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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
A reader from Killeeon Franston describes a twenty five year cough and catarrh that improved after taking Peruna tablets. The testimonial asserts throat relief and praise for the remedy and its ingredients.
A reader letter from Kansas City laments the navy uniform trousers lack pockets. The writer, with four years in the service, questions how to place items without pockets and describes the impact on daily wear.
A garbled fragment discusses hair growth and strength, mentioning products like a popular hair-food and warnings about not splitting ends. It references maintaining manageability and avoiding improper use, with scattered words about measures and limitations.
Rear Admiral Coghlan recalls Manila Bay service aboard Raleigh and explains major navy changes since the Spanish War. He notes battleship counts rose from four to 26, rapid fire, telescopic sights, better armor, smokeless powder, and other advances that transformed U S sea power in a decade.
A piece argues for open marriage and strong paternal rights, urging that children deserve lifelong parental care. It frames divorce and immigration as tools to guide a new American race toward a higher type of man and calls for laws to control immigration to favor assimilable, quality elements.
The piece argues that yielding to emotion weakens will and action. A strong person masters fear joy love and anger, conserving energy to focus on useful aims. Self discipline over instinct and emotion sharpens judgment, strengthens resolve and mental power for right occasions.
Rev Charles Stelzie argues the church must engage with labor issues not as a political tool but as a moral duty. He says unions reflect a broader strife of the common man and urges Christianity to address social unrest by uplifting individuals toward higher aims. He cites Christ’s social aims and Josh Billings’s horse race metaphor.
The fragment mentions capacity for discrimination and contrasts between important and insignificant matters, usefulness and worthlessness, indicating a general musing on judgment. No persons or organizations are identified in readable text.
Senator Depew of New York argues bankers are not in business for philanthropy but to earn profits for stockholders. He notes bankers nationwide are overseen by wise capable and patriotic men, whose top public service is keeping commerce moving and maintaining solvent institutions essential to credit employment and trade.
Namlin Garland in Everybody's argues that many people show mild occult powers and that belief in mediums persists. He notes few practicing mediums, cites family anecdotes, and suggests occult abilities can surface as hysteria or unexplained experiences.
A Bystander London item recounts a Rothschild luncheon episode at the Tuileries. The Paris house head sits opposite a famed painter who recognizes him as a beggar model, prompting the financier to offer support after the painter reveals his work in progress.
A painter, moved by the model's sorrowful expression, slipped a five franc coin to the poor man and vanished. The following day the young man received 400 pounds as interest on his well invested francs.
Rose Garth of Clinton reportedly built the first corn shelter in Missouri in 1858 from water oak plank and tenpenny walnut. It served on his farm until 1861 when Price’s men took it to Jackson’s mill to shell corn for Confederate activities. The shelfer later vanished, but was said to be preserved in Washington among other Southern trophies.
A fragment notes tone contrasts in dialogue at a brewery where quiet exchanges precede brewing trouble. The piece hints at hidden tensions amid daily operations and social chatter.
A Philadelphia Press snippet mixes a seaside summer memory from a child with a quip about heaven and a lighthearted exchange about engagements. It also includes a brief joke about a groom's occupation as a night watchman at Bargen Co. with a ribbon counter remark.
A Chicago Tribune quip describes Nan-He proposing to you during an elevated loop ride. The exchange amused passengers as the engagement lasted until the train cleared the loop.
An OCR fragment combines questionable medical ads and a quoted remark about a charity relief meeting. It mentions Hall’s Gutarrah Cure touted as a blood and mucous surface remedy with a 75 cent bottle price and references to Cheney & Co Toledo and Kinnan & Marvin wholesale drayage.
The passage features a casual exchange about smoking and health. Upgardson and Atom discuss smoking frequency and remedies while a Sympathizing Friend asks about massage. Mrs Skimmerborn inquires about bottle cost and treatment options.
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