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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
3
Western Canada lures settlers with rich soil and climate for world class wheat and cereals. Free 160 acre homesteads plus $10 entry draw many from Europe and the United States, aided by rapid rail links and a strong school system.
A humorous 1901 anecdote from Portsmouth describes Tom Reed visiting multiple shops in search of a collar. He asks for a size twelve but learns no shop carries collars that large, finally ending in a harness shop after three stores.
A garbled OCR passage shows strings like Mrs Highmias and Torrers with misspelled phrases about pain and a tire. The readable portions offer no clear event or identifiable names and no concrete facts to describe.
A washwoman describes relief from chronic dyspepsia after switching from starchy greasy foods to Grape Nuts. She recounts two weeks to improvement and two months to full recovery, able to eat freely. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
Washington report on the Fifty-ninth Congress resuming duties with three months remaining and major measures pending. Tariff questions, appropriation bills, and new nominations loom as Senate and House leaders set committees and observe Roosevelt's message amid debates on naval and labor issues.
The week and month show expansion in banking exchange and overall business. Heavy orders persist for distant delivery as production and consumption rise to a new high level, despite cost and transportation hurdles. Thanksgiving trade boosts retail, wholesale demand for spring goods grows, and rail equipment specs hint at a busy forward period, though railway congestion and labor shortages temper optimism.
The record lists wholesale prices by city for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York markets show bids for hogs at 4.00 to 6.50 dollars and cattle 4.00 to 7.00 with various grades and grain quotes including wheat No. 2 corn oats rye and barley across multiple markets.
News lists contract openings in Washington for fifteen million dollars in Isthmian Canal projects. Paris reports Charles G Lorillard Spencer of New York as dead, while Ina Williams aged fifteen drowns trying to flee Randall's Island reform school. Norfolk and Western announces a ten cent raise for workers earning under two hundred dollars monthly.
An old notice notes the world population rising by about 500 million each century. The item also mentions rubber stamps and self inking daters offered to order, with a catalogue lead and a Fort Wayne lock box address for orders.
A historical blurb discusses Blood as life and links impure blood to skin and brain disease, touting Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and All Healing Salve with mail-order offers. It also recounts a curious origin tale for mahogany from a West Indian ballast log to a London physician’s house project, noted in a New York Tribune excerpt.
James Ro Keeler of Cazenovia testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his back and kidney pain after years of suffering. He notes the first box helped and two boxes restored him to sound health, with his wife and friends also reporting good results. The product is sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
An advertisement blend cites Hall’s Catarrh Cure as blood focused and effective, touting testimonials and a long list of claims. It also includes an excerpt praising Webster’s International Dictionary as a national standard used by courts and educators, urging purchase through local druggists.
Very Low Hates Went via Nickel Plate Road invites colonists and homeseekers to take advantage. Tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays in November and December. call on agent or address Co. 4 Melin T. P. A. Ft. Wayne Ind. (1042). Short Cat to Acquaintance, Mother. Robbie, how did you get acquainted with the little boy next door. Bobbie -Tucked b him.
A reflective piece on how intrusive noises disturb sleep. It contrasts storms and trains with silent irritants like unfastened blinds and faulty radiators, noting the brain’s tolerance to necessary sounds versus needless din. The prose lampoons petty irritants while praising inevitabilities of travel noise.
Thomas M. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey shares a testimonial after using Cutienura Ointment and Cutieura Soap for a severe eczema that covered his scalp neck torso and hips. He states the treatment cured his skin condition and helped him regain employment.
Fragmentary Washington Star item notes a thaw affecting a race or event with a speedy finish by a competitor named Cortteos. The fragment implies a successful result for the first finisher amid unclear context and wording.
Worth Knowing proclaims Allcock's Plasters as the pinnacle of medical science with original genuine porous plasters unmatched by imitators. They claim quick, effective relief for weak back rheumatism colds lung trouble strains and local pains, asserting buyers receive the finest plaster available.
Nevada town Bullfrog grew from a desert death site after a 2 prospector perished near the California line. A $50,000 water works now supplies ample water as hotels with baths and electric lights transform the streets. About 15,000 people live within a few miles of the mines.
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