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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
3
The article explains Peruna contains two kinds of remedies: standard catarrh cures and well-known tonic herbs, each with a solid reputation for catarrh care. It notes chronic catarrh is widespread, affecting nose throat lungs or stomach, and claims Peruna’s label lists principal active constituents for full critical inspection.
An advertisement in the Statesman promotes Hicks Capuchine as a liquid nervine remedy labeled to refresh brain and nerves. It notes consumer availability in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at drug stores and features dialogue on close to nature remedies and a porous plaster.
Three Easterners came to the Coast a year and a half ago seeking a site for a project. H J Macomber explained Thursday night that they completed a $25,000, a mile long dam nearly forty feet high fed by seven miles of ditches from Tres Pinos and San Benito tiers. Squirrels are kept from puncturing the dam by a gun guard. A cat colony guards the site and cross marks with ribbons frighten squirrels from holes as the breeze blows.
A professor quips that sensational Mars claims are popular with magazines, noting the public appetite for such speculation. The exchange highlights media fascination with extraterrestrial life and the balance between scientific inquiry and sensationalism.
A letter extols Postum as a cure for coffee caused headaches and nervousness. The writer recalls childhood coffee use and relief after switching to Postum, claiming improved health for the family and endorsing the product from Battle Creek, Michigan.
A recipe from the Indianapolis News suggests a vanilla ice cream dessert with orange halves cooked in sugar syrup. Prepare half a frozen orange per serving, skin removed, boil sugar and hot water into syrup, dip orange halves, chill, then serve with ice cream arranged around the orange centerpiece.
A recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer in Woman's Home Companion describes a stuffed tomato salad. It guides peeling six small tomatoes, preparing a cream cheese and parsely filling, and serving on lettuce with mayonnaise. It includes detailed instructions for making a mayonnaise dressing and precautions to prevent curdling.
A series of practical household hints covering stain removal and cleaning methods. Advice includes using alcohol on exposed skin after poison, salt on carpet to aid sweeping, avoiding sogginess of bread and cake by using a hot blade, cooling guidelines for boxes, and ways to stiffen and whiten fabrics with borax and cooked starch. Additional tips detail removing finger marks from paint, cleaning silver with magnesia, ironing pleats with a towel, and treating benzine rings with gypsum.
A New York merchant reportedly told friends he possessed an irresistible urge to kill. He chose his victim and died by his own hand, according to the Omaha Bee.
Mrs. Thomas Thompson of Clarksville Georgia writes dated April 23 1907 that after 15 years of tormenting eczema best doctors could not help until Terrenine cured her She praises the remedy and notes thousands testify similarly Terrenine costs 50 cents sold by J T Suvrarne Savannah GA by mail or at druggists
The Springfield Union quotes a sharp remark about the Federation of Women's Clubs in Boston, noting that duplicating sessions would let the women talk twice as much at once.
Alice L. Dowell of St. Louis claims her baby was tormented by eczema until she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She says the condition cleared in three months after doctors failed for a year and a half. May 2 and 20, 1907.
A brief spoof cites Mrs. Jimmy Bean asking a clerk if days are numbered and Kinhardly Waddle replying that they sometimes run to thirty and costs and sometimes as high as sixty, in a quip echoed by the New York Press.
A Corn cure that cures hard or soft corns bunions sore callous spots on the feet warts and indurations of the skin. Applied with a brush it cures without cutting burning or soreness. Price 25 cents at druggists or by mail from the Asport Co Sayvan Dah Ga.
The Kansas City Journal quotes an editor asserting all first contributions are accepted as a paying scheme. The humor rests on an author who buys many copies and often frames the magazine's check, suggesting profit at both ends.
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia attested in 1903 that Doan's Kidney Pills cured backache and urinary troubles. In 1907 she stated she had had no kidney trouble since and repeated her testimony. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The bride explains to her husband that the expense of the trousseau was not covered by her father. He assumes the father paid. She says it is customary, and he would rather pay than let her father borrow. The exchange appears in Life.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as the most effective malaria remedy for adults and children. It promotes a strong tasting formula claimed to build up the system and conquer malaria, priced at 50 cents.
A French hat features pink black gauze fabric forming a draped crown and wide brim. The flowered gauze is drawn smoothly over the crown and brim, creating a feminine hat silhouette.
Harper's Weekly notes that skilled plumbers will be in higher demand as Chilean cities upgrade water and sewerage systems. The United States currently supplies a small share of lead pipe and bath supplies, with Europe delivering brass tubing valves and faucets.
A brief note markets Capuchine as a liquid remedy for indigestion pains sour stomach and heartburn with immediate effect. Doctors prescribe it and it is sold at drug stores in prices 1c 25c and 50c. The Salt Lake Tribune mentions the spelling bee for educated insects.
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