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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
3
A Duncan, Pennsylvania resident describes a spring illness with kidney pain and smothering spells. After using eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, she reports full recovery. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents per box.
A cipher of the American State Department used in private Washington correspondence with American legations was stolen from the Bucharest legation by a French employee who fled to Constantinople.
Mrs T W Hyde of Brentwood Essex recalls a severe eczema outbreak that spread from chest to back and head causing excruciating pain and sleepless nights. After trying two doctors with little relief, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills allegedly ended the disease within the three quarters of the ointment.
Rev. Dr. D. L. Leonard compiles world missionary statistics showing total foreign mission contributions last year at 22.46 million dollars, up nearly 1.2 million from the prior year, reflecting broader support for overseas work.
A wedding in progress at The Little Church Across the Street halted as organist jokes about lifelong marriages. The ceremony continued while selections and parodic lines played, ending with a playful note about Daniel’s lions’ story.
Lena V Henry of Norristown Ga writes Mrs Pinkham that after suffering female troubles a doctor warned surgery, but using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved quickly and fully cured. The letter endorses the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and other female ailments and invites other women to write for guidance.
New York R G Dun weekly trade review reports mixed conditions with gains in the first quarter held but progress slow. Weather aids seasonable apparel retail while crop prospects brighten the outlook. Manufacturing shows conflicting returns with some mills active and others cutting. iron ore production dipped. Textile and footwear firms in New England restrain orders to immediate needs as prices for finished steel hold but new business advances slowly. Demand remains weak in heavy lines but rail and structural steel may gain from financing and permits. Cotton goods demand improves yet prices remain unsatisfactory. shoe shops stay steady for tan goods while staple footwear remains light and stock-taking occurs. Wholesalers see fair trade but limit New England orders to immediate needs.
At a Chester conference of the British Temperance League a unanimously carried resolution urged a royal inquiry into the causes of the continual increase in insanity and the role of alcohol. Dr. Johnson Bolton linked alcoholic habits to infant mortality and to nursing issues, citing 120,000-year lies in a tongue phrase and recent observations of a direct link between a father's drinking and a daughter's ability to nurse.
In Gaylord Michigan) a pair of elm trees were felled leaving a base girth of eight feet and a log volume of over 10 000 feet one tree rotten at the base was cut 18 feet above ground and yielded about 5 000 feet another tree measured 2 1 2 feet in circumference and was spared by the vandals as yet the incidents reflect deliberate tree vandalism in the area.
An old advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tubes and nasal mucous surfaces. It claims hearing loss occurs when the tube is blocked and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise for unresolved cases, along with hall’s pills for constipation.
The Philadelphia Telegraph laments the burden of 10,028,351.88 dollars in unclaimed funds from abandoned property seized by Union soldiers after the Civil War. Despite decades of distributions to approved claimants, this vast stake of money remains without a rightful owner, stored in the U S treasury awaiting discovery.
The fragment discusses a linguistic distinction between suffragists and suffragettes, noting a perceived difference in rights or behaviors, including smoking, but offers no concrete event or individuals to anchor a news-style summary.
The University of Chicago adds the bones of a sea serpent found in the Smoky Hills near Kansas to its paleontology collection. Professor Samuel W. Williston notes it as the finest and most complete specimen known, measuring 19 feet long with vertebrae and paddlelike limbs.
A writer argues that many urban workers, though willing and industrious, lack farm knowledge and skills. They note that city life unfits most for agricultural tasks, discouraging clerks and mechanics from taking farm positions despite local labor shortages.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes roller skating brings joy to youth yet causes annoyance in crowded areas. It cites limited playgrounds and bad weather as constraints, urging public balance between enjoyment and need for reasonable regulation to protect children and adults.
A fragment notes Boo ay West Virginia as dry as Georgia and mentions Coldwater Michigan being drafted against prohibition. It hints the water wagon may soon go wet, implying a shift in local alcohol policy. The terse observation links place names with evolving temperance issues.
An old Philadelphia North American item mixes a patent remedy claim for fits and nervous diseases with a stray note about a college professor traveling to Mindanao to search for lost races. It mentions Dr H R Kline and a wrong island, implying a mislocated quest near Coney.
An old notice warns Nene riders that streetcar travel in warm sun followed by cool air can cause chills and frequent springs colds. Stay wrapped, avoid exposure, and begin Perrin at first symptom for swift recovery to prevent long illness.
A letter from M d Deutsch of the Building Material Trades Council Chicago praises Peruna for easing cold and catarrh symptoms and notes years of use. A Colorado mother reports her child’s cough improving after Peruna, and a Paterson New Jersey user calls it the best medicine tried for colds and related ailments.
The article laments shrinking wool supplies for clothing despite population growth, noting deficits in wool by millions of pounds versus ten years ago. It cites adulteration of cotton and shoddy as partial relief and praises smugglers as honest traders per a Philadelphia Record quip.
Old medical nostrums tout bronchial relief from Brown's Bronchial Troches and Garfield Tea. Soldiers must swim, even with gear, and some German troops reportedly swim long distances. Garfield Tea Co. of Brooklyn promotes liver and kidney health, constipation relief, and free samples.
The greatest heat is not on the equator but about 18 degrees north, while colder readings have been recorded in Northern Siberia than near the Pole.
The ad claims rapid relief for itching using Woolford's Sanitary Levion with a promise never failing. It states the product is available at druggists and references the last census of locomotives showing 51,672 in the country.
The historic Cowper home at Olney Bucks long inhabited by the poet Cowper has been thoroughly renovated by trustees acting with reverent care and as guardians for a nurses fund.
Advertises Allen's Foot Ease powder to reduce swelling sweating and pain from new shoes. Claims relief for ingrown nails corns bunions and fits all druggists and shoe stores with a trial package by mail from LaRoy New York.
The Springfield Republican notes that there will be no veto of the In God We Trust will and that Mr. Roosevelt will bow to the people who disagreed, highlighting Congress scoring a significant victory over the executive.
The Springfeld Republican urges fiscal restraint criticizing proposals for higher salaries and the creation of new salaried offices. It argues that more public pay worsens the budget while noting corporations pursuing similar costly measures.
Instructions issued to Chinese provinces require reporting all sulphur mines for military purposes and ammunition manufacture. Oxford is described as the largest university, with 21 colleges and five bells.
The article describes France road guideposts as simple distance markers along routes, and briefly notes the Pima Indians living along the Gila River in North America. It characterizes the Pima as civilized, peaceable, industrious, and honest.
A quirky note discusses a cow with two tails and a man named Tier enjoying life in New York. It then cites birds as long lived with swans reportedly reaching up to 500 years, and tortoises claimed to live beyond 162 years.
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