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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
6
A nocturnal flight shows the northern bluethroat travel from Central Africa to the German coast, covering 1690 miles in nine hours. Also notes on medical cure ads and Japan's rise among world powers as a peaceful, ambitious nation.
A historical ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as help for women with displacement ulcers and other female troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs F Ellsworth and Mrs W P Boyd and invites letters for advice from Lynn Mass.
New York R G Dun and Company weekly trade review reports more plants resuming and easy money, yet widespread unemployment weakens purchasing power. Buyers arrive in the local dry goods market with fair orders at lower prices, while iron steel and building sectors show modest gains. Export trade improves slightly and footwear activity lingers in Boston amid cautious buyers.
A detailed critique of Commissioner Smith’s rebuke to President Moffett of Standard Oil, arguing the Standard’s defense on six and eighteen cent oil rates and tariff filings is stronger than the Commissioner’s rebuttal, with claims of legal misinterpretation and selective evidence shaping public perception. The piece contends the standardized penalties against Standard Oil are overstated and politically motivated, predicting the higher court will uphold the company’s defense.
The steamer Monterey, arriving in New York from Vera Cruz Progreso and Havana, reports a strange dust shower over the Gulf of Mexico on January 11. A white powder like flour fell from the sky onto the ship and stuck, though not volcanic dust.
The New York Tribune notes that on the day of the Iroquois Theater disaster, an Illinois judge dismissed the charge against former Chicago Builder Commissioner Williams, the last of those blamed for the 602 deaths. Doors barred and exits blocked, yet four years pass with public anger waning as defendants escape on technicalities without trials.
Transportation records for Atlantic passenger travel surged in 1907 with ten months showing 2,000,000 travelers. The ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as the sole “Bromo Quinine” remedy claimed to cure a cold in one day. A Benton Harbor mayor allegedly tossed his grocery store key into a canal five years ago, leaving the place unlocked since.
An excerpt notes The Salar Grande salt mine in Chile spans 80 000 acres and holds 14 006 000 000 tons of salt. It mentions Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cure times and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims for teething pain. The Italian government seeks to divert U S emigrants to Africa.
A good steer property, when properly cut up, yields dressed weights by round numbers: loins 15 percent, ribs 10 percent, rounds 21 percent, chucks 19 percent, plates 16 percent, flanks 4 percent, shanks 7 percent, tallow 3 percent, kidneys 0.25 percent, sausage ruieat 1 percent, shank meat 1.5 percent, tankage 2 percent, with 0.25 percent loss in cutting.
An old advertisement touts Hornavian Barley and Speltz as enabling hog and cattle farming in Oak Montana Ida Colo and beyond. It claims Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass and a 12 ton Haywonder Teosinte produce high fodder yields. Readers are urged to cut out a request form, send stamps, and request a catalog from John A. Sulzer Seed Co. in Creave Wig.
Lima imposes strict limits on outdoor advertising with the municipality owning all boards and banning ads on vehicles or walls outside city billboards. An American firm holds exclusive three year rights, generating substantial revenue for the city as controls spread globally.
The article notes camphor comes 80 percent from Japan and 20 percent from China. It states trees are destroyed to obtain camphor and describes planting laws: China requires five new trees per old one, Japan has planted 3,000,000 since 1900 plus half a million in a big year and plans for 750,000 annually.
The Burmese government proposes leasing the Mergu rubber plantation for 30 years with a renewal option for 20 years. The plantation covers about 240000 rubber trees.
A New York Tribune summary notes the Supreme Court majority views a national law aimed at fixing the liability of employers in interstate commerce as having a good humane purpose but questions its efficiency. The court’s constitutional judgment is divided, yet the decision stands as the law’s judicial death.
A brief note explains the coldest part of the day occurs a few minutes after sunrise. It attributes this chill to evaporative moisture released when the sun first reaches the earth.
A garbled ad from Atlanta Ga touts a “succadul Dropsy Spacialista” offered by Mr Gares's Sons. The snippet oddly muses on love and marriage as a moral aside, leaving the buyer with a vague product pitch and philosophical aside.
A traveler on a Baden train writes a telegram on a postcard to be wired, stamps it, and places it in the train box. At the next station the box is cleared and the message is sent.
An early 20th century advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease. Hulls Catarrh Cure by RJ Cheney Co Toledo is promoted as the only constitutional relief with a $100 reward for non cure. Also notes Valparaiso reconstruction payments and a quip about literature versus hog markets.
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