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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
7
An elderly white haired man at an English club in Hongkong erupts after receiving a letter marked in Chinese by a solemn Chinese butler. He reads the inscription “This is for the old baboon with white fur” and explains to the hall porter that he can read Chinese, revealing his skill and surprise in a social mishap.
An eminent specialist offers a home recipe using Carpus Compound to treat hair growth, dandruff, and scalp itching. Mix one ounce of Carpus Compound with water to eight ounces, or fill a half pint bottle, and send for genuine Carpus Compound at fifty cents postpaid from The H Edward Gove Co Mfg Chemists Haverhill Mass.
A Washington man visiting New York to do business took a trip into Connecticut where he had childhood memories. He approached an eighty year old resident who turned out to be the person he sought about the local area. The man asked if the native had always lived nearby and learned he was born two miles away.
A longstanding advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women with female disorders. It cites testimonials from many women, notes a Lynn Laboratory archive of letters, and asserts the product is herbal and harmless while restoring feminine health and avoiding surgery.
United States seeks $16 633 80 from John Vohr East End grocer defrauding the government by oleomargarine sales. Vohr sentenced to 500 fine and 18 months workhouse. appeal pending. Vohr’s real estate held in wife Bessie Vohr's name. raid at 6902 Hamilton Avenue.
Scranton twins John and Stephen Tunstall, born in Peekskill, N Y, observed their eighty fifth birthday. They worked as molders, married sisters, and have lived in Scranton since 1855. Each lives with family and both are devoted Elm Park church members with clean health histories.
Col John F Bishop recalls a Tennessee incident where a villager mispronounces conversion after staring at a cup. The exchange ends with his grandfather joking that the Almighty had nothing to do with the villager’s conversion, reflecting on dubious praise in the port deputy’s view.
Letter from Mary Lusk of Coldwater Michigan dated August 15 and September 2, 1907 relates how her brother and a Indiana mother reported complete eczema cures for their children using Cutcura Remedies. The claim is anecdotal with repeated emphasis on full recovery and no recurrence.
Daniel S. Queen of Burrell Street Balem Virginia describes severe back pain and kidney trouble after a lifting incident. He says after trying many remedies he improved with Dean's Kidney Pills, noting the first box helped little but the second restored his health at a cost of 60 cents per box. Sold by all dealers Foster Miles Co Buffalo NY
A dialogue fragment features a wife questioning her husband about admitting fault. He replies that he does so often yet doubts his own belief in the admissions, suggesting a tension in their trust and motives.
W Willie notes cars arrive in Borneo while T T M predicts impacts with a rise in wild men. The exchange hints at public concern over new technology and its social effects.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the only proven national remedy. It claims the medicine purifies blood and treats mucous membranes, with a one hundred dollar guarantee if it fails to cure any case. The copy also mentions other remedies for constipation.
A young pupil learns note values with an apple. She cuts it in halves and quarters, then humorously resists dividing a quarter into eighths calling it a bite.
Colorado Springs reports that Gen. Zobw lon M. Pike’s 1806 exploration manuscripts, seized in Chihuahua by Spaniards, have been recovered by Herbert G. Bolton of the University of Texas. Dr. Edgar J. Hewett informed Gen. William J. Palmer of the discovery. The papers may clarify Pike’s early explorations and his possible dealings in the Burr conspiracy.
A wife reassures her husband that the world will someday honor him with a monument, or she will ensure his life is safeguarded with life insurance. He disregards the rain and contemplates stepping outside for a bit.
A Connecticut man recalls two Irish Boston men noting roosters on barns to explain why a hen and river appear on tin tops. Prof Price outlines tariff arguments amid a Woman's Current Events club as members tease about free traders.
A collage of ad copy and quotes about Castoria Garfield Tea and various tonics. References include Brown's Bronchial Troches and Winslow's Soothing Syren. The garbled text mentions mothers, infants, and health remedies with interspersed quirky lines and mis-typed phrases.
In Lenox Michigan Father Schraader backed by Bishop Foley won approval for a new church after heated parish opposition to heating an old, decaying building. The present school conversion plan was abandoned and two stoves were installed. Ground will be broken for the new church in spring.
A Pennsylvania doctor gave a patient Grape Nuts for indigestion and bloating. The narrator says rapid improvement followed, with better digestion, clearer thinking, and renewed vitality, credited to the cereal by the Postum Company. Read The Road to Wellville, in packages.
Miss Mary Aylesworth aged 93 died after 70 years as a servant nurse to the Hague Campbell family of Orange New Jersey She was born in Providence Rhode Island in 1818 and began service to Rev William Hague in 1837 remaining with his family until 1873 then nursing Mrs Campbell and her five children until her death last fall a fractured hip left her helpless.
President J. G. Schurman of Cornell criticizes elective courses for freshmen and sophomores. He argues a sixteen or seventeen year old lacks maturity to select optimal studies and may err. He cites a parable of an old man in Freetown who economizes on inscriptions by listing wives’ names and pointing to a larger stone for epitaph notes.
The Rural New Yorker notes Salzer Seed Co claims high yields for Salzer's Early potato and other varieties. Readers are urged to send 100 stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalog featuring Emperor William Oats and Billion Dollar Grass, with promises of samples and new weeds.
A brief quotation highlights the paradox of authors who sleep little yet provide vast slumber to others through their ideas and works, framing generosity as measured by influence rather than hours of rest.
Advertises for 25 cents the words and music of nine pieces from the Widow Opera, praised as the rage in London Paris and New York, offered by Jerome IH Remick Co of New York through the newspaper advertising columns.
A fragmentary note questions value and effort, contrasting effort with outcome. It hints at weariness with routine tasks and a sense that ongoing effort should yield tangible payoff rather than stay static. The text implies a debate over how much to invest in daily duties.
Advertisement-style note touts Allen's Foot-Kase as a remedy for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet priced at 25 cents sold by Druggists with option to substitute. Includes random address and contact snippet along with unrelated garbled lines about trial package and period usage.
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