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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
3
A reader disputes recent White House history notes, correcting dates of occupancy from 1809 to 1800 with Adams as first resident, notes the mansion began in 1792, was burned in 1814 and rebuilt in 1813, and challenges claims about ready mixed paint versus white lead and linseed oil. The writer urges accuracy in historical writing.
Dr Emile Fischer Nobel laureate in chemistry four years ago declares coal edible. He has produced a coal extract with nutritive qualities equal to beefsteak and eggs, suggesting a potential source of sustenance from coal.
An old advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup eases teething gum inflammation reduces pain and cures wind colic with a 25 cent bottle. The copy emphasizes soothing effects and infant relief.
Huge shells over three feet across and weighing up to 160 pounds slow the Government irrigation tunnel near Gunnison Colorado. Geologists say these shells, now millions of years old, were laid down when the area was covered by an ocean.
In Paris medical circles a new cure theory captivates. At the Academy of Medicine meetings, Dr Brouardel urged lime dust atmosphere as beneficial, citing Dr Bordenv's 80 year practice noting no TB cases among kiln workers and that TB patients improve after exposure to lime dust.
The report lists global labor actions including elevator men forming a New York union, a spreading strike in the Russian naphtha industry, a building trades temple planned for San Francisco, and unions forming in Southbridge Massachusetts and Utica North Carolina. It notes job scarcity in Kansas harvests and Manitoba needing 50,000 harvesters, with improving British engineering employment and New Zealand co operatives hiring 246 artisans. Tailors in London strike over sweating, 26,000 Welsh miners strike at Abertillery, wage raises in New England cotton mills, and the Boston Newsboys forming a protective union with AFL backing sending a member to Harvard.
A Kentucky woman florist explains a rooted slip technique using half-ripe wood, rich soil, and a glass tumbler to create a humid sprout environment. After three weeks roots form, then a tilt of the jar provides a week of indirect growth before uncontained summer growth begins. Hibiscus and other hardwooded plants are rooted similarly, with a preference for rich soil over sand to prevent drying and root injury.
Practical notes on calf and lamb feeding schedules, horse training cautions, and orchard soil maintenance. Covers milk diets for calves, grain start for lambs, horse bit tolerance, plum tree cultivation, and lime use for sour soils with methods and frequency. Includes author attribution to The Outing Magazine and Southern Fruit Grower.
A South Dakota State bulletin reports a strict antiseptic method for hoof injuries to prevent infection and pus formation. It involves paring away horn until blood oozes, washing with bichloride of mercury, packing with cotton and tar, then bandaging.
The article argues manure spreaders save labor and boost yields by evenly distributing manure, reducing the need for hand work and breaking up large clumps. It notes winter accumulation makes loading easier and spreading quick, urging readers to examine the spreader’s merits before next busy season.
Instructions describe proper bit use to train a horse with emphasis on keeping the mouth closed tongue under the bit and avoiding pulling on the reins. The fragment outlines five preliminaries including mouth closure, tongue position, turning to accept the bit, staying responsive, and keeping the horse alive to its signals.
R G Dun reports Wall Street securities rising about $2 per share from January highs with broad public interest. Trade activity remains robust, with increasing iron and steel production, brisk fall jobbing, and higher railway earnings while foreign trade shows sizable gains in imports and exports. U S and Canadian failures for the week ending August 23 are listed with prior years for comparison.
Quotations for cradle balances appear in varied fields with many garbled place names and figures. The text references Pennsylvania, Tienda, Second Band, North Lima, South Lona, Indiana, Somerset, England, Canada and a miscoded series, followed by unrelated moral and political observations about possessions and restraint.
An ad fragment from Newark News claims Dr H F Kline offers a nerve remedy trial bottle and treatise. It mentions a large South American railway project with 3,000 miles proposed, tying in a schooling method and wealth growth as persuasive points.
A reader testimonial from Claude N. Johnson of Maple Grove Farm describes using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Villa to treat a two year skin eruption with itching and tics. The note credits relief after two applications and two extra soapy washes. Also mentions Italian steamers offering Genoa to New York voyages in 12 days.
A promotional description highlights Be One in the Thousand Islands with yachting motor-boat and canoeing, swimming and fishing at a palatial Thousand Hazards hotel. The narrative promises cool air bright days and full moonlit evenings with powerful searchlights as an inviting backdrop. The copy touts New York Central Lines as America’s Greatest Railroad guiding travelers to Clayton, the gateway to the Thousand Islands.
Portugal stood as a premier trading nation, once dividing the world with Spain along a meridian drawn by the Pope. Its explorers and navigators of bold energy opened vast seas, shaping early global commerce and exploration.
A vintage advertisement from Lufkin Texas features J A Haywood praising Dean's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. He reports relief after six weeks of sore back, disordered urine, and gravel, claiming no further backache or bladder trouble since using the product. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Kobe Herald reports the Japanese military will stop using carrier pigeons due to telephones wireless telegraphy and other inventions. The note adds that the black diamond is so hard it cannot be polished.
A reader reports dramatic relief from a tumor after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and credits the remedy with restoring menstruation and health. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to women who write, claiming long history of guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
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