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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
5
Community notes report visitors, elections, illnesses, and plans around Bluffton and nearby towns. Highlights include Walter Modlin’s family visit, new officers elected in Bluffton and Warren, lectures by Dr Hickman, and upcoming sports and church events amid routine commerce and health product ads.
The House in Washington passed a universal pension bill granting 12 per month to widows of soldiers. The Indian delegation led the push and all Indian representatives voted in favor. The measure, author explained, would require an additional 12.7 million dollars in appropriations and remove legal technicalities denying pensions to destitute widows. An amendment for 30 a month was offered but could not be attached under house rules.
Representatives from Kokomo Bluffton Muncie Decatur Marion and Huntington gathered in Fort Wayne Tuesday to form the Northern Indiana League after disputes with the old Indiana Ohio circuit.
Article notes most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Orino laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy. It claims the product stimulates bowels and restores normal action without nausea or irritation and is mild and pleasant to take.
Word from Dr. and Mrs. R. B. White reveal they are spending several months in Jenpings La. They report comfort and a mild climate with open windows. The message notes a bountiful early garden with onions radishes and lettuce described as abundant for the season.
A. H. Edwards notes in Kakemono that during six summer weeks the holy Fujiyama summit attracts pilgrims in thousands. Dressed in white with white staffs and temple crests they chant and ascend in bands led by a bells crowned figure. The peak rises 12 365 feet and dominates the landscape visible from thirteen provinces and a hundred miles at sea.
A retrospective on early flight begins with the 1783 first gas balloon ascent from the Tuileries and an octogenarian skeptic’s dramatic conversion. It traces Giffard Dupuy de Lome and early dirigibles to La France and Tissandier experiments and notes engines’ weight limits. It concludes with autos propelling air conquest.
Mrs A asks for a cook today from Mr Dwyer but head of intelligence says only one in the office and must keep her as a sample, a light exchange captured by Har per's Weekly.
An old advertisement touts Elestric Bitters and Sons as a cure for malaria poison chills billows yellow jaundice and assorted misery. It claims rapid relief for stomach liver and kidney complaints with a 50 cent bottle and guarantees from a drug store.
A clipping notes Disraeli valued small hands as proof of aristocratic upbringing and disdain for labor. It contrasts small feet as a badge of gentility with later claims that educated commoners revealed large hands and slender fingers. The piece traces shifting proofs of superiority from aristocracy to athletes.
In a witty exchange Howell accuses Powell of an odd fortune from a book. Howell clarifies the book is not his but his father in law’s checkbook, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about wealth and authorship.
A snippet recalls the Swiss navy on Lake Geneva with fleets under the Duke of Savoy and Geneva crews, noting ships like the Great Bear. It then quotes etiquette on dental care urging gentle tooth picking, antiseptic rinses, throat cleansing, and cautious diet.
In a London scene Judy smiles as a man discusses his cricket team mates. He names Brown as a future best man in a lighthearted proposal moment.
A Cleveland observer returning from New York notes many gray haired young men in Wall Street offices and on the street, speculating whether long years of work have aged the new generation. He wonders if a different path might have been chosen.
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