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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
8
The notice presents a persuasive claim about right living and proper timing for remedies. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a perfect laxative, urging buyers to obtain the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co from leading druggists.
An ad promising bowel relief offers a choice between harsh physic and candy Calgast in a gentle way. Mentions a west-pocket box priced at 10 cents at drug-stores. Each tablet of the genuine product is marked CCC.
An exploration of blue and green roses and the dream of a blue bloom. It notes persistent efforts by global florists, partial successes with blackish crimson varieties, and the long arc toward rare color breakthroughs in horticulture.
A Baird Texas resident attributes better health to quitting coffee and using Postum after a neighbor advised it. He reports relief from dyspepsia and kidney and bowel problems, regular bowels, and no distress while eating. He and his son both improved and now prefer Postum to coffee.
A Texas inventor patents an automatic range fire starter tied to a clock. At set hour a spring releases a weight that opens the draft to kindle the fire for cooking. The device also supplies matches to ignite a new fire when desired, solving wakeful disputes over who lights the stove.
A famed London physician visits the country for a shooting day but fails to wound any rabbit. He laments his luck until the host suggests “write the rabbits one of your prescriptions,” turning the moment into a dry joke about medical remedies and misfortune.
Ret Strawn, returning home with his wife near Loogootee, was struck in the eye by a bird as he passed a neighbor’s house. The bird’s bill passed through the eyeball, destroying sight. It likely collided with the lantern Strawn carried, leaving him blinded. He did not capture the bird, which is believed to be a whippoorwill.
A Birmingham area inventor creates a letter-box mounted on lazy tong levers to attach to roadside posts. The device lets rural carriers reach boxes from the wagon, saving time and expanding coverage. Farmers retrieve mail, and mail is delivered with a push back to the wagon, increasing efficiency.
The Dutch plan a world’s fair in The Hague to celebrate the centenary of national independence, dated to 1513, highlighting a prospective grand exhibition and national pride in a commemorative event.
The article argues life is a fleeting vapor and a vessel whose value lies in its contents. It emphasizes energy under pressure, responsibility as opportunity, and Jesus parables about remaining true to ideals. It extols harmonizing moral, intellectual, and physical elements with God as life’s complete concord.
An eleven year old boy fell from a Hebron train gratefully asking for prayer before dying. A section man pulled him clear, the mother cried she did not know how to pray, and the boy died without any one offering a prayer. The narrator recalls learning to pray for others’ children after this tragedy.
A poor blind woman in Paria gave twenty seven francs at a missionary meeting after explaining she saves lamps costs by being blind. Her fellow workers quoted their yearly lamp expenses, and she donated the amount to shine light for dark heathen lands.
Rev. William C. Stinsman urges readers to strengthen their moral constitution through noble thoughts from good books, noble deeds, and association with pure women and honorable men. He asserts that walking in the spirit prevents fulfillment of fleshly lusts.
Cardinal James Gibbons urges small acts of kindness to steer human passions toward calm and blessing, noting every person can exert beneficent power in their environment. The message emphasizes gentle leadership through virtue.
The faith of the heart is a stronger assurance than visions of outward sense. When fortune smiles I may feel happy, but sanctity and love within confirm true happiness.
A quoted remark credits the measure of a man to the virtue radiating from kin and the life force that wanes as one falls into the lethargy of death, as attributed to Sears.
The Cigarmakers Union claims jurisdiction across the United States Canada Cuba and Porto Rico. San Francisco Moving Picture Operators Union joins the local Labor Council. Canadian Legislature proposes eight hour day and other labor concessions. California delegates press for San Francisco at the International Printing Pressmen session in Omaha. Chicago freight handlers seek a nine hour day with ten hour pay. Boston Bartenders fund Boston as next international convention city. New York Rockmen and Excavators seek higher wages. Memphis Hucksters and Peddlers form AFL affiliate. Birmingham employers withdraw wage cut notices averting a strike.
Sporting brevities brief attention to pending signings for Jeffries and Johnson. Matt McGrath trains for outdoor season with New York A C. Wisconsin varsity crew averages 168 5 pounds, three more than last year. Dorando speeds up and is in top condition. Duncan Mohawk A C discus work praised for season potential. Tlanney Warward frosh beats Yale freshmen in quarter mile. Merrihew to follow. Intercollegiate baseball eyed for more sportsmanship at Yale inks. Sheridan sets world discus mark 138 feet 11 inches after foul throws at San Salvador games. Navy crew seen as model for Syracuse over Columbia in attempted repeat at Poughkeepsie July 2. Pa. second ten in ten innings tops Princeton. Quakers and Harvard may share intercollegiate baseball honors.
The Houston Herald reports officials advocate stricter penalties replacing fines with prison terms for speeding. Critics argue leniency harmed deterrence and auto owner records. A Philadelphia inquiry highlighted weather concerns as a minor factor in enforcement specificity.
Ex congressman Seth W Cobb dies at St Loula. No enforcement of Blue Laws at Coney Island. British Dreadnoughts to carry twelve inch guns. Memorial for George Meredith held at Westminster Abbey. Military mass at Brooklyn Navy Yard draws crowds. Rioters injure police and socialists at Pere Lachaise Cemetery Paris. A 2 Trew sentenced to two years Stillwater Penitentiary. Park Commissioner Smith seeks more police for parks. Havtridge spends 40000 to stop scandal stories on Thaw. Police break up anarchist meeting where Emma Goldman spoke. European lotteries touted in New York to seize mail orders. Taft gathers tariff data for decision on tariff bill. Broker Vorce admits his car killed Ingyard Trimble in March.
A widow can be so successful with a man, explains the New York Press, because she has learned by experience that what pleases him most is to have her act as if what would be lives in anybody else are virtues in him.
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