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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
4
The note explains most rheumatism cases stem from muscles due to cold or damp weather and need no internal treatment. Free external application with Cham berlain's Liniment provides quick relief. trial shows fast pain relief. Price 25 cents large size 50 cents. Sold by City Drug Store.
An advertisement invites horse owners to have their horses clipped at J. W. Boltz's barn. A social note mentions Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones and Miss Ida Garling visiting at Knpax from Friday to Monday. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as aiding bowels and reducing inflammation, sold by Blue Front Drug Store.
Discussion of the shift from hand harvesting to the reaper, showing how machines cut labor time and boost wheat production. It highlights western expansion, scientific agriculture, and the creation of vast mills and wealth, citing America’s prosperity and national scale.
A Leeds nurse famed for curing smallpox diphtheria and pneumonia turns anxious as a pneumonia patient seems doomed. The doctor says he cannot live through the night. The patient laughs and agrees to take medicine, then recovers, sparing the nurse’s flawless record.
A New York physician's wife, who teaches a Sunday school class, asks the boys for questions after a Joseph story. Young Sammy Eastwood asks for a ride in her automobile, a request that goes unanswered.
A thunderstorm in the Vili islands produced an extraordinary rainfall depth measured in a gauge twenty five feet above ground showing three feet one inch. The storm lasted thirteen hours and overflow prevented exact totals, but estimates place it at least forty one inches.
A New York police official recounts a Scottish Canadian applicant who bought a suit to look respectable. At headquarters Sherlock Holmes of the force eyes the scene, then declares the man as a mechanic, prompting the applicant to reveal his name Mackenzie.
A London Saturday Review corresp describes a deep sea fish shaped like a John dory. It carries a globular electric light hanging from a cord from the head. The light illuminates dark depths to lure small fishes toward its wide mouth for an easy meal.
A compact reflection urging honesty kindness frugality and self respect. The passage emphasizes earning modestly spending less maintaining integrity and valuing steadfast friendships without bitterness. It frames fortitude and delicacy as essential traits for a man to keep harmony within himself and his circle.
A report notes that about 26 000 letters are posted annually in England without any return address or recipient details. This widespread lapse affects communication and parcel tracing, highlighting systemic gaps in postage handling and mail routing.
In Docklands a British official threads a ship crew draft with a stern captain and thirty Chinese sailors from Limehouse opium dens. A yellow sphinx observes as bread terms and names are settled, while British sailors outside seek higher wages. The ship sails under the union jack with the Chinese crew learning steerage and portside terms.
The London Notes and Queries passage recalls a traditional rhyme about rain timing: rain before seven means fair before eleven, and rain at eleven lasts until seven. The author notes personal experience with persistent afternoon rain while river punting, confirming the saying.
A witty anecdote attributes to Richard Brinsley Sheridan a quip about his son Thomas seeking a Cornish seat. The son joked about wearing a sign reading To Let if elected and siding with the highest bidder. The father replied dryly to add Unfurnished if he did so.
The article notes John Ruskin as a precocious child who wrote rhymes and kept a diary at age seven. The diary recorded family trips through England and boyhood interests in cathedrals and scenic views that foreshadowed his later career as a famed art critic and essayist.
A humorous dialogue from Illustrated Bits features Awkward Spouse proposing a grand charity ball and Pretty Wife recalling their early dancing days together. The exchange highlights nostalgia and social grace in a lighthearted tone.
A Milwaukee Sentinel reminiscence of winter in Canada recounts a hunter and an Indian guide debating when to shoot a moose. The chase spans forty miles and demonstrates restraint, patience, and then eventual success as the hunter learns the guide’s philosophy of the hunt over several days.
An American traveler in Amsterdam praises a large china pipe in a cafe. The Dutchman, who speaks perfect English, says the pipe is rare and would break if used more than once, delivering a gentle joke about restraint and saying he would avoid breaking it.
Sea lions display skill as they dive deep then surface with a nose tip peeking above water while rotating. Gull pilots in for the lure, settles below, and in a single bound the sea lion grabs and devours its prey.
A thrifty husband chides his extravagant wife for overdoing things. He jokes he must raise the wind to compensate, a humorous exchange captured by the Philadelphia Press.
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