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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
4
A public sale in Flora on Saturday March 25 lists ten head of horses mares and geldings roadsters and general purpose stock. From 20 to 30 head of cattle including heifers yearling steers and cows some with calf by side or due soon. Also 20 rubber tire buggies and one carriage. Consign stock and terms announced sale day. Prurrr and Erkenserry, Auctioneers.
Five per cent money to loan advertised by Wilkinson and Smrrn. Also promotes Columba Poultry Food with a free trial package at Nohes.
During November and December 1818 one fifth of New York and Chicago deaths were from pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as stopping coughs, healing lungs, and preventing pneumonia, with claims of rapid cure and protection against serious cold outcomes. Also promotes Hoellister's Rocky Mountain Tea for family health at 85 cents and a spring tea.
Statistics show high deaths from appendicitis and peritonitis. A cure is claimed in Dr King's New Life Pills by M Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago. Also advertised are Red Ribbon Flour and Horner's money back offer.
An advertisement touts Paracamph as a sure safe quick remedy for piles. It claims thousands cured with immediate relief and offers money-back if results fail. Letters from users praise relief of itching pains and sore muscles, urging purchase from druggists or direct mail.
In a humorous anecdote from F C Burland’s Records and Reminiscences the Duke of Edinburgh and Sir Arthur Sullivan share tea with Mrs Sullivan. She presses on family names noting Guelph, while Arthur pleads for his proper name as the duke insists there is no shame.
A London journal recalls James McNeill Whistler as a child with Aunt Kate, a longtime neighbor who asked about him. The youngster is found asleep beneath a table shelf, drawing with a tiny pencil and scrap of paper, revealing early artistic promise amid curious wonders of antiquity, medieval, and new world lists.
Damp weather deeply affects sensitive individuals by aggravating latent weaknesses and triggering suppressed symptoms. Congestion, irregular functions, and old conditions like rheumatism revive, while pulse slows, blood vessels lose tone, muscles slacken, and overall vitality and mood decline.
A historical note shows petticoats were first worn by men in England, with Henry VII era fashion described as fantastical and gender-blurred. An inventory of Henry V lists a red damask petticoat with open sleeves, and no record of a woman’s petticoat exists before the Tudor period.
A witty exchange contrasts Gladstone’s prolific life with Life magazine’s quip about following a bride two weeks before her wedding. The dialogue highlights public figures, literary work, and social curiosity in a compact, period voice.
A Washington Star brief recounts Mr Gumrox and an unnamed companion in a humorous exchange about seating near the bass drum and cymbals at a grand opera. Gumrox explains he stays awake by monitoring the drum to avoid dozing through the performance.
A terse 19th century style fragment argues about liberty, contrasting human freedom with a white rabbit in a wire folded clig lot back yard. The tone hints at social reflection, using a surreal animal image to question proportional freedom.
The advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a world renowned cod liver oil product. It highlights its strength and purity, notes its global distribution, and asserts the oil’s nourishing value. It claims thirty years of preparation improvements and targets weak children and delicate individuals, offering a free sample and a $1 price via Scott & Bowne, chemists.
Critics note loose ends in long works from Novellata to Dickens. They cite Pip's Mis Havisham vision in a deserted brewery and Crawford's Taquisara with a supposed entranced medium. The piece suggests many dropped threads await future research.
An account from a scouting party describes a remarkable rifle ball trajectory striking an antelope. The shot wounded the animal severely as the ball fractured bone and tore through chest and leg, leaving the creature dislocated and crippled.
Rudolph, banished heir, travels incognito with Count Ernest Gethart to reclaim the throne as Ludwig vies for power with Austria. In a comic disguise the valet Hans attracts Bertha von Wallenstein and her mother, who later recognize the king’s features. Rudolph’s ascent is celebrated as Bertha is drawn to him, and the king reveals his plan to enter her service. The drama ends with Rudolph proclaimed king, Bertha moved by the whispered invitation.
A humorous ventriloquial exchange suggests Poor Jack nearly squandered his fortune within a year, but his wife redirected the spending, saving the couple from ruin. The dialogue underscores themes of thrift and spousal support in a lighthearted tone.
A brief note from the Boston Transcript recounts a humorous exchange about the Wicked Parrots. Mies Maney asks why the t endors are such terrible swearers, Cousin Tom replies they learn profanity from the parrots, highlighting a playful urban legend about birds and language.
A newspaper epigrammatist remarks that every wife is the architect of her own husband and adds that she should not be too severe on the edifice when she botches the job. This brief humorous quotation reflects domestic wit from the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A vintage patent medicine advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and features a testimonial from Waterse Kiniva and Marvin, wholesale druggists of Toledo. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy, with testimonials free and price five dollars per bottle.
In a vivid testimonial style the ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for eye injuries and speedy healing, praises Electric Bitters for liver kidneys and general relief, and extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic. It cites doctors' failures and claims cures by these remedies sold by C. E. Nobes and associates in Syracuse and Honey Grove.
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