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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
3
A Denver woman reports relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years of female troubles. The letter praises the product, notes prior surgery failed, and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice from Lynn Mass.
George B. Farley of Concord New Hampshire describes a months long skin eruption below the knees that resembled raw beefsteak and swelled his feet. After trying several remedies the itching burned and disrupted sleep until applying Cuticura, which stopped itching and reduced swelling within two days enabling him to wear shoes again.
The piece notes rising use of whiskey as a rheumatism remedy and reports medical concern. It presents a formula using one half pint whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sar saparilia Compound to be taken before meals and at night, noting Toris as a Globe Pharmaceutical Co. product.
A chaotic clipping mixes a jailhouse quip about rheumatism a quip about a car verb and an ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine. It rails at modern haste noting London street accidents and the blamed rush.
A Tennessee woman describes leaving coffee to test Postum, reporting headaches from caffeine, weight gain after switching, and improved health from using Postum. She calls herself a living advertisement and credits Postum with recovery, urged by the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
Sunday School lesson on First Kings three 4 to 15 presents Solomon as young king seeking justice for all. The narrative notes his dream from God approving his wish to govern rightly, with emphasis on humility and reliance on divine guidance for ruling a great people. Included are notes about Gibeon, burnt offerings, and the ideal of seeking God's kingdom first.
The committee of management of the Y M C A at Fort Snelling proposes a literary club outing club a Bible class and regular church services to benefit the soldiers at the post.
The article notes the fifteenth century introduction of modern punctuation by Aldus Manutius including the full stop colon semicolon comma and quotation marks. It also observes that most ancient languages lacked punctuation and early manuscripts used equal letter spacing hindering quick reading.
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley recalls eight years of severe kidney pain backaches and bloating. She reports gradual relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills with earlier diagnosis of incurability by one doctor. Prominent ad claims and a box note accompany the testimony.
Readers informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as the only proven cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The makers offer $100 for any case it cannot cure, urging readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, with drugs sold at 75 cents.
Mrs Chugwater asks Josiah about the meaning of homestretch. Mr Chugwater stretches his arms at right angles and yawns, claiming she has seen him do it four thousand times. The exchange recalls a humorous newspaper moment from the Chicago Tribune.
CLAIMS a guaranteed cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles with PAZO OINTMENT and a money back guarantee. John Leidy, a farmer near Robinson Kansas, installs a full electric light plant lighting house barns cowsheds corn cribs and granaries. London charitable workers form a union to oversee donated funds.
A Chicago Tribune note explains Morse’s long dash usage as part of his early telegraphic alphabet. The piece compares past and present clarity in signaling and highlights a linguistic puzzle solved by Morse’s dash strategy.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company purchased a lot in San Francisco to build at once a railroad hospital valued at $250000. An advertising notice mentions excursion rates to Chicago via Nickel Plate Road from November 29 to December 4 tied to the Fat Stock Show.
A fragment discusses judging a horse by its face. It notes the teachable, tractable animal is broad and flat between the eyes, with a ridge from the brow to nostrils, well-set ears, and a bright large eye. It also advises feeling for the ridge to assess temper and intelligence.
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