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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana reports rapid relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for a severe skin eruption on her son. She details washing with soap and water then applying ointment each night, noting full recovery in four nights.
A jumble of patent cures and quackery notes alongside a testimonial for Postum coffee substitute. Prominent claims include foot powders and cosmetic bleaches, with satirical museum acts and letters about love and wit. The piece weaves in advertisements and a physician’s glowing Postum testimony, offering a snapshot of era commerce and social humor.
Temporary chairman Robert H. Patton of Springfield leads the Prohibition party's national convention opening. Delegates from Republican and Democratic sides are scored as liquor champions, with claims that Lincoln was a Prohibitionist. Taft and Bryan labeled as liquor friends. Patton urges unity and hints at a presidential bid.
Commander Robert E. Peary departs New York aboard the Roosevelt for a fifth Arctic voyage after a stop at Sag Harbor where President Roosevelt wished him success. Peary plans to join in Sydney with Mrs. Peary and a full Peary Arctic Club turnout. The party includes Cornell engineer Prof. Ross Marvin, Bowdoin graduate Prof. T. D. McMillan, Yale assistant George Burup, and the Roosevelt’s returning captain, all confident of reaching or exceeding the pole within a year.
The Postoffice Department in Washington begins a policy of giving its service horses a thirty days outing in country pastures, mirroring the vacation benefits granted to human employees.
Helen Keller has opened a shop in Manchester Massachusetts selling handicrafts made by blind workers. The display features loom products and a range of house furnishings as the first in what she hopes will be a chain of shops.
In San Francisco the light heavyweight title fight ends with Joe Gans losing to Battling Nelson after seventeen rounds. Nelson claims the championship in a decisive exhibition that showcases the veteran boxer's skill and endurance.
A Tioga veteran doctor asserts physical signs reveal life expectancy such as large heart lungs and brain and long trunk. notes on hand shape eye color nostril size and ear depth as indicators while caveats apply. The Philadelphia Record speculates on whale power versus harpoon and the whale’s instinctive response leading to death without air bladder.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recounts Mr. Palmer’s encounter with a giant American eagle after shooting at a blue winged grouse. The bird clashed with him as he wrestled to secure the bound animal, enduring blows while hauling the seven foot five inch wingspan eagle to his wagon for exhibition.
Mrs. Chugwater muses on rain makers and rain checks while peering at the dreary outdoors. The piece advertises cheap trips to Toronto Thousand Islands Montreal and other spots from Wayne Indiana agent J C Melenbacker T P A.
A Chicago Tribune comic style exchange contrasts a tense basement repair with phrase hints, noting a door screen repair and bustling downtown travel advised for a safer ride. The vignette ends with a parental warning about crowded surface cars and the elevated line.
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