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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
2
A poem fragment recounts Maud Muller preferring immortal fame to marriage to a judge, sparking social disapproval. The scene shifts to a noisy catalog of medicines and sensational anecdotes, illustrating era satire and public scandal themes with multiple named figures and places.
President Taft sends a lengthy message to Congress urging ship subsidies postal savings banks and conservation of national resources. He calls for Pan American participation, reform of consular services, budget measures, civil pensions, anti fraud actions, and stronger injunction and tariff policies.
Boston Post reports a home made syrup can cure deep seated coughs in five hours. The formula uses wild cherry bark essence cardiol and white pine syrup with twenty drops every half hour for four hours then doses daily. Children receive smaller amounts.
A revival crowd erupts as the preacher asks husbands to stand, but one man remains seated claiming paralysis. The scene draws astonished looks as the preacher declares the man “one in a million,” and the audience learns he cannot rise.
A Yukon Oklahoma father reports his two year old recovered from a severe itchy rash after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The testimonial notes the condition lasted about three months and the child could not stop scratching until treatment. The ad is attributed to Peter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
After forty the body allegedly declines with poisons in the blood causing rheumatic pains. A remedy claims to relieve symptoms and restore strength using one ounce syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Torils compound, and half a pint of high grade whiskey taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime.
Francis aged 244 is offered grapes on a solemn promise to swallow the seeds. He carefully removes all seeds and enjoys the fruit. After the last grape is removed he gives the empty stalk to his father and asks to return it for more grapes.
A famous dean, at dinner, overhears talk of shedding six eminent barristers in as many months. He rises as the cloth is removed and offers grace, saying for the and every other mercy, make us truly thankful.
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