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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
3
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy for eruptions, pimples, boils, scrofula sores, salt rheum, eczema, dyspepsia, rheumatism, catarrh, nervous troubles, and debility. Claims 40,366 testimonials in two years and cites Mrs. Helen L. Thompson of Lewiston Maine reporting benefits for her daughter after scarlet fever.
The will of E C Swift a Chicago packer was admitted to probate in Salem Massachusetts. A $5000 donation to a church in Sagamore Mass provides the only public gift while small annuities go to two longtime employees. The estate valued around $10 million is placed in trust for the testator's family.
In New Orleans a hospital strike began when nurses quit en masse after a negro patient, a railroad worker under contract, was admitted to a ward. The white staff refused duties, the negro nurse failed to report, and the strike spread leaving hospital duties unsettled. A Northamptonshire house designed to symbolize the year’s cycles with 365 windows and seven entrances is noted.
The governor of Ohio is reported to be much better according to physicians at his side. Some men value dirt for a chance to ride on a kite with potential to soar.
An advertisement claims permanent relief from fits and nervousness after one day’s use of Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free trial bottle and a $2 treatment, listing Dr R H Kline Ltd in Philadelphia. Separately, a military note says the chief of staff favors chapels at posts lacking worship spaces and urges War Department endorsement.
A diverse selection from St Nicholas and Youth's Companion recounts a child’s busy day with playful antics, Rover and a new dog named Blackie, plus a puzzled geographer riddle about Mississippi and Missouri as Father of Waters. The passages preserve period voice and light humor with simple vignettes.
The article contrasts a playful "scrubbers" race with safety notes and a vivid description of the Aponos giant dance called ocuya. It also tells a Pets and domestic scene where Rover the red setter ignores a small black stray dog that ends up sharing dinner under the porch.
The tale recounts a North American tourist group in West Virginia meeting a mountain girl offering a poke of snapples that turns into beans, and then describes Tandil’s swinging rock in Argentina a massive stone perched on a ridge that can move with wind or hand, once locked in place by Rosa’s cruel dictatorship.
Thirty years ago a camera was rare and wet plate work demanded heavy gear. Last year the United States processed 300000 cavemas with a bulb or button and the photo business topped 20 million dollars. Photography now pervades daily life far beyond common belief and even stunned businessmen with its reach.
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes the use of Hon before a politician's name as a cover for graft. The caption describes happiness as a debated concept with many interpretations.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Cascarets to prevent and treat infant stomach and bowel ailments. It claims Cascarets are safe for children and that nursing mothers should take them at night to keep bowels loose. The copy stresses gentle action and overall baby health benefits.
A witty exchange in the Philadelphia Press has a well dressed young man mockingly ask if kissing is dangerous. An old bachelor counters that matrimony is the true peril, framing romance as a comic hazard.
An odd blend of patent medicine marketing promises a one day cold cure with laxative bromide and a money back guarantee signed by W Grove. The excerpt also notes a bizarre Guatemala fish with two pairs of eyes enabling vision above and below water.
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for piles including Ivching and bleeding forms. Druggists will refund money if the ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. The notice highlights a cure promise and refund policy.
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