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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
3
A newspaper passage discusses women fearing surgery and asserts many operations on women are unnecessary and could be avoided, highlighting a \(historical\) concern about overuse of medical procedures.
Letters from women claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured severe female troubles and avoided surgery. The ad touts thirty years of use as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains and backache and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a portable health aid in a vest pocket box. It compares Cascarets to exercise for bowel and liver function, claims gentle action without purge, and urges authenticity from the Sterling Remedy Company with a ten cent price and stamped guarantee.
A reader letter from Aurelia Iowa recounts a newborn at a house and contrasts fashion with practicality. Elsie dismisses the event as common, while a Philadelphia Press voice mocks style, highlighting rural domestic life and observers.
The United States imports about 15,000,000 cigar boxes annually with roughly nine tenths produced in New York. The trade rivals clothing in capital invested and employment, and the best boxes use Spanish cedar from Cuba. The cedar is said to retain cigar flavor as it is grown where Havana tobacco thrives.
In Marcus era echoes, Alexander the Great tames the famed Bucephalus and proclaims riding a powerful horse proves a man. Cowboys of the era stirred fear to shape a legend, and historians rushed to validate the tale.
Borus seeks a happy ending for his magazine tale. Nagegus suggests a moonlit excursion with all characters aboard a steamship drifting to the lake center and then a dramatic explosion. The exchange frames a fatal twist to end the narrative.
The narrator recalls Nan He proposing during a train curve around an elevated loop and notes the engagement lasting until the train cleared the area. The moment is described as a relief from the ride’s monotony.
In a humorous Hudson River era glimpse Mrs Benham laments a tramp stole a pie today and Mr Benham muses what he will do with it. The brief vignette captures a domestic scene and a common street crime in a light weekly column.
A Houston Post quips about a New Englander living with black residents to gain local color and receiving a tar coat from night riders. A Chicago News piece then notes the death of a monarch named Xvylantrophagus whose body was hidden under a pyramid in a hieroglyphic sarcophagus.
A Washington lady recounts four years of nervous illness ending after she quit coffee and started Postum. She reports calmer nerves, better health, and renewed ability to work, caring for two children while maintaining daily chores with cheerfulness. Postum is promoted by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
A New York World report says Miss Elkins of Washington could become a royal bride to the Duke of the Abruzzi, prompting alarm among European monarchs. Protests from monarchies hinge on the risk of a precedent for American matches into throne lines and possible shifts of power in Italy.
The New York Times profiles J Pierpont Morgan detailing his routine from 10 to 3 work hours and evenings aboard the Corsair. He hosts companions, sails toward Long Island Sound, enjoys cocktails and elaborate meals, and ends with a solitaire game before bed. In a coal strike crisis he met privately with Steele and Baer aboard to discuss vital matters.
A quirky German town is attracting many thin women seeking a chocolate cure described as both a nerve remedy and a weight gain plan. Patients spend time outdoors, eat大量 chocolate, and drink the chocolate beverage in large quantities, hoping to plump arms neck and bust, with the surprising note that the treatment can be done at home.
A college professor and his son walk with an old farmer. The professor remarks on abnormal precipitation to spark interest, and the son, using a low register, reframes it as the governor means a lot of rain, highlighting regional speech differences.
Porter Emerson Browne visits the office after a country trip and humorously asks about a man who died and left all he had to an orphanage. When asked how much he left, Browne replies with a morbid twist: twelve children.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot-Base makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 2ic. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Houston Post report recalls a New Englander living among African Americans to gain local color who was tarred by night riders recently. The incident highlights racial tensions and vigilante violence described in the era.
A playful exchange in a lunchroom pits Mrs Hardapple and Mr Hardapple over the sign Lightning Lunches. The vignette echoes a Chicago News tone about a lightning-rod stomach and a Pettit's Eye Salve claim from early 1800s marketing.
On the ocean liner a woman asks about the fog horn and a sailor replies that it is the dog-watch barking on the sea. The scene carries a maritime humor tone from a period source.
The King of France led 40,000 men up a hill and returned without battle, described as cheaper than a fleet cruise. The New York Sun quotes the remark. The ad copy claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup relieves teething pain and wind colic at two cents a bottle.
Dorothea sits with her father at a country window as he stares into the fields. She asks what he is looking at and he replies he is peering into the future. The girl quips that she thought he looked into the pasture, revealing a gentle humorous moment.
A sharp talking professional argues with women about a friend's behavior. He jokes that the partner controls him with a chalked line and strict rules, while a party guest insists the husband is a model. The man counters that he is not model but modeled and questions the material.
John Armstrong of Cloverport Kentucky says years of kidney troubles left him weak and bedridden as doctors failed to help. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills he regained strength and health, praising the product sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box from Foater Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The piece ends with a moral couplet about sin and effort.
S K Rathwall of Moose Jaw reports 500 acres of wheat averaging 22 bushels per acre with 200 acres sold before frost at 83.5 cents per bushel for about $18 per acre. Oats yielded 50 bushels per acre at 85 cents per bushel for $17 per acre. Frost hit 300 acres of wheat, worth 60 cents per bushel, likely net $13 per acre, with feeding to hogs as an alternative. More grain frost due to late spring. car shortages hinder shipments.
A humorous exchange shows the bachelor and Benedict debating married life as a refrain. Vendor jingles sell Garfield Tea and Red Cross Ball Blue as household aids while Johnson quotes offer flattery and wit. The Newlyweds scene ends with a domestic misperception about a cook's traveling gown.
A quirky dialogue hints at ordinary chores, jokes about prizefights and carpet cleaning. An old ad proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue for whiter clothes while a gas meter quip mocks money. A home letter-copying pitch from Gerard Co. in Cincinnati offers incidental exposure to period advertising.
Systematic. Lawyer Here are your divorce papers, madam. I advise you to take good care of them. Charming Soubrette I shall put them in my safety deposit box, where all the others are. We are all apt to substitute candor with the faults of others for honesty with our own.
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