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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
4
In the local grain market the Jacob Myers Elevator Co lists prices corrected at 5 p.m. on Thursday. No 2 Wheat at 88 cents per bushel. No 3 Wheat at 84 cents. No 3 Yellow Ear Corn shelled at 2 cents? and mixed corn at 63 cents. No 2 Rye at 65 cents. Buckwheat 0. White oats 0. Mixed oats 43 cents.
Mr A Robinson of Drumquin Ontario reports long term indigestion relief from Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets calling them the best medicine he ever used. He recommends others troubled by indigestion or constipation to try them. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price 25c. Samples free at City Drug Store.
A Chicago News report describes Cuban and Spanish habit of concealing cash in odd places. Bird houses in trees, hollow walls, hollow table legs, hornets nests, and hall light stands protected fortunes until loot was found or destroyed by fire. The piece notes how revolutions prompted cash secrecy and eventual deposit in Havana banks.
The venerable rose tree said to be planted by Charlemagne blooms beside Hildesheim's ancient church. Its trunk nears a man’s size, with five main limbs trained along the wall, protected by iron railings. Soldiers from Turenne and Napoleon aided its care through history.
Dr. G Stanley Hall's Clark University lab collected personal testimony showing children favor nightmares involving basic fears while adults prefer burglars and jailers. The piece cites London Lady's Realm as a source for this observation.
A man explains his motive for breaking in, saying he acts to get even with the world since being involved early in a business never paid off. He hesitates, then pushes a window and climbs inside, a detail recalled from a Chicago Tribune snippet.
A London surgeon describes soldiers briefly yielding to sleep under extreme tension at Henningspruit in June 1900. In aninehour attack on Colonel Bullock, some troops, exhausted after travel and heat, lay face down in trenches and slept despite shellfire, suggesting stress rather than fatigue alone triggers sleep as a natural anaesthetic.
An antiquary cites a British act from 1670 prohibiting women who use cosmetics false teeth or hair to seduce men into marriage. The law imposed witchcraft like penalties and declared any such marriage void upon conviction.
A New York Press humor piece describes a jeweler locking diamonds in a safe at closing time. He argues fire would burn diamonds away despite their perceived indestructibility, noting their gemlike flame would leave no ash and the plate would be spotless.
Dinah the cat scratches Martha after a half hour of chasing and biting. Blood flows as Martha demands the pins, speaking through tears and anger. Delineato notes this dramatic household clash ending with a sharp demand for the pins.
A British lord of the admiralty, on his first voyage in a leaky vessel, asks about the ship's pump and jokes about having a well on board to drink sea water, as observed by the crew during pumping.
Oscar Day of Minneapolis reports startling figures on Alfackan wheat, grown wild on Alaska’s east coast and tested in Idaho, with kernels likely ranking No Land flour. Trials show superb winter wheat yield and potential global food price impact, though skeptics remain. Also note poultry care advice and medicines offered at Blue Front Drug Store.
80 acre farm for sale located 4 miles southwest of Francesville. Features 700 rods of tile in ground. Inquiries directed to the residence of W. S. Wylie.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says twenty years of granulated sore eyes ended after using Chamberlains Salve. In February 1903 a gentleman urged the test. Boyd bought one box used two thirds and has had no trouble since. City Drug Store advertises the salve for sale.
Notice to settle all debts to the firm of Dra. Shar rer by Sept 1. Call and settle by cash or bankable note. Eight percent discount offered for cash payments.
Mrs M M Davison of San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a general family remedy for headache biliousness torpor of liver and bowels stating it brings more health to digestive organs in a bottle than any other remedy. Sold under guarantee at J E Tilsett's drug store 50c.
A Vienna custom requires a husband to obtain his wife's consent before balloon ascent. In contrast, American husbands often ascend without consent while wives provide the ascent material, leaving the men to manage the landing as best they can.
Mrs. Chas. E. Smith of West Franklin Maine endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as a family laxative. She praises their painless effect and reliability. Sold by J. E. Tillett’s drug store for 25 cents.
Porter the furnisher advertises fly covers for horses at very low prices. Readily available through Porter with emphasis on affordability for horse owners.
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