09 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
1
The notice lists an office and printing plant located in the Wamnette Building on Carpenter Avenue in Qultana, PI, with classification as fee-for-class mail matter. It notes the matter’s limited use and implies it remains unused until discovery prompts change.
In 1906 lightning fatalities were rare, with only 169 deaths nationwide, while electric Bitters touted by Robert Madden of West Burlington Iowa cured severe liver and jaundice after doctors gave up. The remedy claimed to purify blood and aid stomach and nerves, selling for 60 cents at Daugherty Bros. and other outlets. A concluding quip notes that a man without music might still write popular songs.
An assortment of old time remedies and household items. Foley Kid iny Fine promotes kidney and bladder health. Dr King s New Life Pills claim to regulate liver stomach and bowels. Starch formulations remove ink stains from fabrics. Foley s Honey and Tar Compound markets relief from coughs colds with no substitutes. Available for sale by druggists and local distributors.
A discussion of how many famous Twain sayings were created by him and later misattributed to others. Professor Henderson notes several proverbs and witticisms linked to Twain, including cautionary lines about truth and lies, and a famous misattribution about eggs in a basket.
The article explains William Watts of Bristol invented the tower method for producing small lead shot in 1769. It details the molten lead dropping through a central tower into a cooling well, with successive planes selecting perfect spheres. Larger shot use different methods, including wire-formed and long mold processes. Also mentions a Quaker cemetery in Prospect Park and a brief anecdote from a Cleveland mining dealer.
A brief exchange on keeping a positive view includes a remark that nothing is as bad as it could be and a light comment about coats worn by women and how they might be buttoned down the back in a playful tone.
A humorous line from the Boston Transcript remarks on a wife’s stubbornness in a quip about stockings and acts of chivalry, depicting a caricature of domestic bickering.
The snippet cites several diverse items from science and technology including a Bohemian butter substitute made from coconut oil eggs and a little cream a typewriter column with reinkable ink an English back rest for motorcycles and a motor driven drafting table. It also notes a 1657 plague theory in Rome a gyroscope test and a US navy plan for vessel stabilization. Transvaal mines have yielded gold totaling 1 412 071 806 in twenty five years.
A child narrator describes Sue, a twenty year old sister, and the teasing around age. The piece follows family banter about dating, jealousy, and social nerves, with humorous exaggeration about Sue’s appearance and hair. The tone mixes mischief with candid sibling dialogue.
A surgeon remarks there will be a scar from appendicitis surgery. The patient replies that any mark is acceptable if it deters future doctors from performing unnecessary operations.
Office boy asks to leave work again after funeral delay. The tycoon answers curtly. Rain forced delay of grandma’s funeral yesterday, delaying final rites.
A humorous exchange centers on a pricey cigar likened to cabbage and a speeding driver who bribes a constable with a ten dollar bill. The constable cites a county trial expense, and a travel vignette contrasts Wagner’s Lohengrin in Paris with a London wind, ending with a wry returned tourist remark.
A famous beauty stands charged with a major crime. investigators hold a single lead from her professional photographs. A sharp detective pursues the case as rumors swirl about clever conspirators and a planned wedding unfolds amid tension and misgivings about motive.
Winter aches and skin troubles vanish with Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised as the greatest healer for burns boils piles sores cuts eczema and sprains. Available for 25 cents at Daugherty Bros.
The archbishop of Canterbury is primate of all England with the right to grant special licenses to marry and appoint notaries public. He issues dispensations for multiple benefices to clerks under statutory restrictions. He ranks just after royal princes and has the right to crown the sovereign.
Neighborhood testimonial from Mia Lindberg of McKeesport Pa. reports years of backache and fatigue from kidneys. After taking Foley Kidney Pills her backache headaches and tired feeling disappeared as kidneys began to act normally. Endorses sale by all druggists.
In Israel, customs demanded that even funerals yield to marriage processions. Anyone encountering either a wedding or a funeral was urged to join the wedding procession, turning aside from their original path to participate.
A historical advertisement touts LAXATIVE-BROMO Quinine Tablets promising a cure for a cold in one day. It notes pharmacist refunds if no cure and claims Druggist Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
In the Atchison Globe, a blunt aside suggests that when a man is called good hearted it masks a basic weakness. The column riffs on social judgments and the gap between reputation and character.
A testimonial from H. W. Caseelman of Canton New York praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croup and hoarseness in children. The speaker notes the medicine is kept at home and highly valued as essential for the household. The ad mentions availability from all druggists. The excerpt also includes a Montaigne quote about people filling flaws with words.
R J Howell of Tracy Ohio praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for his wife’s severe cough and consumption-like symptoms. He says three bottles cured her, touting it as the best remedy. The note adds a claim that telegraph instruments handle about 38 000 messages daily in busy New York.
An advertisement claims MI-ONA stomach tablets relieve indigestion and related symptoms with a two week treatment. It promises dramatic improvements in digestion, dizziness, and even complexion, urging a 50 cent box or two for 60 cents at local druggists.
A manuscript of Burns trust worth the Duchess of Kingston Ode was sold for 214 dollars, at a recent sale. The original poem comprises about a dozen lines and fetched twenty dollars a line in a brisk auction.
A. H. Brown of Muscadine Alabama credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his wife from a severe bronchial illness and cough. Describes rapid improvement after using the remedy and notes it as effective for lung trouble, hemorrhages, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, croup and whooping cough. 50 cents and one dollar, trial bottle free, guaranteed by Daugherty Bros.
A Baltimore America fragment notes a widower remarried quickly and grieving strongly over his first wife. The excerpt suggests he should be repaid, amid a clipped, debated assertion about his sorrow and duty.
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