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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
The article traces early American medicine making from simple home preparations to organized production. It notes household practices evolving into a commercial trade with manufacturers supplying the general drug market and cites Peruna as a useful example.
A Sunday School lesson outlines Jesus as the door to the fold and the good shepherd who knows his sheep. It contrasts true shepherds led by the Holy Spirit with false leaders, explains the shepherd’s call to holy living, and notes Gentile believers joining one flock under Christ.
A Bakersfield reader reports that after a severe itchy eruptive illness a child cured in five days using Cuticura Remedies. The second item notes Hungarian brides paying their parents by weight, citing a mayor’s verdict assessing the bride’s weight of eighty six pounds for a $55.75 payment and marriage ceremony.
Mrs. Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana reports three years of backache weakness and kidney trouble improved by using Donn's Kidney Pills. She says four boxes gave a complete lasting cure. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The United States ranks first in copper production and Japan second.
An ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising dollars for cured deafness caused by catarrh and criticizes focal remedies. A London bishop at a Washington dinner tells a tobacco joke about Dr Creighton and a meek curate. The ironic quip notes the world population could fit on the Isle of Wight.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece contrasts how memory colors perception, noting the fault lies partly in the observer. A Pittsburg manufacturer recalls youth, not in country days but factory boiler shop days after a Wagner concert. Four Water Color Pictures Free promote Boraxo bath powder with artistically printed pastel images. Gov Hughes urges removing insurance from politics and upholding democratic principles to keep Legislature pure.
A note on Cocoanut Custard Pie praise and soggy pies, with D Zerta Co Rochester packaging Our Pie containing ingredients for two pies. Also a light jab at European travel humor and a medical ad for Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer claiming cures for St Vitus Dance and nervous diseases.
Miss Freshleigh asks about dealing with a suitor named Hankinson who is spoony. The chaperon advises moving him away, citing proper social usage and noting Garfield Tea for sallow skin, coated tongue, and frequent headaches.
Charles McCormick of Kenville Manitoba earned over 1600 from 100 acres in 1907 with 80 acres wheat at 22 bushels per acre sold at 90 cents per bushel and 20 acres oats at 60 bushels per acre sold at 35 cents. Thomas Sawatzky of Herbert Saskatchewan says his wheat crop valued at 22.50 per acre from 70 acres yielded 1750 bushels. he notes other crops and praises farmers’ gains while warning about regionwide success.
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