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Newspaper

English News

Location

English, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1908

Page

7

Uncle Sam Aims at Husky Babies Through Food Inquiry

The bureau of chemistry under Harvey H. Wiley will test infant foods to verify they are truly nutritious. Physicians, manufacturers, and specialists will supply data on causes of sickness and proper nourishment. The project seeks to eliminate impurities and produce healthier children and hospital foods.

Ashington Sam Bureau of Chemistry Department of Agriculture Harvey H. Wiley Wiley Beleves Wiley

Capital to be Thoroughly Cleansed in Sweep of Health Drive

Washington to undergo a sweeping health operation led by sanitary corps officials. Bacteriologists, chemists and other experts will probe hotels and restaurants, with warrants possible for proprietors as the city is turned inside out in a general cleaning effort to improve conditions amid rising concerns.

Uncle Sam Sanitary Corps Washington Canal Zone Panama

Women Carriers Defy Odds in Rural Mail Service

Assistant Postmaster General notes more women take rural carrier jobs though discouraged. Miss Senna Sennat serves a 26 mile wooded New England route as substitute carrier for three years, driving alone with confidence. She joined after offering to substitute when asked, years ago.

Post Office Department de Graw Department Senna Sennat New England Miss Sennat Miss Senner

Ex-Envoy Sells Horse to Fund Departure From America

Mehmed Ali Bey, a deposed Turkish minister, fled to the United States with the Arabian horse Valeed and later sold the animal to a New York cigarette manufacturer after failed loan pleas. The minister, recalling his recall, sought funds to leave the country claiming the horse was tied to his fate, while Mundji Bey reportedly urged the gift. The reply to reclaim the horse allegedly offered to return it if needed.

Hat Mehmed al Ber Homer Davenport Arabian Steel America New York Mundji Bey Mehmed Ali Bey Horace Valeed Washington New Yorker Mehmed Ali

Globe Trotting by Label Travel Gimmick Nets Prestige

A London label vendor touts travel labels that make a traveler appear to have visited distant places from Hong Kong to Monte Carlo. For 60 to 73 cents a week, fully labeled trunks and bags project globe trotter status, drawing attention from landladies and boarding houses at summer resorts.

Londo Hongkong Hobart New Zealand Paris Rome Monte Carlo England London The Riviera Nice Cannes Rhine Strand

It Is a Fiddle Church Vane at Great Gonerby

A large fiddle and bow vane crowns the Great Gonerby church near Grantham. A former resident, who earned a living by playing a violin, funded the church build and asked for a metal replica of his fiddle to adorn the summit, a condition the parish accepted.

Great Britain Great Gonerby Grantham Far West

A Bird's Vanity Sparks Household Dispute Over Tariffs

A canary on the lawn captivates three men with a mirror causing a diversion from a heated discussion on tariff revision. The bird admires its reflection as the host jokes about keeping it in place, while the argument about political terms and trusts continues in the background.

yeHow Dog Miss Alten Salome

On Honeymoon Ascent Above Schnupfelgapfen Peak

The couple climbs Spitzent Peak on their honeymoon. The wife reports seeing a long white streak stretching to their hotel, joking that it is the hotel bill overtaking them. Their ascent continues with light humor.

Spitzent Peak New Haven Register

Household Reform for a Just Domestic System

A call for comprehensive social reform within the home, insisting on complete overhaul of domestic life. The piece urges plain speech and high ideals, aims to end caste divisions, and treats domestic service as a foundational societal element.

IC. Mest

Effects of Type Errors Remembered by St Louis Republic

A nostalgic look at hand set type and proof room corrections in the St Louis Republic. Readers recall comical misreadings from copy turned over to printers and the house of correction, with examples like His blushing bride turning into his blustering bride and The Galley Slave becoming The Galley S Love.

St. Louis Republic House of Correction Enoch Shin Town Land of the Shamrock Printerman Trish District First District Court Frank Geeks Cape Red Cross Society Corbett

Birds and Lamps: Phosphorescent Kingfishers Draw Feasting Fish

A nature student recalls spotting pale glows along a shore during a cold night. An old hunter explains the lights are phosphorescence on kingfishers breasts. The glowing birds attract fish, aiding the birds and their offspring in feeding.

Effie Questions God While Father Prepares Sermon

A clergyman works on a long Sunday sermon when his daughter Effie visits and asks if God tells him what to write. He replies affirmatively, and she questions why he erases so much. The exchange reveals a child's candid curiosity about divine guidance and human doubt.

Effie

Ten Years Of Backache Cured By Dean’s Kidney Pills

Mrs Thos Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports ten years of backache and exhaustion ending after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. She describes relief from headaches dizziness and fatigue and credits a permanent cure to the remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

Thos. Dunn Vinett Columbus Ohio Dean foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y

The Sign of Power and Calmness

A remark on power from Swami Vivekananda asserts that true strength lies in restraint and calmness. It contrasts active, lower strength with the superior calm control that prevents the plunging horses of life, clarifying that calmness is not dullness or laziness.

Swami Vivekannanda

Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Promoted as Trusted Health Remedy

An advertisement extolls a well known family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted product approved by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version from leading druggists.

California Fig Syrup Co

Distemper Cure Promises Relief for Horses and Dogs

Spohn's Distemper Cure claims to cure distemper in all forms for horses and dogs and to prevent the disease in others in the same stable. Over 500000 bottles sold last year at prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar. Drugstores can stock it or write to the Spohn Medical Co. in Goshen Indiana for agents and a free book.

Spohn Spahn Medical Co Comelagious Diseases Goshen, Ind

Air cut? Bun with pink ribbon phrase in The Tatler

The Tatler quotes a playful exchange about hairstyles with a sharp request for a bun secured by a pink ribbon, signaling social style commentary. The witticism reflects fashion culture of the period and its light, humorous tone.

the Tatler

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