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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
9
A home made mixture claimed by an eminent authority to relieve kidney and bladder trouble before Bright's disease. Recipe includes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at night. Proponent says harmless and easy to prepare while offering cures for rheumatism and blood disorders by cleansing kidneys.
A long excerpt presents a Whistler anecdote about a hat shop encounter and a joke about selling a flute. It contrasts with a tale of a phonograph salesman pushing a device on an army musician who prefers selling his flute. The piece reflects on self perception through recording and taste.
A Huntsville Alabama woman reports decades of stomach trouble from coffee and credits stopping coffee and switching to Postum with dramatic health improvement After years of illness she avoided coffee and began using Postum four months ago her digestion and well being improved significantly
A farmer blames a faulty lightning rod for losing a barn in a night time strike. The agent claims lanterns should have been kept lit. The farmer retorts the night was pitch dark. The exchange highlights a comic misunderstanding about lighting and responsibility. The second vignette follows Canfield lamenting Saratoga’s decline and money as the bottom line, quoting a tale of winning love with a million dollars.
A sharp faced boy hands a tailor a button in a Broadway shop and insists on sewing pants on it to secure business. The boy’s ploy ends with the tailor at the door, puzzled by the unusual order. A separate note contrasts lonely living with two quarreling sisters in a long flat, and a reflection on the duties and perils of high office.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota recounts five months in hospital before discharge as incurable with six months to live. He credits Doati's Kidney Pills for addressing the root cause and restoring health, with 50 cent boxes sold by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The ad closes with testimonials and other patent medicine claims from 1886.
The only royal doctor in Europe, Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, completed his 5000th cataract operation with his wife as assistant. He treats the poor free and charged only to those who can afford it, and once cured Kaiser Wilhelm II after a rope incident aboard the Hohenzollern. The Milk Paste advice and Drumond quotation follow.
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