09 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
1
Readers are urged to explore home remedies from old medical texts including soapy blanket fomentations and simple skin routines. The piece references a Berlin physician's “brilliant results” with soap treatments and describes a DIY regimen for blackhead care and facial cleansing.
A reader offers to answer three health questions for Home Health Club at 5039 Cottage Grove Ave Chicago, requesting full name and address with four cents postage. The letter begins Dear Doctor and mentions a skin disease persisting for several years.
Workmen unearthing relics in a congested New York street discover wooden gate valves used in early postwar water supply lines. The find highlights techniques from the era and the city’s early municipal infrastructure. A separate note mentions Italian scientists recording a 138 degree temperature in a lung ailment victim, claimed as the highest for a living being.
A discussion on restoring Webster’s Blue Back Speller prompts legislative buzz in Alabama. Critics note the book’s moral rhetoric and temperance leanings, while supporters argue it educates on orthography and conduct, citing passages and proposed use in public schools.
A woman uses a rag moistened with coal oil to clean stained floors woodwork porcelain bathtub and stand and to polish the wall behind the kitchen range.
The mayor says he is unlikely to face impeachment and notes a preferred defense funding plan. He discusses funding options and possible rest due to health concerns while considering the Southwest region as a suitable base.
The column records several recent deaths and memorials: Henry Everett Burney died in Chicago after an accident at home. Giles Richard Martin, age 77, of Marios Iowa, long resident here. Mrs Ellen Raddle formerly of Sandusky. Taylor, a Westport resident and war veteran, died after months with dropsy. Dr J W Allison, longtime physician in St Paul area and Essex, buried in St Paul. BPOE Lodge of Sorrow services led by Ex-Governor Hanly. Miss Margaret Drake recovering from asthma and attending the art needlework shop.
The city health board ordered the abandoned McDougall vault cleared after guarding the living over the dead. Workers removed the weed-grown debris and iron door, and buried the remains on the same lot to erase the former occult tomb as a public nuisance.
The public learns that the Union Trust Company directors will not sell their business. This is welcomed as prudent policy amid a growing enterprise. Whether the promoters of the New Vrut Company will open for business has not been announced.
A motorist accused of driving while intoxicated was acquitted on the basis that smell alone does not prove drunkenness. A justice ruled that the odor only shows drinking occurred, not that the driver was drunk at the time of the accident. The injured party remained hospitalized as the matter concluded.
In a tale of indignation and praise, women from California delivered a suffrage petition by automobile to the President. They blame the express company for losing a mile-long petition, while reporting the President kindly treated the delegation better than ever. The piece ends with renewed optimism for the cause.
Master Ned Crawford's exuberant wrestling caused an air break and a mishap. Grandma Rogers and Mr. Rogers recover from a recent automobile accident. Good news comes to Harry Rosenbush and family, head of a large Lansing, Michigan clothing firm.
The death of Clay Aldrich is reported with a loving tribute to a good man. His wife, son Russell, and other relatives are named in a mourner’s note praising his character as a devoted husband father and churchman. Neighbors share sorrow over his sudden passing at their home.
E W Howe's Monthly notes public preoccupation with the president's supposed wartime mourning and reading, then reveals a surprise critique that the leader has been seen slipping past newspaper boys in the evening and spending time at a widow's land, implying scandal or impropriety.
A Greensburg item extols the soon to open YMCA wing as a moral uplift for men and boys without class bias. It urges inclusion for all, pledging to welcome common people and noting broad public support. Also notes Mrs. Chris Knorr’s final days as she suffers from dropsy and receives neighborly aid.
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