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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
3
Nature and a woman's work combine to offer Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's ills. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri testifies to renewed health after years of suffering and multiple doctors, urging others to seek the remedy and advice from Mrs Pinkham.
A fragment from the Pittsburg Post shows an aggrieved suitor lamenting a rejection and claiming he has paid two hundred to obtain a “meat ring.” The ad then shifts to a guaranteed ointment offer promising relief from itching and related conditions within days or a refund.
A vendor touts Mrs. Austin's Stancake Fieur as a hearty breakfast option amid high meat prices and scarce fruit. The advisory tone notes frugality and urges prudent purchases while quoting a casual remark about credit and a wry Irish saying about dangers of the bowl.
The article argues that responsibility acts as a sacrament shaping character. It contrasts Edward VII’s earlier libertine youth with his later reign, praising his prudent, just rule and peacekeeping leadership in Europe. It notes how circumstance and fortune tested him, yet he emerged as a model monarch.
A New York state senator recounts a minor collision on a northern one track line when a limited express train failed to flag the slow train. He recalls the jewelry drummer in front being jolted headfirst into a seat, hats jammed, no bones broken, and the drummer quipping the other train did not set by them.
A witty aside from Puck on Kosciusko’s fall stirring world interest. The quip suggests the name could be a copper stock, resolving the mystery and letting the world move on with its humor.
A Baltimore girl cheerfully plots wealth from poultry gains after buying a polka dotted hen for 60 cents. She estimates exponential chick production, projecting 1.5 million dollars in five years by selling 420 chicks then. Her father questions the plan, while she persists with an airy confidence.
A tall young fern peddler visits a patient Lewistown woman who recalls the era. He jokes that ferns are not needed by the army, while the nation faces wartime strain and calls to enlist. The exchange captures homefront humor during conflict.
A man tells the police he was robbed last night and notes the thief sought all he owned except a two-dollar bill. He asks the finder to return it with compliments if encountered, expressing faith in a scrupulous thief. The report appears in the Philadelphia Ledger.
A South Dakota man asserts President Roosevelt knows nothing about wolves and claims he fights more kinds of wolves than any natural history book describes. The St Paul Dispatch reports the remark.
The brain size is not a measure of capacity but related to climate. The text argues that smaller brains are common in tropical regions and questions the link between brain size and intelligence.
A pretty girl in a Chicago Tribune piece says she wants to study cooking to be a good wife. The matron approves and asks about marriage plans, but the girl replies she has not yet found a husband.
A motorist describes a wild run through Kansas where a cyclone hurled his car to another county at sixty miles per hour. He recounts being shocked and later arrested by a constable for speeding amid the wreckage.
In a family scene Mrs Gwimple accuses men of bungling finances and declares women must take over. Her husband jokes about stepping into the breeches as a playful dispute unfolds.
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion South Dakota describes a decade of severe skin sores and itching on all but face and hands. After trying many doctors and remedies he found full cure and hair restoration using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap, spending substantial sums before success in 1906.
In Appalachicola Times details a man named Bullie Ham diving into a pond to locate an alligator by smell. He disappeared briefly, surfaced with a leg, and was hauled up by others who pulled him clear. An alligator about four feet long accompanied him to shore.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt recalls a head of house instructing an adjournment while a young lawyer remains tied to a hypothetical question. The scene captures courtroom tempo and family authority in a bustling legal setting.
The article surveys famous swords with enormous values. It notes the Gaekwar of Baroda’s jeweled hilt and belt valued at 1.1 million dollars, a Persian Shah’s sword at 50 thousand, jeweled sabers in Russia and the Ottoman Empire, and England’s Wolseley sword valued at 10 thousand.
Two clocks on Lord Ellesmere's estate near Worsley Hall are arranged to strike thirteen at one. One clock sits above the new entrance in Worsley village, originally serving Duke of Bridgewater works. Legend says the clock was made to force punctuality after workers claimed they missed one due to dinner hour.
A Chicago Tribune captioned gag shows a proofreader examining his first baby and drawing a pencil across its nose claiming a wrong font. The joke plays on printing terms and the absurdity of font errors in parenthood.
A railroader describes chronic indigestion and starvation diets until trying Grape-Nuts. He reports improved appetite, more energy, seven pound gain, and no indigestion after a week, praising the food as the producer of a “Perfect Food.” The ad notes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville with the slogan There’s a Reason.
An 1886 Toledo advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure will pay one hundred dollars for any untreatable catarrh case. The notice, sworn by Frank J. Cheney, promotes F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo and lists other patent remedies and a quip from Rochefoucauld.
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