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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
A reader asks about a medical penie for chest cold and whether bronchitis is serious, then about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. The piece urges close contact with a family physician and notes symptoms like bad taste, loss of appetite, headaches, and coated tongue leading to bilious judgments. It promotes Ayer's Pills from C Ayer Co.
Democratic governor hopeful Thomas R. Marshall visited Montpelier and Bluffton drawing large crowds. He spoke at the Bluffton Opera House and Hartford City Opera House, with Mrs. Marshall and a local escort. Governor candidate’s remarks drew repeated applause despite voice issues.
At Tuesday meeting the Board of Commissioners appoints one citizen per township to select voting places for the upcoming election. Appointees: Licking township Charles A. Brown Harrison township John Boyd Jackson township W. A. Brown Washington township Isaac Harrold. Places to be announced soon.
David Parker of Fayette New York a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong. He bought them at Bonge and Maddox drug store Jeasie. The note also recalls a tale about General Fremont’s elopement and Tom Benton’s threats, with Mrs Benton quipping about giving him Jessi.
A rural Georgia farmer W A Ford of Rural Route 2 7 Empire Ga says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured two severe sores on his hand and leg and is worth mortgaging the farm to obtain. Available at Bonge and Maddox drug store.
The Indiana Union Traction Co announces success of electric locomotives and plans a second unit with marked improvements. Construction is underway in Anderson shops, with future units to run passenger and heavy hauling service. The upgraded locomotive will haul eight large interurban cars at top speed and allow trains of ten to fifteen city cars on peak days to serve parks and events.
In October Woman's Home Companion Grace Govin touts satin as a light supple fabric for new clingy gowns. Paris embraces a satin gilet with black satin and Persian embroidery, a versatile vest that pairs with cutaway coats or overblouses to refresh a limited wardrobe.
The Bluffton News recalls Donald Spake starting school under Miss Ida Thomas with his father Howard Spake, who carried his slate in the first room. The memory of Miss Jennie Shrock, now Mrs. Myers of Lancaster township, endures among Bluffton business leaders as a lasting school influence.
Mrs Ada L Croom, Vaughn Mississippi proprietor of the Croom Hotel, credits three bottles of Dr King s New Discovery with curing a long severe cough and apparent lung trouble. The remedy, sold at Bonge and Maddox drug store, is advertised with a trial bottle offered.
Robert George of Bradford Pa buys the remainder of B F McCune’s oil holdings in multiple townships across Chester Jefferson and Van Buren in Wells Grant counties. The 72 wells produce over forty barrels daily and will be operated from three powers. Purchase price is 21000 dollars. George plans to operate and possibly add new wells, unsettling Montpelier residents who see McCune and Exsign leaving town. Pennsylvania operators back local fields showing faith in continued production.
Deputy secretary of state Frank I Grubbs says publishing the acts from the special legislative session will extend into the latter part of the month with more than 20 000 copies. Most measures carried emergency clauses and become law upon governor signings though mining and night rider bills await decisions. The mining bills adjust coal mine bit size from 2 1 2 to 3 1 2 inches and the night rider measure tightens tobacco destruction penalties including up to five years in prison and fines.
Mrs. Mary A. Smith of 117 Monroe Street Montpelier Indiana reports back pain urinary distress and kidney trouble. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills from Pioneer Drug Store she improved quickly and states all symptoms disappeared and she recommends the remedy to others.
A 1908 letter from D. B. Smith of Davis West Virginia urges Thompson Medical Co to send a 50c jar of San Cura ointment after reports of rapid relief for varicose ulcers and pain. A second note from May 12 asks for a $1.00 jar to aid a long time pile sufferer, praising quick relief and urging speedy shipment.
In France oyster picking is deemed unsuitable for women yet men seek less appeal due to tedious toil. Women toil from dawn to dusk standing knee deep in water under heat and sun. Some go mad from the strain and are sent to asylums. profits feed owners with large gains for beds.
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