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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
6
What She Says from Appleton Wisconsin details recovery after Perona use. The writer reports initial improvement after first bottle and full cure after six bottles, noting relief from fatigue sleep and eye circles and praise for the medicine for women in run-down condition.
A reader touts Peruna as life changing for Mrs. J F Boyer of Evanston Illinois. Separately the Navy outlines Pearl Harbor dock plans to become the largest granite concrete naval facility with 900 foot length, $10 million cost, coaling storage and ship repair capabilities.
Mrs Lily Hedge of Camblewell Green England writes that her son Owen suffered eczema from infancy, endured sleepless agony and repeated hospital discharges as incurable. After six months using Cuticura Remedies, he is described as perfectly cured. Date cited January 12 1907.
Harper's Weekly recalls Queen Alexandra at London's Mansion House fete. A flower girl Molly, wide eyed and bold, kissed the queen after a smile. The mother scolds, Molly explains she kissed for a story to tell grandchildren.
An assortment of garbled promotional lines and a fiction snippet appears. It includes claims for Dr Kling's Great Nerve Restorer and a charity ball promotion plus a short scene where Josselyn returns from New York, his wife urging him to rewrite. The text blends ads with a domestic literary moment.
Laura and George Ferguson debate a rug choice at breakfast with Mr. Ferguson asking about price differences. He glances at his watch, notes a need to head downtown, and asks Mrs. Ferguson to feed Rover before leaving.
In Cincinnati a vast crowd welcomed William Howard Taft as he accepted the Republican nomination for president. Taft defended Roosevelt era policies and framed them as the party’s core strength, speaking from the Taft home and praising the party’s standards amid a dramatic display of support.
A compact feature item surveys current and forthcoming circumstances, outlining side conditions affecting outcomes. The piece emphasizes completeness, claiming no aspect is omitted and every factor is presented for a full understanding of what has been and what will be.
Investigators question whether Emile Jabas died of heart failure and his wife died accidentally beside him after a fall. Police remain split on murder vs accident as coroner’s inquest probes broken bones and facial injuries in the elderly French couple found dead in their home.
G. Winthrop Sands, stepson of W. K. Vanderbilt, perished in a high speed automobile accident just outside the Vanderbilt estate Chateau St. Louis de Poissy near Paris. He rode with the chauffeur when the car left the road struck a tree. The vehicle overturned and burned after the gasoline tank ignited.
Laban Pollock of Mansfield Ohio died from stings after disturbing a bumble bee nest in a hay mow. He was about 71 years old and was stung forty or fifty times before escaping.
Santa Fe passenger train No. 1 westbound the California limited derailed at Wakarusa near Topeka Kas. The engineer was killed and several passengers injured. The wreck, caused by fast running, sent all coaches off the track.
William Oliver of Mason Michigan was killed at Hague Park Vandercook Lake near Jackson when a parachute malfunction caused him to fall 2000 feet after a line snapped during the descent.
A Jeffersonville dispatch reports a fire of unknown origin in an empty room of a business block threatening the town. Six business buildings were burned with losses around 25000 dollars.
A blaze triggered by lightning destroyed the Enterprise Foundry in Sackville North Carolina and spread to the Intercolonial Hotel. Total loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Authorities investigated the blaze and guarded the ruins.
Ed Overlease of Vandalia North Carolina was instantly killed when struck by a freight train after failing to hear the whistle. The incident occurred as the train approached, leaving no chance for the victim to react.
A blaze that destroyed the home of James Jarasky near Cleveland Ohio killed two children who were burned to death.
A city official defense states the position is clear and unequivocal. The aim is to prevent any appearance of injustice to labor in issuing injunctions, not to favor any group, but to serve justice for all citizens.
Georgia leads in peach production with 8,000,000 bearing trees and a harvest forecast of about 2608,000 baskets. Southern states ship peaches north in record quantities as Baltimore firms buy Delaware and Maryland orchards for canneries, benefiting from water routes over rail due to high perishables rates.
From the District of Columbia survey since June 30 at 1 600 children tested for physical condition 75 boys were rejected and 2 girls. A census bulletin notes women and girls generally healthier, yet in some countries death rates rise with women’s labor equal to men’s. Overall death rates for both sexes are lower than in 1890.
William R. George founder of the famous boys' republic at Freeville New York and organizer of similar institutions across the country says the next republic will be established in Pittsburg.
President Charles R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin has been selected by President Roosevelt as a member of the Committee of Conservation of National Resources.
During the recent terrific heat wave the mortality of babies rose frightfully in all districts. Officials urged immediate measures to protect infants and reduce weather related deaths as temperatures soared.
The text outlines Taft's view of a progressive administration building on Roosevelt's policies. It discusses federal supervision of big corporations, restraint of unlawful trusts, and minimal interference with legitimate business. It also notes Republican support for Roosevelt’s platform and calls for continued enforcement of antitrust measures.
Two Austrian farmers share the berry bush along a boundary after litigation. Each may pick the fruit on their side but cannot destroy the bush. Costs split, each paying 225 krone. Yearly yield valued at 0.5 krone. judge notes it would take 800 years to recoup with good care.
J A Dinwiddle of New Market Tennessee says he washed ten white chicks with 20 Mule Team Soap and Borax and found it cleansed their plumage smoothly and whitened them notably. Dealers offer 12 1 and 5 lb car tons with a sample and booklet available.
The India Daily News reports a twenty five foot date palm at three miles from Duttapuker in Baraset, rising by day and bending as sun declines. Eyewitnesses, excluding the writer, offer pujas to the tree believing a god resides beneath it, while the earth remains solid beneath the trunk.
A Glasgow workingman tried easing his wife's home life by reading the police news from the evening paper when he faced an assault trial. The report ended with the magistrate saying he had difficulty pronouncing sentence, prompting the wife to joke about the case.
A brief quoted exchange notes a character named Little Leejip and mentions singing and dancing at another dinner though she is indicated as not alive yet. The fragment hints at theatrical or social context with repeated question and answer.
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