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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
3
The Well-Informed World prefers a gentle yet prompt laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Sigs and Elixir of Senna as the trusted standard for family use. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A Norwegian method forces sap from green tree trunks and injects dye in its place. The treated wood is claimed to yield colored furniture with improved durability and resistance to warping compared with ordinary wood.
Mrs. A. B. Payne of Columbus Mississippi describes years of severe back side and loin pains with burning secretions and sleepless nights. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with immediate benefit and lasting strength, noting doctors offered little help. Sold by dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C. An Automatic Money Assorter and a university professor's claim that English could die by 4000 A D are also mentioned.
A recipe notes an old time method for cherry dumplings with a batter of flour eggs butter sugar baking powder water and pitted cherries. Drop by tablespoon into boiling salted water in small batches and cook twelve minutes. Sauce is powdered sugar and butter beaten with cherry juice. New York Telegram.
The American notes an old practice where new students are gathered and made to deliver speeches as a ritual. Those who fail face a caudle or salt water test while the rest receive only water. The term Freshman endures until completing the first college year as part of this endured custom.
A compilation of agricultural notes discusses preventing soft eggs by exercise and ready oyster shell, feeding eggs to calves to fatten quickly, preserving milk with carbonic acid gas, and cautions against overchecks in horse training. It also stresses thorough soil preparation, disking, manuring, and careful seed selection to boost corn and potato crops.
The excerpt discusses raising geese with minimal care, including housing, litter, pasture, water access, and egg handling for goslings. It also covers feeding, hatching, and brooding tips, then shifts to hog breeding, selection, and feeding, with advice on using hay, sow milk, and pigs swapped between sows to balance litters.
K G Dun reports gains and losses in industrial activity as political conventions approach. May building permits rose 25 percent vs 1907, anthracite coal output tops 6 million tons, steel prices fall with little effect on volume. Textile markets quiet, footwear trade improving but New England producers wary of cheaper shoes.
Instructions from a Boston Past on crafting a durable mat by layering newspaper and carpet edges. The mat should be stitched firmly and kept tight to avoid dust. Do not shake when dusty. sweep it instead for longevity.
The piece compares aging to fruit gathering, stating that after a person completes his eighty fourth year every additional year or bushel is part of the next hundred percent. It notes the idea that any future gains after eighty four are effectively building toward the eighty fifth year.
The article discusses Siberia covering vast land, comparing it with Alberta, Great Britain, Europe, and the United States. It mentions a mysterious medical ad for Dr. Kline and various feats like the deepest bore in Silesta and a ventilation idea at the Royal theater in Sauilgart with electrical discharge and oxygen conversion.
A Stamford Connecticut reader describes severe inflammatory rheumatism four years prior with hair loss skin peeling and bed sores. After using Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap and related products her skin hair and sores improved, with complexion clearing and hair regaining gloss. Additional note cites a physician recommending Cuticura for eczema.
Prof Korn and H Knudsen lead methods for sending pictures by wireless. A clockwork carriage moves a stylus across the image, dusting iron filings to darken dense areas and closing a relay circuit. A matching receiver detects the wave via a coherer and replays the stroke cycle to synchronize transmission.
The backache signals feminine disorder and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a standard remedy. Testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon claim relief from backaches and related symptoms after using the product. The ad touts thirty years of use curing displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities and other female ailments.
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