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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
8
Readers endorse Peruna for spring catarrh with letters from Miss Dora Hayden of Washington D C and Mrs N P Lawler of Pittsburg Kansas. They report swift relief, improved health, and strong gratitude after taking the remedy.
Indigenous Mauritian people use a syrup lure to guide black ants to termite nests. The black ants invade the white ant galleries, overwhelm the termites, and carry their dead as they retreat, a cooperative biocontrol tactic described in historic text.
A quoted passage from Woman's Life argues that women shape society through artificial structures and class distinctions. It asserts women found civilization, mold male ambition, and sustain social norms as bulwark, autocrat, and snob in parallel.
There is more Catarrh In this section than all other diseases. remedies claimed fail to cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure, by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, is advertised as a constitutional cure taken internally in small doses. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Ex by druggists 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A witty comparison likens a pretty girl's fondness for drawing notice to a political officeholder's taste for a steady salary, framing both as strong incentives. The remark uses sharp humor to highlight vanity and financial gain in public life.
An old era ad touts Krause's Cold Cure for cold symptoms in head throat chest or back. Marketed as best remedy for La Grippe with a 25 cent price for druggists.
A brisk warning about running costs appears in a tobacco ad for Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. The copy contrasts the young man as a symbol of rising expenses and promotes the cheaper 5c option.
A brief column asserts that achieving a flawless complexion requires care beyond washing. It offers skincare tips and cautions against relying on soap alone to improve skin appearance.
Guatemala City May 1 Estrada Cabrera narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a mine exploded under the roadway as his carriage passed on Seventh Avenue. Horses were killed and several staff officers wounded before the president walked to safety. Authorities say multiple suspects have been arrested and the plot involved a tunnel from a rented house. The government reports control of the situation.
Justice Geo Law earned the nickname The Marrying Squire for uniting about 1400 couples. He recalls kidney trouble a decade ago and credits three boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills with curing him in 1897, noting nine years free of kidney pain. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, 50 cents a box.
A letter from John Langdon, writing from Churchbridge Saskatchewan, praises life in western Canada. He notes wheat yields of 23 bushels per acre, oats 60, barley 40, and a productive garden. He calls the climate healthy and the country ideal for farming small operations, with favorable laws and conditions for families.
English writer W. H. Mallock remarked that a new socialism definition is confusing. He compared it to a Oxford student asking a police officer if the law allows calling him an ass, then asks if an ass can call a policeman an ass. The exchange ends with the student bidding good night.
Lightning Creek broke its banks and the Canadian River rose steadily near Capitol Hill Oklahoma City with four inches of rain and hail. homes abandoned and a family rescued from a drifting house while crops and stock suffered. communication lines down and relief awaited.
Nurses in Paris hospitals issue a demand for higher pay and improved conditions. They announce plans to strike if their requests are not addressed, signaling potential disruption in hospital services.
The Noel street Soho premises opened last night as a waiters club costing £15,000. A grand banquet marked the opening, assembling the best from West End restaurants to honor the new club in London.
Mrs George J Steese of Akron Ohio reports her baby suffered widespread sores and facial decay before using Cutiura Soap and Ointment. After applying half a cake and a box the skin cleared completely, the child left with a newborn appearance. She would pay more than seventy five cents if needed.
W Bourke Cochran recounted at a St Patrick's Day dinner a joke about an Irishman who heard of Baring Gould's obituary printed in error while Gould is alive. The tale mocks how readers believe what newspapers say and how one brave person resists false death notices.
Judge Sanborn affirms a $15,000 fine on Armour & Co. Swift & Co. Morris & Co. and the Cudahy Packing company for accepting 12 cent concessions per hundred pounds on through bills of lading from Kansas City to Christian and other foreign points. Concurrence by Judges Hook and Adams.
An explosion of dynamite at John Linn's sheep camp in Trapper Creek Big Horn county Sunday night killed 700 sheep and destroyed wagons and camp supplies. A herder said masked men raided the camp bound him and carried out the destruction. A similar attack occurred in the same Trapper area two years ago.
Beekman Winthrop the new assistant secretary of the treasury has joined the presidents lawn tennis club. He played on the rear court of the executive offices with the president Ambassador Jusserand and Assistant Attorney General Cooley on May 1.
Dr William Huntington Leonard, aged 85 and the oldest practicing physician in Minneapolis, died at his home after a yearlong illness. He had practiced medicine here for 52 years and was born in Mansfield Connecticut.
Youth's Companion reports a Paris typewriting contest where a woman beat 150 rivals by typing 16 500 words in four hours while a man typed 17 000 but was disqualified for errors. An American woman later surpassed the Paris feat by typing 10 500 words in two and a half hours and making three copies during work.
The English ribbon trade is now more flourishing than in many years due to dress makers and milliners boosting demand on manufacturers output.
Advertising notice for Allen's Foot-Ease claiming relief from painful swollen feet and sweating. Promotes samples free and urges customers to buy only from Druggists and Shoe Stores, listing A. 8. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as the contact.
The U S cereal crop of 1906 totaled five billion bushels with an estimated value of two billion dollars. An unrelated medical ad promises cures for nervous diseases by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer offering a free bottle and treatise from Philadelphia.
Prince Waldemar of Denmark is a celebrated boxer ready to step into the ring. Garfield Tea is promoted as a pure pleasant mild laxative, guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Law.
An advertisment notes Lewis' Factory Peoria II offers Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar with mellow tobacco. It claims the reward for a good deed is in having done it and contrasts it with a bad imitation.
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