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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
The Well-Informed seek a gentle effective liquid laxative. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known value remedy, praising its wholesome ingredients and ethical production. Buy only the genuine product sold by leading druggists. price fifty cents per bottle.
In Little Rock, a clothier spread 500 one dollar bills in a store display inviting 96 cent bills. Crowds examined the notes closely but many walked on while some suspected fake currency. A Western man once offered a $20 gold piece for $5 but found no buyers. a bank cashier snagged the deal.
A mixed fragment from a Chicago Tribune page includes a humorous exchange about lemonade and macaroni at a summer resort, an advertisement for a Brougham carriage at 83 South Jefferson Street, and an excerpt on the history of blood circulation describing Harvey’s demonstration in 1628.
In a summer-darkening season Mildred Greswold endures illness and haunting memories. Dr Porter and Mr Greswold delay a Scotland journey as Lola weakens. Lola recalls Polly Rainbow and the fate of Fay, while Mildred confronts vanished sister Fay and a strained mother in a lakeside house.
George Greswold and his wife spend the rest of the fatal year in a secluded Italian villa on Lake Thun. They seek solitude to grieve, sharing little with each other as a haunting dream of loss and a broken life linger. The husband often wakes in agony, muttering in his sleep while Mildred remains silent beside him.
The narrative follows Mildred on piano studies in Leipzig and Paris with her father’s guidance, then tranquil days along the river and gardens. They return from a bright, lengthy summer haunted by Maud Fanset’s empty chair, a symbol of an absent elegant figure in the scenic rooms.
Mildred, a seventeen year old girl untainted by fashionable life, meets George Greswold now known as George Ransome Greswold, heir to Enderby Manor. He mourns his mother and bears a distant, troubled marriage with his father. Their bond forms amid wealth, inheritance, and a legacy of English noble lineage.
William Bradey a Civil War veteran in Germantown told a humorous tale at Ellis Post G A R camp fire. His wife hid a prescribed paper in jam to coax him to take medicine and reported he improved by night.
The Baltimore American notes a worried mother urging caution as a nurse Marie reassures that the baby has measles. She warns against letting the family dog Fido near the nursery to avoid transmission to the infant.
An exchange from the Philadelphia Bulletin shows a witty back and forth where a suitor declares engagement while the woman dismisses the notion, branding the plea as an empty pressing engagement.
A Tipton Iowa man, Hale Bordwell, aged 65, describes years of itching and painful boils finally cured after eight months using Cuticura products. The testimonial is endorsed by Nelson R. Barnett. Also included are humorous quotes and a long life expectancy table from insurance statistics.
A letter from a New York area woman describes years of indigestion anxiety and heart weakness after peritonitis. She credits relief to Grape-Nuts and Postum replacing coffee, reporting improved sleep appetite and strength and noting continued use of the products.
Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri describes years of severe female troubles and multiple doctors. After following Lydia E Pinkham's advice she reports full restoration of health and strength, praising the compound as invaluable to suffering women.
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