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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
A Norris Munyon advert promises free medical examination by mail from doctors at 53d and Jefferson Streets, Philadelphia, offering diagnosis and cure or non cure without obligation. The piece also includes a parable about two stones producing income, contrasting a noble collection with mill stones.
A Nebraska era health note highlights Mrs. Irene Tudor of Bellefontaine Ohio crediting Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her long kidney troubles. The ad promotes 60 cent boxes from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also mentions sugar as fatigue relief in German army rations and its link to reducing alcohol craving per Success Magazine.
A twelve year old asks a librarian for a wicked exciting book, claiming it’s for her younger sister. The librarian refuses to hand over such material, noting the request is not for the girl herself. The exchange exposes ethics of youth reading.
A testimonial describes chronic sleep disruption from coffee ending after switching to Postum. The author claims improved nerves and sleep, urges others to quit coffee, and notes a friend with stomach trouble and relief after using Postum. The piece endorses health benefits and references The Read to Wellville.
Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota is elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Salt Lake City encampment by 587 to 156 over Judge William A. Ketcham of Indiana. Mrs. Jennie L. Berry of Des Moines wins national presidency of the Woman's Relief Corps after three ballots, 213 to 90 over Mrs. Belle Harris of Kansas. Other officers include Senior Vice Commander William Bostaph of Ogden Utah and Junior Vice Commander Judge Alfred Beers of Bristol Connecticut amid the election results.
J A Engleman the Queen & Crescent agent at King's Mountain Kentucky was shot in his office. A bag containing jewelry was rifled while railroad funds remained in a drawer. He was dozing when a bullet entered through an open window and struck him in the back of the head. The body lay by the chair as the night constable discovered him. This marks the second such killing of a night agent in two years.
Government officers think they solved the missing registered mail case in which Chicago merchants and customers failed to receive letters. Postmaster Philip C. Smith of Chicago Ky is charged with detaining registered mail after two informants in Cincinnati district reported arresting him and finding letters with checks drafts and cash destined for Chicago.
A Sunday School lesson from Acts 19 recounts Paul’s protest against idolatry in Ephesus, the riot sparked by silver shrines to Diana, and the town clerk’s defence. It notes how Christianity challenged local commerce and superstition, and reflects on religious conflict and law. The Lancashire/Motherwell unrest is briefly mentioned as a separate incident of Protestant-Catholic clashes.
A clipping reviews a Franklin Clarkin idea on dividend cities like Fairhope, where land is owned by a community corporation leasing 99 year holds, with no taxes and free services funded by ground rent. It contrasts practical communal policy with private exploitation and notes noteable social experiments and a discussion on bundles and character.
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