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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
5
A New York man reports eight years of skin trouble cured in a week by Cuticura Reme-Giles after spending hundreds on doctors. The ad notes two dates in 1906 and a stroll to return to work. Separately, France's snail industry yields 2,500,000 pounds of escargot annually.
A 12 year old girl can bake lemon chocolate and custard pies using OUR-PIE preparation now sold by nearly all grocers. It includes proper ingredients per package from Putty D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY. Also notes Johnny stealing jam caught by mother. Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn advertises herb remedy for liver kidneys stomach and bowels with free samples. 1906 stone product value cited at $0,378,794 up from 1903 and 1896. Red Cross Ball Blue advertised. large 2oz pack five cents.
In Harper's Magazine V Stefansson notes Eskimo garments beat European arctic wear for warmth and lightness. He cites ten to eleven pound Eskimo suit with hood as providing comfort on cold winds, while deer skin and Finnskor fail to compare in weight and flexibility.
A Oswego Mont woman reports gradual eye weakness and light flashes from coffee poisoning. She switched to Postum Food Coffee, brewed longer for altitude, and within three months her eyes improved and pain stopped. Her nursing baby remained healthy on the diet. A friend also saw relief from dyspepsia and headaches after quitting coffee for Postum.
Ferdinand Schumacher known as the Oat Meal King of America died at his Akron home Wednesday night at age 82. He founded the breakfast food business in the United States, retiring after selling his interests. Immigrating from Hanover in 1850, he built a growing operation after starting oat meal manufacture in 1856, endured fires that destroyed mills, and was noted for prohibitionist views and charitable contributions.
A Fairbanks dispatch to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says two men who struck it rich on Nolan creek in Koyukuk have already panned out $30,000. They took the pans from bedrock while gravel builds a dump to wash in spring. A similar wash on Wiseman creek suggests another big camp may form if profits match Nolan creek.
A circus elephant herd fled after an explosion in Riverside California. The leader killed Miss Ella Gibbs a Congregationalist deaconess and injured two men while wrecking property before four keepers subdued the animals. L W Wolsey of Standard Oil died in the blast and an oil tank was destroyed causing seven thousand dollars in losses.
Frost caused damage in some areas while cloudy weather spared most buds across the state. New Albany reported no frost and healthy fruit prospects. Vincennes saw high wind and clouds protecting buds and blossoms. In Rensselaer frost reached about one quarter of an inch thick and early plums may have been killed.
An incoming car on the Indianapolis Shelbyville Traction line jumped the track near Indianapolis Indiana. Fifty passengers were aboard and four were injured with Sid Conger of Shelbyville the most seriously hurt. He sustained a deep eye gash and a badly injured arm and was taken to a hospital.
Two passenger ships collide in the lower New York bay main channel. The Monterey bound for Havana and the United States bound for Copenhagen both suffer damage but no lives were lost and no injuries reported so far.
Clifton Vernon ten years old and son of Thompson Vernon died by his own act in his father's barn at Mount Vernon Ohio. He had played with neighbor boys and the cause remains a mystery though the recent death by own action of a youthful cousin is thought to loom. Found by his father, life extinct.
The body of a man believed to be Martin Coughlin was found on Grove Street in Chelsea Mass in the citys burned district. The death toll from Sundays fire rises to seven with the latest discovery.
An explosion in the old Canmore mine near Winnipeg, Manitoba, killed three men and seriously burned four others. Fire boss John Willmott was among the deceased, with investigation ongoing into the blast and its causes.
A massive blaze swept through Gary causing extensive damage and evacuations. Fire crews battled the flames for hours as residents reported fleeing or seeking safety. Officials warned of dangerous smoke and potential hotspot flare ups across several blocks.
In a dramatic continuation, Dr Awdrey’s fate and the Flexmore poisoning case push toward a formal inquiry. Sir Roland Firkin agrees to preside as witnesses, including Miss Dalrymple and Mrs Bates, recount key moments from early morning to Mr Flexmore’s death as Mr Yeames and Mr Keene prepare for a thorough examination.
Dr Awdrey and Miss Dalrymple arrive, then Sir Roland Firkin receives the list of questions. Bax and Mrs Yeames join, with Yeames entering to greet Awdrey, who stays unmoved. The scene shifts as Lynn Yeames appears, tone tense, Bax notes an amicable inquiry while Awdrey remains hostile.
A humorous antiquarian glimpse at Roman dormouse dishes and sauces. Notes on Brown and dormouse sausage and jellies, with references to Bambonselverglus and Petronius Arbiter. Includes a comic exchange about Ponce de Leon seeking a fountain of youth.
The General Demand of the Well-Informed World favors a known value laxative. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective remedy. Buy only the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co, available at druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
A compact ad extols Cascarets as natural exercise for the bowels, comparing effects to sawing wood and walking ten miles. It promotes a ten cent box by Sterling Remedy Company, urges carrying the tablet in pocket or purse, and warns to purchase only genuine CCC branded tablets.
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