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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
7
A recent show features essays on livestock misinterpretations by English children. Notes describe young horses keeping pace with mothers when chased by lions and tigers, poultry used for cock fighting alive and feathers after death, and pigs shedding wool coats in summer while labeled bad creatures.
Dr. Chester Mayer of the Kentucky State Board of Medical Examiners told the American Medical Association in Chicago that three quarters of medical school graduates are unfit to practice, with 58 percent of graduates in 28 states being refused licenses. He warned of crammed exams and illiteracy among licentiates, citing serious patient harm, unnecessary deaths, and a high rate of malpractice cases across the nation.
The letter from Mr. Gerts praises new Canadian land rules allowing entry for others in the family with a $10 fee per entry. He describes Battleford Saskatchewan as a thriving settlement with 480 acres, rising land values, early rail surveys, and a hopeful outlook for a nearby town, roads, bridges, and growing crops.
A man notes Johnny's heat exhaustion keeps him from work while he plays ball to forget pain. The dialogue hints at chronic illness and a moral about attending duties. The piece ends with a product pitch for Defiance Starch claiming thinner, stronger application for laundry care.
A farmer's wife offers a coat to Hilary Wearinesse, a tramp, who replies politely yet with hauteur. He remarks he cannot wear a sack coat with a silk hat, asserting that her kindness does not excuse ignorance.
A historic ad claims deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It states nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Also promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Four year old Anna visits a friend’s family and interrupts a blessing. The hostess asks if Anna has grace at home. Anna replies they have Bessie, not grace, revealing a humorous family custom.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every CASTORIA bottle for infants and children to ensure safety and proper use, warning against counterfeit or mislabeled products. Authorities emphasize adherence to labeling and dosage instructions to protect young patients.
Volunteers near Yarmouth England dug four and a half tons of bullets from a hill behind a rifle range. The bullets accumulated over two years of shooting and sold for 122.50 dollars per ton.
Timely household promotions and product pitches appear, including Defiance Starch 16 oz for 10c, praised for not sticking to irons, plus a sympathy tip via mail order check, Lewis' Single Binder Cigar, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a teething product claim of 25c a bottle.
A Kansas City Journal item notes Washingtons monument at 555 feet and calculates that if eggs from 50 counties in the state were lined up with 64 counties yet to respond the total would create a monument 221882 times higher than the Washington shaft.
Two motorists measure the journey to the next town. The first asks the distance while the second counts obstacles eleven hills three bad bridges a long sand stretch and two arrests.
An English journal notes the sun's heat reproduced in an electric furnace and Sir James Dewar obtaining the coal of interstellar space. Instructions printed on Defiance Starch packages claim collars can be stiffened with gloss or domestic finish. 16 oz for 10c sold by grocers. Women see without looking.
Edinburgh project for a Carlyle memorial shows only £100 raised from 92 subscribers. An unrelated medical ad touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle offer from Philadelphia. Also advertised are Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a Shakespeare quote used asOUSE promotional copy.
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