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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
3
Health and happiness guidance advertise a genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. with physicians' approval and world recognition. The message urges buying the authentic Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna through leading druggists for wholesome family use.
A sales pitch promises a free 40 page catalogue listing over 1000 articles available as premiums. Address is given as Pacific Coast Borax Go in New York. The text mentions premium coupons, borax cartons and soap, and a Dresden publishing house producing postcards painted by royal artists with possible contribution from the German Emperor.
An admiralty official stated the British naval pigeon service will fall into disuse as telegraphy and wireless systems improve. He recalled the era when homing pigeons shocked observers by speeds up to sixty miles an hour, now rivaled by wireless messages across hundreds of miles. The fleet can maintain wireless contact from Rame Head to Gibraltar, reducing reliance on carrier pigeons though some pigeon fanciers fear changes. Breeders may buy pigeons trained at the admiralty lofts.
A jumble of 19th century advertisements and notes includes Dr Kline’s Nervous Diseases cure with a $3 trial bottle offer, a claim of rare paintings found in Pueblo Mexico, a Br o mo Quin ine laxative signature, a note on a large New York restaurant project, Allen’s Foot-Base shoe powder for aching feet, Brown’s Bronchial Troches for coughs, and paper material trade details about Altagrass and North Africa Aloes used in papermaking.
An Iowa mother recounts a two month old daughter developing a severe facial rash that worsened despite remedies. After seven months of suffering the family doctor diagnosed eczema until switching to Cutiura Remedies, which produced rapid recovery and no further signs of eczema. The letter cites dates April 15 and May 2, 1907 from LeSueur Minnesota. The note also mentions a 1907 English potato crop estimate and references Garfleldea-aimple as a digestive aid.
The article cites Pitheca nthropus erectus found sixteen years earlier by Dr. Eugene Du Bois in gravel beds along the Benga Wan river near Trail Japan. Dr. Elberts notes earlier Java inhabitants who built fires and produced pottery and stone arrow heads, dating about twenty thousand years ago, though bones are not reported.
The Weekly Review notes cheerful mood from good farm weather and higher security prices. Progress in commerce is slow but improving weekly, with early spring spurring sales of affordable apparel in jobbing and wholesale sectors. Manufacturing hiring rises especially in farming implements and canning, while some wage cuts take effect April 1.
The Washington Star discusses a British Parliament plan to grant a pension for those over sixty five and extend state support to children fourteen and under. It questions cost, feasibility, and the will of families to accept public nourishment and clothing, noting existing school meals and charity programs and the absence of funding details.
The piece discusses disease alertness and physician guidance, linking inattention to weakness and wider infection. It cites New York Evening Post demand for prudence. It reports 1905 Census of Manufactures valuing men's clothing at 355,796,671 dollars and argues clothing trade impact on December's balance of trade.
An editorial argues that Peruna is a high efficacy catarrh remedy backed by medical authorities. It cites HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS GOLDEN SEAL CORYDALIS FORMOSA and other ingredients, with quotations from Bartholow Scudder Millspaugh and the United States Dispensatory to support Peruna’s claimed benefits for catarrh and related conditions.
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