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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement claims the product has no effect on hair color and can be used freely. It asserts it stops hair loss and cures dandruff and is made by the J C Ayer Co in Lowell Massachusetts.
Prof Arthur L Greene dean of Purdue University pharmacy was a Sunday guest of John Emshwiller and family in Lafayette. Miss Daise Emshwiller studied under him and later served as his assistant. Greene led the department for thirty years, building a top national program en route to a state meeting in Wawassee. Harry Maddox and Walter Bonge also studied under him at Purdue.
The county board of review completed its work after twenty days. Township figures were largely correct with minimal changes. Oil company assessments this year will be about 60 percent of last year due to oil supply failures and abandoned wells. some companies have left the local field.
A state health bulletin urges reducing fly breeding and feeding sites on premises. It recommends screens on doors and outbuildings and links improved sanitation to lower doctor bills and fewer health aches.
Commissioner John Beath marketed sixteen head of cattle Friday in Hartford City. The herd brought over 900 dollars, with cattle fattened from May to late June at about three pounds per day, averaging 147 pounds heavier per animal after 49 days. The stockbuyer calls it one of the finest beef consignments in the city.
The Smith Barnes and Strohber Piano firm sues in circuit court through E D Moffett and W H Honey against Squire Ira P Nelson James A Smalley and A K Jones of Montpelier. They seek $500 on six notes of 30 each. The Nelson Music Company endorsed the notes. they remain unpaid.
The article details a July open air pageant on the Plains of Abraham to commemorate Quebec’s founding tercentenary. Frank Lascelles will direct 3000 performers recruited in Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa with guests including the heir to the British crown and U S officials. The spectacle will feature living pictures of early Canadian history from Champlain to Cartier and Montcalm Wolfe and ends with allied British and French delegations.
Rat catchers and inventors from across London compete for a 10 guinea prize and an emblazoned diploma offered by the Society For the Destruction of Vermin. Sir James Crichton-Browne serves as president as the society seeks to exterminate rats mice and other nuisances and to turn rat skins into profitable uses.
A difficult study lesson teaches reading railway time tables to pupils in Glleais, described as an exercise in practical navigation and timetable interpretation.
Turf leaders and officials surveyed the Hart-Agnew anti betting bills, saying the legislation will severely hurt New York horse racing. Figures like Haggin and Keene warned purses may vanish and tracks lose crowds, while others predicted a shift to credit betting under an English system or questioned the broader impact on breeding and employment.
Mrs Charles Astor Bristed of New York plans a July balloon party at her Stockbridge area country home near Lake Mahkeenac. Using the Berkshire balloon carrying six, she will invite four friends for a short flight, marking America's first society ballooning event. Mrs Cortlandt Field Bishop will join as a guest, with plans to autos back to Lenox for dinner.
A debutante prepares ornate attire for a commencement speech titled The Worth of Simple Things. She plans lace lingerie silks four inch heels jeweled gloves and a satin gown as she anticipates peers' gaze and a potential family gift.
A Northamptonshire sparrow hawk killed while feeding young prompts reflection on parental devotion. A widowed male hawk, four days later, brings home forty eight birds including six larks nine swallows one bullfinch seven robins six sparrows six hedge sparrows nine blue tits three chaffinches and one wren. The piece calls the act cruel yet compassionate as nature offers such paradoxes of love and selfishness.
Narrator notes keen sensitivity to uncongenial surroundings and describes nervous shudder at certain people. Acknowledge common discomfort in social encounters with creditors as a shared human trait.
The exchange notes a wedding proceeding smoothly until the bride withdrew at the final moment leaving the celebrants surprised and the plans unsettled.
Do you know what you take as food or medicine and how it affects you. Dr. Pierce promotes Favorite Prescription as a cure for menstrual pains and a tonic for general health and nervous disorders. A free booklet is offered by mail from the Buffalo institute.
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