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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
3
An assortment of vintage ads tout remedies and tonics. Claims include a cold cure in one day with Taxatius Bromo Quinine and a refund if it fails. Other pitches promote Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a Dropsy Specialists team in Atlanta. The London County Council is noted for motor repair wagons.
A collage of old patent medicine claims and testimonials. It touts Cuticura cures for skin humors from Boston, a dramatic “Destroyed by Wolves” note about Russian famine, Pazo Ointment for piles, a note on celery as a weed, vague banking remarks in Mexico, and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure endorsement from Toledo merchants.
A London Coroner urged passing a law to ban using old medical prescriptions. He warned medicines once useful can be deadly if taken by individuals whose condition has changed since the original issuance.
Seven years ago William A Franklin of Franklin and Palmer Chemical Co Rochester wrote of his kidney issues and back pain. After using Deans Kidney Pills he reports relief and cure after three boxes. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Henry W. Nevinson recounts a perilous inland trek through swampy forest along the coast of Africa. Armed with short swords, he battles black sludge heat and stifling air while natives retreat and wildlife stalks the ruins of a drowned landscape.
A fragmented obituary style reminiscence on Elizabeth Patterson, grandmother of Charles J. Bonaparte, noting her romance with Jerome Bonaparte, Napoléon’s brother, and the dramatic voyage of their child during a gale as her life unfolds with courage amid family turbulence.
Welday trade rises as principal feature with record retail sales and rising wages. Jobbing and manufacturing brace for spring, machinery near full use. Building permits increase, railway earnings up 4.4 percent in December, exports exceed expectations aided by breadstuff rush. Iron and steel show rising production while inflation fears ease. Woolen markets steady, wool buyers wary of past delivery issues. Failures rise to 299 in the United States from 276 last year.
World rail totals on January 1 show 637105 miles, with 270384 in America and 187776 in Europe. Rev J W Crampbell plans a fall leave for further study abroad. John Bender, 44, crushed in an elevator at Wheatland, dies in Buhl hospital, leaving a wife and three children. John W Ole, 10, of Cambria City, killed by a train. another boy August Shuhi seriously hurt.
A period health promotion extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for painful irregular menstruation. It cites testimonials from Nellie Holmes of Buffalo and Tillie Hart of Larimore, praising relief and improved health, and urges women to write for free advice.
In California most flower seeds are grown including petunias verbenas nasturtiums and sweet peas. An ad promotes Mulls Anti Belch Wafers claiming cures by absorption with no drugs. A travel system by Underwood & Underwood promises affordable journeys through education and culture, endorsed by James W. Breasted and others, directing readers to New York City addresses.
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