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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
The article warns riders to wear wraps on spring streetcar trips to avoid colds from chilling air. It notes colds are common in spring and can last into summer, urging early Peruna use per bottle directions to prevent serious illness.
Letters from readers in Chicago Colorado and New Jersey praise Peruna for treating cold symptoms and catarrh. Contributors include M J Deutsch secretary to a trades council and Mrs C E Long from Atwood describing improved child health after using Peruna.
An old Cascarets advertisement touts the candy as a pure, mild bowel remedy. It promotes over a million boxes sold monthly and urges readers to carry a 10 cent box for regular use, claiming guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
A $50,000 blaze destroyed the Lederer Hene Co building on South Anderson street Elwood Indiana threatening the business district. Fire started in the basement rear unknown cause and was brought under control after aid from Anderson. The Krimer Grand Theatre nearby caught fire several times.
At Clemson College in Columbia South Carolina chapel services announced 257 sophomores and freshmen were expelled along with 48 juniors from the prior Friday. The broad expulsion cited insubordination tied to an April fool prank. Earlier, a senior class dispute over a night parade led to the resignation of Captain C M Clay, U S Army commander.
London's dispatch notes widespread comment and criticism over the King's absence during the cabinet crisis. It suggests a possible health reason behind a semi official explanation that his trip to Biarritz was a holiday advised by his medical adviser due to repeated spring influenza attacks.
A major fire in Richmond Indiana gutting the Colonial building, among the city’s largest offices, with total losses estimated at 75000 on a 160000 structure. Firefighters prevented spread to the adjacent International Harvester plant.
Col J L Druin of Bardstown Ky sells the trotting mare Spanish Queen record 2 09 by Onward Silver a transylvania winner to George Isbrook of Denver for 12000. C H McNaught aged 58 killed in shafting at Noblesville flouring mill his legs severed and body mangled. Robbers dynamite State Bank at Huron Kansas escaping with 6500 and wreck the building.
Mrs Hubert Sheldon from Woodville Connecticut describes her one and a half year old son suffering with terrible sores on face and body. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for about two months the sores vanished and never returned. She credits the remedies with saving his life. April 28 1905.
The scale-tailed apus, once extinct in Britain with last specimens from Hempstead Heath ponds, is found again in two ponds near Preston Merse in Kirkcudbrightshire. About two and a half inches long, it resembles a king crab with a large shield on the front and swims on its back. Naturalist Schaffer counted roughly 1.8 million joints across its legs, with Latrelle estimating about two million in total.
Mrs Hr Mutzabaugh of Duncannon Pennsylvania details spring kidney trouble with smothering spells heat flashes and kidney pain and sediment in urine. After using eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills she claims full recovery and health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Fester Wilburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Fry's Magazine excerpt questions how neurotic tension affects daily work and patriotism as one contemplates a horse race. It then notes a German journal estimating the ocean's dissolved silver content at over 2 4W 000 tons, asserting vast natural wealth in solution.
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease not curable by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as a nonquack remedy, it claims physician backing and a potent tonic and purifier blend.
Advertisement offering a cure for nervous diseases including St Vitus Dance. Claims a free trial bottle of a nerve restorer and free treatises from Dr. B. H. Kline of Philadelphia. Endorses quick results and home treatment.
A light anthology of informal jests and odd facts. The exchange includes a joke about yard measurements in a pun involving shirts. It also notes a vegetarian heart rate around fifty-eight beats per minute versus a meat eater at seventy-five. The piece adds a note on lateral hand sensitivity and heat response.
The article notes that nearly sixty thousand Americans chose Canada as home in 1907, continuing a trend from the prior years. It highlights Canada's climate, grain crops, land at low prices with easy terms, free 160 acres from government, social conditions, liberty, light taxes, and strong agricultural support. It compares Canadian regions to American cities and mentions agriculture schools and markets.
A Chicago dinner guest, described as a noted golfer, extols neatness on links at Nineteen Hole Golf Course. He recalls a Shinnecock Slip story of two young girls, one asks how many holes on the course and the other replies nineteen including the one in your stocking.
The passage notes that color blindness appears most among educated people with 4 percent affected. It highlights an unexpected prevalence among intellectuals and suggests awareness of the trait in academic or refined circles.
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