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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
7
A condemned man was promised freedom if he slept in a bed where a cholera patient died and survived. He spent the night there and died the next day. The bed itself caused no actual death, but the imagination and nervous strain led to his death.
A Lawrence Gazette note recalls a delegate at the late law at the Lawrence convention of launderers who wore a celluloid collar, a curious fashion among tradesmen.
Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan recounts a four week hospital stay ending in worse condition after surgery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges others with female ailments to try the remedy.
The article notes that traditional Chinese and Indian beliefs shaped Japan to keep women out of sight and confined to domestic duties. Western influence brings garden parties, dinner parties, balls, and social events, seen as new imports for a faithful wife or dutiful daughter.
Ida lia De Villiera reports from Monte Carlo on Easter week styles with terrace gowns in white and blue, silk and chiffon, the revival of accordion frills, cabriolet hats, and bold red and blue straw accessories. She notes full skirts, egged fringe details, and the trend toward fluffy yet tailored silhouettes for afternoon and evening wear.
A reflective passage cites Montaigne and quotes about choosing good or evil by personal will. It references Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and their claimed digestive benefits. The text shifts to a Belgian anecdote about treason remnants and odd pricing by Ghent merchants who avoid 30 sous, preferring other methods.
A promotional piece extols Munyon's Paw Pills as a universal cure for headaches digestion liver and bowel issues. It touts rapid relief, urges self reliance, and lists benefits claimed to be achieved by stimulating stomach secretions and liver activity.
A compact register of the triumphs and defeats, vices and follies, and quarrels of those who seek power, as Paley mused on the long record of politics and its players.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder eases painful swollen feet and sweating making new shoes easy. Sold by all drug and shoe stores. Free sample offered. Address A. R. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A breakdown of one dollar paid to a telephone company shows rent four cents taxes four cents interest six cents surplus eight cents maintenance sixteen cents dividends eighteen cents labor forty four cents.
Murine eye products promote relief for red weak weary and watery eyes and granulated lids. The line includes Murine Eye Remedy liquid and Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes with prices 25c to 1.00 and free eye books and advice by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
The text discusses measuring rectangular land areas by multiplying length by breadth and heavily promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with lines urging readers to ask their grocer and claiming the blue whiteness of clothes.
A Beverley New Jersey clergyman vows not to take a salary, opting to live from his farm and preach gratis. The notice also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best teething remedy for children.
A Boston girl watching a farmer milk a cow adjusts her glasses and asks what she does not understand how you turn it off. The line captures a humorous, offbeat moment reflecting curiosity about simple farm workings.
A young girl instructs her father to buy a large female turtle that will immediately burn many baby turtles, as she expresses a determined wish for a pet during his southern trip.
John James Audubon born May 4 1782. He recalls nature as his playmates and an intimacy with living things bordering on frenzy guiding his steps through life.
A subterranean gallery of ancient statues remains on pedestals at Genzano near Lake Nemo Italy. The site suggests a former Roman villa or temple and the chamber is partly filled with earth and debris while most statues await identification. Escaped Death Thirteen Times. John H Rice of North Hempstead L I reports his thirteenth escape after a car crash.
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