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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
3
Leesburg Virginia resident Maude E Forgie writes to Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing months of feminine ills. The letter underscores the product as a standard remedy for female health issues and invites other sick women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Two young people sit at adjacent bench corners near Rose, exchanging wary glances and polite conversation about hotels and a upcoming north trip. A near collision with a motor and a chance to post letters draw them closer, as unseen observers and social rules influence their budding flirtation. The man hints at a postponed meeting while coaxing a private moment, hinting at personal letters and time for themselves after lunch.
A young man and a maid posing as Lady Phyllida's servant meet at the Empire Hotel. They discuss pretending to be the real thing, his plan to buy a business, and the strain of looming consequences as they walk along the beach and parade.
The article explains snakes vary by species with some laying eggs and others bearing live young. It notes venomous and many farm varieties are viviparous, while Tropidonotus natrix lays eggs. Eggs show little embryo before oviposition delay. eggs hatch in late summer.
The article describes water snakes laying eggs or having multiple clutches, with eggs about an inch long and parchment like shells. Hatchlings emerge in late summer or autumn, feed on insects, worms, and soon frogs, and while adults swim well, hatchlings cannot and may drown if they fall in water. Pets and tame behavior are mentioned with references to a European and American water snake.
Hunters found a fox den south of Holgerstown and unearthed five kits about as large as a house cat. The mother fox evaded capture by feigning illness and distress to lure hunters away, but the den was located and the kits moved to a farmhouse where they will be kept and not released.
A Harper’s Weekly summary notes a year of plague campaigns in San Francisco with over a million rats killed. Traps poison and a rat-targeted virus reduced rat populations while destroying rubbish heaps and rat nests. The Bowers family tragedy exemplifies infection risk from dead rats and delayed diagnosis.
The Mexican Herald notes during Christmas and All Saints periods Indian languages persist in remote Mexican districts. Vendors in Mexico City speak a Spanish colored by unfamiliar syllables, reflecting pre Columbian tongues still spoken by many tribes. A 26 foot long, 7 foot high wagon with 10 foot diameter wheels is said to be the world’s largest wagon at Nome.
An article describes electric winches on large electric trucks used to pull cables through conduits. The truck carries a storage battery powerful enough to move itself and the winch, with a simple clock-like switch powering the operation. It contrasts this with earlier labor by four men turning crank handles.
A reader letter extols coffee dangers and praises Postum as a healthier alternative. It recounts a child who suffered headaches from coffee, switched to Postum, and reports relief and improved health for the family. The ad claims Postum is good for the body and invites readers to try it.
Alice L. Dowell of St. Louis recounts a year and a half of doctor visits for her baby niece's widespread eczema. After trying top doctors, she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and says the skin condition cleared in three months, with dates May 2 and 20, 1907.
The Canadian Copper Company at Sudbury Ont reports production of Monel, a copper nickel iron alloy cheaper to produce and as ductile as nickel. Developed from nickel steel experiments by F H Clergue and chemist Sjostedt, the alloy costs less due to simplified refining and may replace nickel in many uses though not yet armor plate. Red Cross Ball Blue marketed by grocers. A moneylender joke closes the piece with Dinguss poor for five more dollars while Shadbolt refuses repayment.
An advertisement extols the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted health product. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy, endorsed by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World, and sold by leading druggists.
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