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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
3
In a Seattle trial a colored man testifying for damages from an elevator accident showed his crippled arm raised only a few inches before a cross examination. The attorney then prompted him to reveal his pre injury arm height, eliciting a dramatic raise that bolstered the claim of permanent injury.
A 1905 testimonial reports severe eczema healed after five weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The writer, Thomas A. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey, credits the products for a complete cure and urges others to try them. The passage then shifts to notes on Quito Ecuador and Dutch windmill traditions.
A playwright critiques a comedy as strong in plot and dialogue but short on laughs. The author promises a fix and secretly inserts the word l-n in multiple spots to heighten humor.
Groesbeck Texas resident Mia W Davis testifies that Donn’s Kidney Pills relieved back pain dizziness and irregular kidney function after she passed gravel stones. She reports lasting health improvements and a strong back. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Baltimore American fragment evokes dating era satire with lines on Hearts for love and diamonds for status as spades emerge as final trumps. Interwoven are ads for nickel plate railroad fares and a curbside groaner about streetcar greed and urban swindles.
A burst of small town calamities and notable events fills the page. Indiscriminate fatalities include Ruth Myers aged 12 struck by a train near Alpat and Walter Huffman aged 25 drowned in the river at Richmond. Other entries note accidents, suicides, robberies, arrests, and property losses across Indiana towns like Bedford Smithville Peru Greenfield Terre Haute Danville and Indianapolis with names of locals and businesses.
An elderly patient narrates relief from fainting spells and breathlessness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad asserts the pills create new blood by increasing red corpuscles and promotes mail order availability from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a peculiar hotel where rooms are named after U S states rather than numbered. The traveling writer notes Delaware Maine New Hampshire Montana New York Iowa North Dakota Florida and Alabama among others, with anecdotes about behavior and quirks in each room. The eccentric owner allegedly conceived the idea of naming rooms after states.
An elderly veteran, released from coffee at 72, credits Postum with restoring his health after years of coffee related liver congestion and repeated malaria-related relapses. He reports days of hard work since switching and notes his improved stamina and sewing capacity.
The article traces muff fashion from Elizabethan England to Venice and Paris. It notes a small dog carried in a muff by a Elizabethan woman, mentions a Venetian lady, and cites French demoisselles Guerin in 1082 selling chiens manchons. French sumptuary laws limited commoners to black, while nobles enjoyed gold lace and rich ribbons under Louis XIV.
In a small New Hampshire village Aunt Panthea Brooks lived many years without quarrel, prized by all. A summer visitor asks her secret and she explains her method: acknowledge different views, let people think as they wish, and stay congenial. Her simple philosophy kept harmony.
An 19th century style advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh, promising a hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It touts constitutional remedies and urges sending for circulars from J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
In Pinner England a son raised a pyramid tomb for William and Agnes Ludon with a stone coffin suspended in the shell. The couple’s wealth was to go to heirs only while their bodies remained above ground, prompting the unusual burial and a gain of the money.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women nearing menopause. It cites symptoms such as hot flashes dizziness headaches and irritability and claims the product strengthens the nervous system and supports the female organism. A letter from Mrs A E G Hyviand of Chester town Maryland recounts relief after using the remedy and invites readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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