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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
6
Mrs Sallie French of Paucaun’ Ind Ter describes seven years of female troubles and weakness. After medical help failed she sought advice from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and reports being strong and well now.
An 19th century medical advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female complaints. It claims cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An African proverb is echoed noting that a single head on a gatepost carries more value than a pile of enemies bearing gifts. The fragment conveys wisdom about perception of worth and communal caution.
A man named Clyde suffered near a year of sleepless nights and pervasive eczema on his head face and neck with scabs and oozing sores. After applying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he slept for the first time in months and six weeks later was perfectly well. Ireland boasts a linen industry worth about £15 600 000 providing employment to 20 000 people.
An Austrian army engineer Dr Riegel discovers trunks of trees retain the gait of sea water filtered toward fiber and citric acid sterilizes water. In a 6.6 ounce citric acid test, cholera germs die in five minutes and typhus in one and a half hours. A 16.4 foot iron submarine for Tunis sponge fishery is described with a bow spy-hole and electric lamp. The waltzing ostrich instinct, wireless traction in a truck, and global mammal distribution are noted. Atlantic waves measure 30 feet on average, up to 48 feet in rough seas, with storms producing half a mile long swells lasting seconds.
Report of a mysterious barefoot man with gray beard living in a cave on the Havemeyer estate in Mianus Connecticut. He lures and kills game, subsisting in the woods, and locals fear he may be insane or a preternatural being as police search unsuccessfully for him.
A. A. Schantz explains ships are reversed each winter at docks to balance sun exposure. He notes one side rots faster from reflected sunlight, so flipping vessels halves maintenance time for bulwarks and timbers. Detroit Free Press reports the practice as a cost saving measure.
R G Dun weekly review reports liberal fall preparations and moderate orders for prompt shipment. Retail sales rise with spring weather while iron and steel feel price cuts. Building activity boosts lumber demand but overall volumes trail last year. Cited Bradstreets notes modest industrial growth with conservative buying and slow collections. U S weekly business failures total 254 for week ending June 18.
The Boston Globe notes that players are broadly ambitious to win because success keeps them on the field longer to save money for a future calling. It adds graduates leave baseball for leading professions and prominent business houses, with field training aiding other life struggles.
The Philadelphia Inquirer argues the electric road offers vast opportunities once encouraged, proposing it be allowed to purchase its own roadbed to keep traffic off public highways as much as possible.
An editorial on the strain and responsibility borne by railway officials, comparing the public and private car perspectives, noting grief as a inevitable element of success, with a debate style proposal about whether grief outweighs satisfaction in railway work.
The San Francisco Chronicle argues that criminals who are insane should be committed to asylums and not tried. It contends that sane defendants deserve trial based on evidence, and that sanity questions should be judged by qualified authorities, not ordinary juries using complex hypothetical testimony.
A London Chronicle report notes the sardine stock is shrinking as fishers struggle in historic waters. Major French packers warn last season was disastrous with output far below normal. New sardine substitutes like Portuguese and smoked Norwegian fail to match the original’s flavor.
Mr R Lydekker highlights observations by R L Pocock on spots on lion cubs signaling close ties among lions tigers and leopards. Lion cub markings blend tiger stripes and leopard rosettes, leaning to tiger, with East African adults maintaining traces of those early patterns. Puma cubs differ from the big cats.
Leslie's Weekly notes a winter 1907 08 wave of one million robins killed in Louisiana and other southern states for food by men and boys. The practice contrasts with protections for song birds in the northeast and is blamed by a government expert for aiding boll weevil spread eastward, affecting cotton growers. Russia reports 17 million children aged six to fourteen without education.
G Albert Smith, a British photographer, outlines a natural color process using two lanterns and a single screen. The method builds color from green and orange red filters, exposing alternate strips and restoring hues by a rotating disc synchronized with the original exposure. The eye’s persistence of vision corrects defects.
The New York Times notes that late bedtimes, early rising, and worry promote headaches due to sleep loss. Long prebreakfast walks harm delicate people, while more sleep and hot fomentations provide relief. Poor health factors like insufficient exercise and bad ventilation predispose headaches. consult a doctor if simple measures fail.
A Danish company reports alcohol produced from peat at about one fourth the cost of potato based liquor. One experimental plant in Denmark and another in France show peat cellulose is converted by sulphuric acid into a soluble carbohydrate that is fermented by a special yeast.
An advertisement touts cures for fits and St Vitus' dance claiming permanent relief by Dr Kline. It offers a free bottle and treatise and lists Dr B R Jos of Philadelphia as contact, with address 931 Arch Street.
A Russian scientist Gyehennikof demonstrated a process to age wine in minutes using ozone. Observers included the director of the Imperial Vineyards and other interested persons. The claim states it achieves in minutes what normally takes years.
Mrs Pinkham of the Lydia B Pinkham Medicine Company Lynn Massachusetts sails for Naples with son Arthur W Pinkham and younger relatives for a three months European tour and vacation starting May 20.
The renowned German author Ulrich von Huiten died after years of poverty while wandering the countryside. He begged for shelter and food from peasants, was refused during a harsh winter, and his body was found the next morning in drifting snow outside a village.
A late Royal Microscopical Society member built a writing machine using a diamond tip. The device reportedly produced Lord’s Prayer in 227 letters within 1-237,000 of a square inch. To decipher it a 1-12 inch objective lens is required, a tool used for minute bacteria study.
An accidental discovery by Auer von Weisbach reveals an iron alloy mixed with rare earths produces showers of sparks when struck. The sparking peak occurs at about thirty percent iron, using alcohol soaked wicks, suggesting potential uses including improvised feinting explosives.
The text explains that many thin people suffer from digestive derangements that hinder fat digestion. It links hyperacidity in the stomach and pancreatic inhibition to poor fat emulsification, causing persistent thinness. It recommends Peruna before meals to hasten digestion and restore fat absorption, then eating fat forming foods to regain plumpness.
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