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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
3
Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St Denver writes that after an operation she worsened until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She urges women with backache bearing down pains and periodic discomfort to try the remedy and write for advice from Lynn Mass.
A census style comparison shows Berlin with 1 patrolman per 840 residents, Liverpool 1 per 449, London 1 per 496, and Philadelphia 1 per 511. Manhattan Island reportedly has 1 patrolman per 643 inhabitants.
A wartime style notice from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises a mail order seed catalog for 12 cents per year. It claims high value seeds including carrots cabbage cucumbers lettuce onions melons radish and flowers mailed postpaid with bold financial figures and a dubious 314 percent claim.
Traveling salesmen boasted of sales in a Chicago hotel when a drummer claimed his firm had more men and women pushing goods than anyone. When asked what he sold he yelled Baby carriages and then fled.
Adolph fopperwein of Texas reportedly smashed world wing shooting records by shooting at 2% inch wooden blocks thrown at 20 feet for ten days. He hit all but four of the first 50,000 and only four of 79,500 later shots using two .22 caliber Winchester rifles and smokeless ammunition.
An old advertisement touts Woolford's Bauitary Lotion promising an itch cure in 30 minutes and claims it never fails. It urges readers to ask druggists for the product and humorously notes a leap year maid seeking fame.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt extols Brown's Bronchial Traches as an unrivaled remedy for hoarseness coughs and sore throats. It marvels at American farmland vastness as a traveler from abroad surveys corn fields and immensity of western farms during October.
Mrs Kadley wonders why a woman watches her in a crowd. The husband suggests the onlooker may be trying to discover why Mrs Kadley is staring, a brief domestic exchange from a Philadelphia Press item.
An advertisement claims BITS and St Vitus Dance and nervous diseases can be cured by Dr Kline’s Great Nerva Restorer. It offers 2 trial bottles and a treatise free from Dr H Sk Kline, 931 Arch St Philadelphia. The item ends with a quoted exchange about neighbors and optimism.
An 19th century ad explains deafness results from Eustachian tube inflammation caused by catarrh. It claims nine cases arise from catarrh and offers a pill-based cure with a money-back promise. The notice urges readers to send for circulars from F J Cuxmry & Co Toledo and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
In a Brooklyn Life excerpt, a mother checking on Dorothy in the nursery during a thunderstorm glimpses her child awake. The girl sits upright, eyes bright, and claps as she exclaims, Bang it again, God! Bang it again.
Paro Ointment guarantees cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. The offer promises refund if symptoms persist beyond the treatment window. 500
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet shows a playful remark about writing a play. The speaker asks for a tale with enough material to wedge apart seventeen special ties, hinting at comic misdirection and inventive stagecraft.
A Kokomo Indiana mother describes her son breaking out with itching sores that started on his hands and spread over his body. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, he was cured in four nights.
London Tit-Bits reports a humorous exchange where a doctor instructs perpetual silence in cold air and a man vows to open a window immediately, reflecting light social banter of the era.
An advertisement touts Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen as a cure for coughs colds grippe and consumption. It promotes bottles priced at 260 500 and 1.00 and directs purchase at druggists.
A fragmentary exchange quotes an Indiana literary expert asking about the best six sellers in New York. One respondent recalls visiting five sellers and paying little attention to locations, reflecting a casual, anecdotal conversation captured in Cleveland Plain Dealer prose.
An old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children highlights teething relief and claimed cures for wind colic. The bottle priced at 25 cents and marketed as a remedy to ease pain and inflammations in infants.
In Cornwall harvest festival services feature unusual offerings at churches. A Wesleyan chapel reported fruit and vegetables plus jam, pickles, and two china figures. Peculiar gifts include rabbit pies, herb beer, and marinated fish in the same district.
A mysterious ice thief has operated in Overbrook for two weeks stealing morning cakes of ice from house steps. A milkman spotted the culprit yesterday at 62nd Street and Westminster Avenue lifting a cake with tongs and chased him as the thief fled. Residents describe the thief and hunt him while icemen report lost business over the missing daily supply.
In a Bohemian exchange a child asserts his father commands over twenty men while another retorts that his father leads a rival group. The dialogue hints at status and earnings without detailing the shop ownership or roles.
Bernard P Woods of Lonaconing Maryland testifies that heavy labor weakened his kidneys causing fatigue stiff limbs and dizzy spells. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved steadily and he claims to be cured and recommends the product. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
Jesse L Livermore known as the plunger has amassed 3 million dollars from Wall Street and now owns 300000 bales of cotton at age 28. A decade ago he was just marking prices on a Boston broker’s board.
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