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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
5
Miss Helen Sauerbier of St Joseph Mica reports a cold turning to catarrh improved after taking Peruna. She notes phlegm loosened in three days appetite returned and nine days later she was well. The ad adds Peruna as a reliable remedy for colds and urges women to keep it.
A reflective note extols liberty as rare and precious while recognizing fears about abundance and people’s timidity toward excess. It frames liberty as a limited good, shaping cautious plans and public sentiment.
A 19th century style classified ad offering a one hundred dollar reward for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from WaLpina Kinnan and Marvin, Toledo druggists, claim legitimacy of F. J. Cheney & Co. The ad explains internal action, price, and where to buy. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A column titled The Weekly Hat explores fashion caps as a witty reflection on marriage roles. The piece notes how hats evolve with trends while a wife’s steady presence anchors style and social routines.
Reports by patent lawyers Lothrop and Johnson list Northwestern inventors with issued patents including H. L. Carpenter of Minneapolis fire extinguisher L. L. De Lapp shoe-cleaner W. Fagan animal trap P. W. Napierala home fastener J. Noethe lubricator and G. A. Rankowsky dumping device from Duluth and Elkton areas in Minnesota and nearby states.
A brief aphorism notes that aging lengthens caution in signing contracts. It suggests that with age, people take more time to scrutinize terms before agreeing, implying greater deliberation and risk awareness.
A collage of phrases about Milton Dairy Co of St. Paul Minnesota seeking heavy cream prices. Surreal lines follow about love and hair dye and a talking machine avoiding politics, ending with a quip about women arguing they do not.
The article describes a season’s draped soft material waist with embroidered trims or silk, a matching or contrasting chemisette, and an over bodice or bertha in a square shoulder line with points. It notes use of broadcloth connections, color harmony, and finishing touches like scallops, pinkings, or braid.
The article argues that clean barns are essential for producing pure milk, detailing improvements for sanitary cow housing. It calls for well lit, ventilated one story barns with cement floors and showers of panel floors, tar joints, and smooth interiors to prevent dust and contamination. It also recommends King ventilation and designs to allow easy replacement of floor panels.
The article argues that a good boy will succeed in any path, while a bad boy will fail, highlighting the challenge for a headmaster to guide parents on a boy’s future.
An advertisement promotes Pettit’s Eye Salve for irritated eyes due to dust heat sun or wind priced at 25 cents. It mentions Howard Bros druggists in Buffalo New York and adds a note about Wellington New Zealand as a harsh capital in Maori land politics.
The article advises on adapting coats to winter styles. Seven-eighths length and knee-length square and cutaway coats stay in fashion, while short waist or hip cutoffs fade. Detailing midseason fixes include adding velveteen folds to short cutaway coats, matching tones, and avoiding light fabrics like pongee and rajah silk.
The bolero returns with luster from retirement and pairs with directoire modes for early autumn wear. It features a double breasted front, long tails over the skirt, silk tuche trimming, sharply pointed braids with soutache, and tightly fitting sleeves that often blend with the coat.
Picked wild clover blossoms placed in cheese cloth bags and drawers release a delicate sweet odor. The fragrance can be refreshed each season, benefiting lovers of perfume in city vacant lots and country roadside areas.
The text advises using unglazed paper to control minor cuts by binding it on the wound. It suggests pineapple juice to clean stains on hands, Listerine and water for bad breath, and camphor spirits for under eye lids with careful application to avoid the eye. It emphasizes washing with soap and warm water after cleaning.
A clever hostess hosts a paper-doll party for a little girl. Children search a large garden for green crepe paper dolls hidden among flowers and hollyhocks. The winner receives a prize as the fairy tale continues.
A description notes a paper doll being used as a novelty, larger and better dressed, promising fun for children in wet weather and offering a novel activity for the season.
A historical reflection argues that a bad tempered woman harms others more than any other flaw, while a woman who keeps calm under pressure wields real influence. Amiability brings power, health, happiness, and longevity to herself and those around her.
A brief quotation notes that beauty forms part of language and that goodness speaks through it, attributed to Eliot.
A reflection on married life and supremacy disputes in the home. The piece notes frequent discord from power struggles and offers a satirical view of domestic tensions. It cites remedies like Allen's Foot-Ease and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and closes with a quip about a woman’s intuition.
The article explains how cattle age dictates winter feeding. Younger cattle need liberal, nutritious feeds to maximize growth early, while older cattle tolerate coarser fodder. It covers feeding across 6 to 24 months, the impact of fattening, and the advantage of proper growth timing for future grazing.
Wheat jointworm inflicts 15 to 20 percent losses statewide with 50 to 60 percent in some townships. Parasites between harvest and winter may reduce next season’s damage. adults appear late May to June. Advice urges early sowing, optimal seedbed, early maturing varieties, heavy fertilization, and distancing sowings from prior-year fields.
Mrs. T W Hyde of Brentwood Essex recounts a severe eczema case starting on the chest spreading to the back and head with hair loss and sleepless pain. After trying two doctors with little benefit she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and claims the disease vanished within three quarters of the ointment.
A columnist notes that many men are marked as nuisances by habit or use, reflecting on social judgments and character in a concise wry remark.
Mrs Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory writes that after seven years of female troubles she was run down and nervous. Doctors gave no help. She used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and is now strong and well.
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ailments. It claims the product cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache bearing downness flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration and invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free confidential advice based on her experience.
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