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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
3
An assortment of rubber stamps and self inkers is offered with ink pads and dial dates. A calico printing mill in Japan is noted as covering four acres after a long unknown era in that country. Piles are said to cure in 6 to 14 days using a claimed ointment.
Fragmentary notes discuss soil, barley yields, and farm seed with mentions of Victoria Rape and Sliver King Barley. A banker flags gold pieces and a citizen resists hoarding them for artistic concerns, quoted from the Washington Star.
An ad notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home. It claims cures for constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and worms with 30 000 testimonials and 23 cents price. Sample free by addressing Allen 38 Wilmed, Le Roy, New York. Side Lights on Literature cites Walter Scott finishing Kenilworth and quips about Winnetka and Evanston Wilmette magistrates and speed fines.
advertisement for OUR-PIE lemon pie filling from D-Zerta Food Co Rochester NY offers easy no fuss preparation at 100 cents. promises tasty pies that please everyone and urges readers to tell friends and buy at grocers.
A witty exchange between two congressmen mocks long standing disputes. One challenges settling differences with a fight to a finish while the other retorts they cannot agree even on the conditions of night, illustrating partisan friction with humor.
An assortment of health quackery items and jokes, including claims that deafness is curable only by constitutional remedies, ads for Catarrh Cure and Garfield Tea, laxative bromide quackery, and humorous anecdotes about everyday life and manners.
In a day of remarks the Senate discussed the District of Columbia streetcar segregation bill and currency reform. Senators Heflin Whyte Gallinger Openen Simmons and Whyte weighed in on the Aldrich currency plan while ocean mail policy drew praise. The House faced an unusual clash when the Speaker overruled the Rules Committee, and Dalzell sought an investigation of peonage as part of a broader debate.
A 1905 letter from Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Tennessee praises the Cuticura Remedies for curing a girl with running sores and a boy with poison oak within weeks. The ad copy highlights the products Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as a complete treatment.
A story from an Irish surgeon describes how years of coffee caused nervous tremors and insomnia. He quit coffee, began Postum, and reports calmer nerves, steadier hands, normal circulation, and improved sleep. A friend also praised Postum, and the surgeon notes brewing instructions.
Miss Bessie Farrell, president of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association, lauds Peruna as a valuable nerve and blood remedy. She cites personal experience in helping worn-out women and says it builds strength and aids digestion, especially for young mothers. Dr Hartman reports receiving many such letters praising Peruna's benefits.
A promotional offer describes WHIZ as a new parlor card game of 44 cards in a flap case with full rules. Customers can obtain it by mailing a package top from a Borax product with stamps to Pacific Coast Borax Co in Chicago. The offer claims the game is entertaining and educational for the whole family and compares price to similar games sold for 50 cents.
The records quote playful banter about race horses and domestic life. A friend warns the husband’s ignorance, a wife dismisses a fiancé’s prospects, and a cold day cues frost and romance. The Washington Star and Chicago Tribune provide the mots.
Mrs Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York describes years of kidney pain backache and weakness after a bad fall Then she took Deans Kidney Pills and recovered health The advertisement notes pills sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and mentions 50 cents a box Also included are unrelated notes about new books in 1907 and a cold remedy prompt by E W Grove for headaches overall style resembles an early 20th century medical advertorial with multiple product references
Fire destroyed the Pine Tree Worsted Company's plant at Putnam Connecticut with losses estimated at $70,000. The Central New England Telegraph company shop at Fifth Landing New Jersey suffered a $100,000 loss. A roundhouse and more facilities were damaged in the wire blaze. A totally blind man sailed from New York on the steamship Staterdam en route to Wiesbaden Germany seeking to recover his sight. Mrs Hannah Stanhope faced court over alleged improper conduct and refused to post bond for Sunday work.
Farm data from Coaldaig and Warner Alberta describe 349 acres of grain with 197 acres spring wheat and 152 oats, yields of 38 bushels per acre for wheat and 44 for oats, and values per acre at 38 and 37 dollars. Reports mention hay, potatoes, stubbled oats, and 1906 breaking work plus 19,000 bushels of grain valued at 12,000 dollars.
One of the essentials of happy women is reliable information on health and products. The ad touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a well-known ethical remedy, approved by physicians and worldly well informed, manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading stores.
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