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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
3
A sick woman laments to a friend that her daughter Harriet married a homeopath and Kate allied with another, fearing if she calls either her allypath or homeopath son-in-law or his wife will be angry. She contemplates dying rather than upsetting them all.
In 1908 Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmount Tennessee recounts seeking medical help for a stubborn eczema on her child’s feet and limbs. She credits Cuticura Remedies with rapid improvement, noting a six week recovery and no recurrence while living twelve miles from a doctor.
London and New York debt figures are contrasted with London and New York City councils budgets. An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, claiming internal treatment cures catarrh and constipation with testimonials and a Toledo address.
A Harper's Weekly observer reports Labrador coast life where life and property are sacred, 10,000 residents with no police or jail. A single Eskimo crime in 50 years, no Newfoundland criminals among visiting fishers, and past circuit court visits ended for lack of cases. A magistrate would be sent from Newfoundland for serious charges.
Two friends Patrick and Michael sail to America. Patrick falls ill and dies mid voyage. Burial at sea is prepared with coal chunks as weights due to loss of lead. Mike expresses sorrow and jokingly remarks about Pat bringing his own coal, reflecting humor of the magazine.
The Labor World notes rising demand for agricultural labor in Western Australia and carpenters in Montreal, a new union in Waltham Mass and an emerging car upholsterers union in Boston. It mentions 1000 contract laborers deported from Ellis Island, eight hour shifts in New Zealand railways, and strikes by Paris letter-carriers with soldiers delivering mail.
A summary of varied scientific topics including the Nile fish expedition from the British Museum, bird foot mechanics, feather properties, terrestrial magnetism theories, atomic weight concepts, compressed air use in Southern railway lines, and a twelve year study linking tree growth to rainfall patterns. Includes implications for heat insulation, electrical effects, and growth rings under varying precipitation.
The Paris illustrated report summarizes experiments on water color. It states pure water appears sky blue in bulk due to light absorption, not chemical purity, with the sea showing the bluest color. It notes bottom, suspension, and sky reflections affect tint and cites Saragossa Sea as currently the bluest, with Mediterranean and Swiss lakes cited for comparison.
In eastern Oregon sheep business thrives as wool and sheep fetch high prices. Umatilla County stockmen sold 10,000 yearlings last week, gaining about $30,000. The winter passed without blizzards and a truce with cattlemen is noted as the range outlook improves across the Missouri to Columbia rivers.
Tibbles, Populist vice presidential candidate, recalls an encounter with Pawnee magic. A prestidigitator among the tribe performs a naked head swallowing trick, a blanket illusion, and a double staged disappearance on the prairie. He notes modern Indians lack such feats and ends with a devotional prayer praising nature and providence.
Texas orator Col. Tom Boule cited Julius Caesar’s murder with a humorous tale from the Saturday Evening Post. In his speech he departs from fact, telling how Brutus stealthily struck Caesar in Spain and Caesar cried out, Is that you Brutus, you dirty dog.
A bill passed by the Iowa House prescribes twelve eggs must weigh twenty four ounces each. The exchange includes local humor about the measure and a reference to a saying about handsome men.
Dun and Bradstreet report relief from drought boosts farming prospects and a heavy current trade volume. Production remains cautious but major industries report year-to-date contracts. coal mining dispute in Ohio settled restoring 35,000 miners. July wage increases in textiles, strong real estate activity, heavy lumber movement, and winter wheat harvest underway. Railway earnings up 10.5 percent and foreign port trade ahead of 1905. Failures: 185 US, 20 Canada. Wholesale trade quieting with cooler season yet crop progress favorable and overall business ahead of last year.
Quotations list credit balances with several errors and misspellings across states and towns. Entries include Pennsylvania $1 34, Tlona $174, Rowond band $104, North Lime etc. Sukh nk, O8ser Tnand, Se, Somerset $14, Ragland der che adu $1.85.
Samuel Merwin reports that the Presidents plea for exposing rascals was seized on by both rascals and press. The piece notes rebaters and bribers, adulterers, and the respectable, strolling abroad with a cynical smile, declaring the country pretty and the world fair.
A Memphis citizen sought a drink near the Brotherhood of Engineers meeting place and found no engineers present in any saloon. He searched nearby bars and found none, remarking that the absence reflects on U S character and that political gatherings would overfill saloons.
Springfield reports Gilbert Van Zandt now age 55, claims to have enlisted as drummer boy in the Seventy ninth Ohio on August 6 1862 at age 10 years 7 months and 3 days. He served to war’s end and carried dispatches during Sherman’s march while his father was sergeant in the same company.
A millinery tale from Youth's Companion tells of a city shopper who insists trimming on her hat be moved to the church side to be seen by the congregation. The saleswoman notes the trim is on the left, but the customer objects, insisting visibility matters in church. The humorous exchange highlights fashion fuss over church seating perspective.
The famed dragon tree of Teneriffe is cited as the world’s oldest, aged an estimated four to six thousand years. It stood over 70 feet tall until a 1819 storm stripped a large branch, and a 1867 gale left it with only the trunk. Named for dragon’s blood resin, once a Canaries export, the tree’s ancient stature persists in legend and history.
Fragmentary note from the Boston Globe discusses plans to erect a 72 foot monument to John Brown at Ossawattamie. The item questions why officials have not chosen a more picturesque site by name.
An antique ad page touts St Vitus Dance cures and nerve restorers. It lists a Great Nerve Restorer bottle and treatise sold by Da. HO Kauaisa with prices and quantities. Also promotes Mrs Winslow’s soothing teething remedy and Bank of England note references, all inked with marketing flourish.
In letters from H J Nenneman of Oskland Nebraska and Austin M Small of Astoria Oregon readers praise Peruna for stomach catarrh and indigestion relief. Nenneman credits lasting cure and renewed appetite while Small notes improved appetite and tonic effect during hot weather. Both call it the house medicine and a great tonic.
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