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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
3
Women suffering from any illness are urged to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are answered by women and kept confidential with consent. The offer includes a free 80 page Text Book available by mail from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Miss Ida Isham, a Hyde Park teacher in Cincinnati, compelled her class to a sleeping game. all pupils closed eyes, woke except Peggy Gordon who could not awaken after two hours. Mother’s cries of Awake finally roused her as physicians call the case unusual.
A 250 year old Turkish state galley with 48 rowing seats was discovered in the disused Yali kiosk area of Constantinople. The gilt hull and mother of pearl inlay are noted, and preservation in a museum is proposed.
Howard E Burton, an assayer and chemist in Lesdvitte Colorado, lists gold and silver prices and invites inquiries for envelopes and full service sent on application. References Carb nate National Bank.
The Portland Press notes that about fifty Skowhegan residents sleep outdoors year round. Some sleep on piazzas or under makeshift porches while others use sleeping porches built for shelter. Most sleepers are not visibly ill, though they are generally healthy.
A weights and measures official visited several dry goods stores in recent days and bought a spool of cotton at each stop paying three cents per spool. Each measured less than the claimed 200 yards with readings from 160 to 200 yards, confirming inconsistent spool lengths per specifications.
A 1712 notice disputes a false report that Mr. David Cornwall, a card dexterity performer, is dead. It confirms he will perform at Southwark Fair near St George's Church two doors away, then proceed to Holland, with a public advertisement style citation from the Spectator.
A New York Herald note describes a burglar who steals silverware cash and hides behind cold cream talcum powder and military brushes, a form never before cataloged at headquarters. A classified ad seeks a live representative to sell irrigated lands in California with liberal commissions for Hanscom Kimball in San Francisco.
A fussy guest disputes his drink, insisting he ordered coffee while the waiter clarifies it is tea. He repeats that he ordered tea and asks for the correct beverage. The exchange ends with confusion over the order.
Advertises Hair Vigor from the J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass as not altering hair color while preventing hair loss and curing dandruff. The product is offered for general use with assurance of safety over time.
Rodin argues art must convey nature's total truth including inner life. The Hornsey Allotment exhibition features inscribed vegetables, with marrows bearing verses and even the Lord's Prayer as they grow.
A motivational passage exhorts readers to embrace hope as a guiding force amid poverty and reversal. It then shifts to a medical pitch promoting Munyon's Paw Paw Laxative Pills, claiming digestive and bowel benefits and advertising availability at druggists for five cents.
A Boston man suspected of calling moose led a Maine game warden to the animal. The warden, following a birchbark horn, encountered the moose and shot in self defense, losing his position as a result.
The Tranent colliery in Haddingtonshire, a coal mine supplying workers for nearly seven centuries, was closed recently. For decades women mined alongside men. a few former miners still live in the district. The note comes from the Londor Daily Mail with a sharp aside about loafers and pride.
A humorous vignette shows Mrs Bright returning home sans latchkey and bursting into a bath attendant scene. The piece contrasts self advertising with a proud mother praising a bright son. An aside promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a preferred family laxative for constipation and disease prevention.
A magazine tale tells of Dannhauer who would gamble his last cent then tell his wife to cook up everything in the house. He jokes he will sell the stove to satisfy hunger after a bad day. In another note a three year old girl vanishes then is found safe after missing overnight, locked inside Holy Trinity building.
A short collage of home sewing tips and domestic notices. Instructions for repairing a tablecloth with brussels net, turning scraps into serviettes, plus a quip about vice and virtue. Includes teasers on soothing syrups, school humor, and a dental note on breaking in new shoes with Allen’s powder.
Bermuda prospers as foreign visitors rise year round thanks to better transport and new hotels. The island increasingly resembles American resort areas like Florida and Virginia. Rebecca Wentzel of Pottstown notes she has attended 3,097 funerals since age nine, averaging 48 annually.
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