical critique argues mail order houses harm small towns by concentrating capital in large cities. It asserts these firms drain local profits, stunt community development, and deprive tradespeople of opportunity, urging readers to resist rapid expansion of mail order systems.
The article argues mail order volume exceeds one billion dollars yearly, driven by advertising. It warns small rural merchants against exaggerated department store tactics but endorses a core advertising principle that benefits all traders, from tile merchants to large firms, when publicized effectively.
The article cites Prof Naunyn of Strausburg University advising that aging need not be a disease and can be productive. Key tips: eat less by about one fifth, limit fluids, prefer meat with vegetables, have a substantial midday meal, avoid late dinners, walk briskly, and avoid routine to stay engaged with current events.
In a dying magnate's voice the cry to his herald is to cut off his nephew and to send a final telegram announcing his death with the exact wording. The Cleveland Leader reports the odd plea as a grim farewell.
A humorous dialogue shows a nervous old lady asking a deck-hand about danger and the deckhand answering that there is plenty of fear but no actual danger aboard the steamboat.
Co L Wood of Fentress Norfolk County Virginia suffered months of back and kidney pain with irregular urine. After medical treatment failed he used Dean's Kidney Pills and passed a stone measuring about 1/2 by 5/16 inch. Since then no kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A wordplay exchange about art and income. A quip highlights differing fortunes within the same family, underscoring a joke about being an artist by profession.
A Kansas City man who preferred stock quotes and race forms over scripture was urged by his wife to read the Old Testament aloud each evening. He misread a line as horsewhipped the beasts, prompting his wife to reveal the Bible did not contain that word and ending the readings.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by catarrh and inflamed mucous surfaces. Claims nine of ten cases from catarrh, offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Also promotes Peruna Almanac and various patent medicines. Includes unrelated notes on Dr Kline nerve restorer and Brown's bronchial tracheas.
Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan recalls a childhood eczema case that covered her face and head and caused intense pain. After consulting a physician she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was completely cured, reporting no recurrence since 1907.
The passage recalls John D. Rockefeller Jr speaking to his Sunday school class about fairness in trade. A coal dealer tells an employee to stop, questioning a coal load’s weight, but the worker replies it is two tons, prompting a softened correction from the dealer.
In this vignette style notice Dr. Earl S. Sloan is described as a veterinary expert with twenty years of practice who created remedies to save life and ease animal suffering. The ad invites readers to request Sloan’s Treatise on the Horse free by writing to him in Boston, Massachusetts, and references Castoria as a trusted infant remedy.
The article extols a broad era of home health methods and promotes a widely accepted product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a safe family laxative. It urges purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version, available from leading druggists, noting physician approval and world recognition.
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