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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
8
A New York family credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing their three month old baby’s worsening eczema after doctors failed. They spent $1.25 on the soap and ointment and report rapid improvement and full healing over months. A stray Bible anecdote then circulates in parish life.
The fragment argues for an ideal critic who clears away hypocrisy and deceit in society. It laments pervasive dissimulation and praises blunt honesty, noting that even virtuous men may keep dogs for relief from human falsity. The passage questions whether animals mirror honest faces better than people.
A Wisconsin woman reports relief from six years of nervousness and headaches after a summer of eating Grape-Nuts. She says headaches and nervousness disappeared, she weighs more than ever, and gained five pounds in one week. Postum Co. Battle Creek promotes the book There's a Reason and the pamphlet She Read to Wellville.
The Society of the Army of the Tennessee held its thirty seventh reunion in Vicksburg Mississippi to recall the Civil War siege known as the Gibraltar of the South. Officers who served under Grant and Sherman attended and reflected on the lengthy assault that ended with 27000 Confederate troops surrendering to Union forces. The piece notes the U.S. government purchase of surrounding ground for commemorative purposes.
Illinois funds a Vicksburg national park monument program with a white marble temple memorializing 386,000 Illinois officers and soldiers who fought in the campaign. Nine miles of Union works bear markers for 79 Illinois units, with Lincoln and Grant named among state generals.
On a city streetcar in Washington two women discussed a Mr Tenks, correcting a misheard name as Jinks. The exchange shows playful mispronunciation and racial phrasing, reflecting era dialogue captured by Lippincott.
Mrs. Anna Beebe of Anoka Minnesota says kidney troubles left her tied to a chair with rheumatic back pain and dizziness. After using Deans Kidney Pills she claims she regained strength, can do her work, and fears of relapse have faded. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A fragmentary dialogue guesses Aliss Wellalong’s age from her claim of living in the area “twenty-odd years.” The speakers reckon forty years by arithmetic, noting she states twenty years as her duration of residence. The exchange preserves the local voice and informal tone.
A bold advertisement touts Hull's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials while noting the product sells for 75 cents. Also mentions Wall's Family Pills and a stray literary aside about Sirius.
An international cup is offered by the Queen of Italy to the first aeronaut who succeeds in crossing the Alps by balloon. Also promotes QUA-PIE pie mix with ready to use ingredients at grocers for 10 cents per package.
The ad notes 26.00 per M. for Lewis' Single Binder cigars, arguing higher price yields fair dealer profit and better smoke. It also remarks that Lewis' Factory operates in Peoria, Illinois. It adds that the telephone is not yet a domestic convenience in France and is little used by the public.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as the only safe exercise for bowel muscles. It compares wood sawing and walking to the effect of Cascarets, claims they do not purge or upset the stomach, and promotes a ten cent box from the Sterling Remedy Company with genuine CC printed on each tablet.
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