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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
3
A testimonial from Chas J Budlong of Anthony Rhode Island praises Sloan's Liniment for curing rheumatism after long suffering. He describes severe hip swelling and knee pain and notes relief after using six to eight bottles. He recommends the remedy to other rheumatic sufferers.
The Chicago Tribune reports Morse explained that the long dashes were remnants of the language he used while developing telegraphic code. He kept them as part of the alphabet after simplifying the system.
An advertisement touts a fast cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises a money back refund if the remedy fails and features B W Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
A mother scolds Kitty for moving at the table. The child protests I can't, mamma I am a fidgetarian. The dialogue captures a playful clash over table manners and quirky self-identity.
Advertisement notes a white laundry product named Red Cross Ball Blue offered by grocers at five cents per pack.
The article recounts a New York furrier showing imperial Siberian sable garments and pricing. A thirty inch coat would cost about thirty three thousand dollars, an ankle length forty four thousand, a fur muff twenty seven hundred fifty, and a boa around twenty two hundred. One woman notes she could spend up to thirty thousand yearly on dresses, with nearly fifty thousand possible on a fur coat and accessories.
A reader letter promotes Postum as a coffee substitute. The Teune, Michigan woman recounts six years of indigestion nervousness and insomnia from coffee and credits Postum with restoring health. Her husband calls her a living advertisement and urges others to try Postum.
Forty Terre Haute residents have been sent to Chicago for Pasteur treatment, easing fears of a hydrophobia outbreak. Indiana farmers move eighteen double-deck cars of livestock to East Buffalo New York, while electric line plans emerge from Nashville to Bloomington.
A Concord New Hampshire man describes a two month itchy skin outbreak on limbs below the knees that resembled raw beef and caused swelling and sleeplessness. After trying several remedies he used Cuticura and saw immediate relief the swelling subsided and he could wear shoes in two days. May 1, 1907.
The article notes Aldus Manutius introduced the modern punctuation system in the late fifteenth century including full colon semi colon comma and other marks. It observes ancient texts lacked punctuation and early manuscripts used even letter spacing making rapid reading difficult.
Mrs Lacey Quebeck of Mechanic St Hope Valley Ro Lb recalls severe kidney trouble years ago. She describes daily pain and swelling until using Dons Kidney Pills now sold 50¢ a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also noted is Mrs Humphry Ward criticizing a marriage during an American visit and a painter’s remark about a destined ruinous romance.
An advertorial collage touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh at all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers 100 dollars to prove any failure and invites testimonials, with additional notices on household electric lighting, a Mother’s Day tonic, a railroad hospital purchase, and a dogged horse-behavior guide.
A fragmentary lampoon on modern speed and progress notes society rushing to work eat and travel, cites 4000 London street accidents monthly, and recalls a comic episode of a lone private at Albany New Hampshire. The piece blends satire with odd spelling and clipped anecdotes.
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