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Newspaper
Lemmon The State Line Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
7
A missive cites Dunn of Ohio reporting over a decade of backache and exhaustion from housework, with improvement after Dean's Kidney Pills. Ads mention cures for eczema and eye ear throat issues, plus a quirky vignette about a boy and a fish tale, reflecting era health and humor.
A reader recounts years of weakness and headaches linked to coffee. After switching to Postum she reports better health, clearer headaches, and a revived appetite. Her family, including a daughter and son, also thrive on Postum, despite prior reliance on coffee.
An upper schooler leaving study hours spots an Indian summer glow as he contemplates tennis and a life of letters. In a quiet room a sick man writes a farewell note to his mother while recalling friends, books, and memories of college days before the clock tolls six and a game ends.
A young descendant of a revolutionary general, visiting Philadelphia with his mother, is reminded of a portrait of his ancestors. Weeks later at his father’s table he asks what his great great grandfather did, prompting a sudden, educational moment for guests.
Four young Washington socialites linked by fortune and romance see their status shift after Evelyn Walsh elopes with Edward B. McLean. The quartet includes Mathilde Townsend, Katherine Kilkins, and Isabel May, all long associated with elite debutante circles and cosmopolitan alliances.
A brief note notes Maj L Enfant born in Paris in 174 and educated in arms. He came to America during the revolution, served as a major of engineers at Yorktown, remodeled Federal Hall in New York, and designed the badge of the Order of the Cincinnati just before Congress met.
District of Columbia residents vote to exhume Maj. Pierra Charles Litnfant buried at Riggs farm eight miles north of Washington in Prince Georges county Maryland. He will be reinterred on the Catholic university campus with a monument placed over the new grave.
A garbled 19th century advertisement fragment touts white lead paint and a test book offered by National Lent Company, plus testimonials about teething remedies and other consumer items. The text blends trade pitches, medical claims, and retail addresses, with numerous mis-spellings and broken sentences.
An old advertisement extols an “Ethical” elixir claimed to promote happiness and right living. It touts a “world-wide acceptance” approved by physicians and The Well-Informed, promoting a fictitious “Syrup of Pes and Flish of Senta” as a valuable laxative. It warns to buy from the California Pig Syrup Co and lists druggists as retailers.
Numerous letters from readers in Gardiner Maine and Chicago praise Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating female troubles without surgery. One correspondent credits it with avoiding a needed operation after a prolonged illness. Another cites recovery from tumor inflammation and removal of the threat of surgery. The advertisement extols the product as a thirty year standard remedy for displacements, inflammation, and irregularities and invites others to write for guidance.
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