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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
7
Community items include visits from Dorothy Geigelt and Lena Eich, guests from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, homeowners and travelers, and local business notes. A notable incident reports Mayor Thomson releasing Harvey Hill after a suspended sentence. Also mentions a county fair history, upcoming election changes, and various social events.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any failing case. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces to build constitution and support natural healing. The pitch includes testimonials and mentions sale by druggists at 75 cents. It also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
R A Gray of Oakville Ind describes ten years bedridden with kidney disease. After futile medical care he finds relief only after Foley's Kidney Cure, calling it a Godsend. J H Batterton confirms the testimonial.
The 1828 campaign opened with a New Orleans victory celebration for Andrew Jackson. Festivities included a Natchez entertaining visit, a procession, banquet, ball, and a fleet of steamers greeting him. The era inaugurated modern campaigning and propelled Jackson to national prominence.
The poemist Tennyson showed humility, preferring high ideals and doubting his reach. An anecdote from the Duke of Argyll, quoted by Miss Cary, recalls his reply at a London party, "You won't find much in me, after all."
Five year old girl tells her aunt she can write cat and mat and bat. The aunt asks her to write cat. the child writes it with the C reversed saying the cat was going that way.
A Baltimore Sun excerpt notes English villagers employ human scarecrows to deter birds, detailing an old man paid about 36 cents to stand in fields, his routine, attire, and daily life, including interactions with his granddaughter and the constant need to prove effectiveness against conventional props. The piece then shifts to a female testimonial about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, praising its health benefits after months of feminine ailments and urging others to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A London publishing house kept a record of misread book requests. Errors include Worcester’s Diseases of the Colon der and River Frozen, Silent Gold and Unstepped Lands. Frazer’s Silent Gods and Sun Steeped Lands became Silent Gods and Sun Steeped Lands.
A humorous family moment as Tommy, puzzled by his mother's remarriage, wonders if his new husband is his step-papa and muses that he must be his step-papa's little stepladder. The exchange captures childlike logic and warmth in a domestic scene.
The exchange records a humorous note about mosquitoes in a neighborhood. A judge clarifies a misstatement by a summer boarder and a farmer, correcting the record with a playful admonition about accuracy.
A tall girl discovers a talent for coaxing a silent South American parrot to speak. At a busy station a crowd watches as Polly breaks two years of silence, responding to her name and greetings from a woman. The parrot’s trainer, a bird shop manager, notes women often influence talking birds.
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