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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
8
Local items including visits by Mrs. John Batterton and Mrs. Ida Brunker, business trips by Albert Adams and George W Bools, and a for rent notice for a Sheridan street five room house. Easter millinery by Anna Wheeldon, and financial notes from W H Weaver Co. also appear alongside memorial and church program plans for May 24 and Decoration Day services.
A Washington Post anecdote describes a man who prefers ivory handled razors, using No 1 on Sundays and holidays and No 2 on other Sundays. He advocates letting blades rest after sharpening to avoid heat and edge crystallization for a smoother morning shave.
Linegar Bros on East Side Square sells regular Santos coffee at 20c and 23c blends, washed Santos 25c, Greatamalla 30c, and 3 to 1 coffee 35c. Coffee described as all coffee with a coffee flavor, roasted fresh weekly for consistency and value.
A schoolgirl squeezed onto a four inch spare seat as two portly men refused space on a Broadway car. A massive scrub woman enters with pail and offers her seat, burying the offenders under 250 pounds as the girl laughs at her clever revenge.
A physician notes there are over fifty headache kinds and offers self care: forehead ache from dyspepsia, back head pain from liver, temple bursting pain from malnutrition, top head ache from overwork, and brow ache from eye strain. The Fur News presents the overview.
Public health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and urges prescriptions from reputable physicians. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and to be taken internally, with testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. It also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A parade of high officials and citizens from Canada to New York and Washington praise Peruna as an effective remedy for indigestion and catarrh. Notables include Donald Robb Jr of Nova Scotia, James P. Bracken of New York City, Corporal John Finn, G A R veteran, G W Woodbury of Rogers Ohio, J Edwin Browne of Washington DC, and A Hewitt Nickerson of the Census Building. They report cures and recommend Peruna for stomach trouble and catarrh, noting the new Peruna tablets as a convenient alternative form.
A New York American excerpt discusses heart work per beat and daily energy, a man recalling his wife’s ring in dreams, embossed aluminium books for the blind, a Swiss artist in hypnosis, US seed purchases, Rothschild wealth projections, and sociological views on New York's public image.
An advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It urges readers that no one is immune to kidney problems and implies it can cure most cases within medical reach.
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