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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
6
The text extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative for personal and family use. It claims cleansing mild relief without debilitation, notes pleasant natural action, and asserts physician approved ingredients. It advises purchasing only the California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
Mrs. T. W. Hyde of Brentwood England recounts an eczema outbreak on her daughter spreading from the chest to the back and head. After two doctors offered little relief, she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and says the disease vanished within three quarters of the tube.
The dentist jokes about a perfumed cloud from makeup smeared on patients as he cleans teeth. He describes mopping paint like lips brows and cheeks from his coat sleeve while the scent lingers in the room.
Mrs R Crouse of Fayette Street Manchester Iowa reports two years of backache rheumatic pain and disturbed kidney function. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the backache ceased the kidneys function normalized and she regained health. Sold 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Chicago Tribune comic exchange jokes about marrying an aeronaut being flighty and looking down on common people while Mrs Winslow’s Seething Syrup advertises teething relief for children for 25 cents a bottle.
A century ago etiquette ruled tea use with little cream or sugar and the host asked if the tea was agreeable. The verse notes a fashionable lady Betty with poetic imagery as she cools Bohea with breath and lifts the cup with a white finger and thumb to draw admiring eyes.
Local Montpelier news items and public notices provide brief updates on community affairs, events, and announcements from Berald Publishing Co. residents can expect concise items reflecting daily life in Montpelier, Indiana.
D M Carr of Omaha spoke at the National Rural Letter Carriers Association session in Omaha on parcels post. He argued the Burnham and Kean bills would greatly advance rural service and, if enacted, would make rural delivery self sustaining in the first year.
John W Richardson a young farmer of Lamberts Point near Norfolk Virginia shot and killed his sister in law Miss Josephine Cromwell and his father in law Beverley Cromwell before killing himself after also killing the father in law s horse Domestic troubles led to separation from his wife Miss Cromwell allegedly interfered in family matters to cause the split
Ralph W. Eddy, the traveling man who vanished in Milwaukee on August 12 two days before his planned wedding in Wooster Ohio, has joined the Thirteenth Infantry United States Army. He is stationed at Fort Leavenworth Kansas after records at Jefferson Barracks Missouri show he went there August 21, expressed desire to serve, passed the exam and was sworn in for three years. He was sent to Fort Leavenworth a few weeks ago.
Dr Earl Jewett of Blue Ridge Shelby County Indiana and passenger Harry Colter were riding home from a patient when a barking dog darted under the vehicle causing loss of control. The car left the road and overturned in a ditch. Both men suffered severe bruises but survived the incident in Rush County.
Two men died and one injured when a Great Northern passenger train derailed near Marias river Montana after hitting a soft roadbed at high speed. The engine and cars plunged into the ditch and passengers were shaken. the Nichols family of 28 voters near Morocco Indiana swings Democratic.
Clayton Indiana reports a two crop apple tree in Dr C A Allens yard. The tree is in bloom for a third crop and the first crop remains on the tree.
Caracas reports indicate President Castro is in worsening condition with grave fears for his recovery. The message notes a turn for the worse and quotes officials expressing concern over his health.
Mildred Greswold seeks truth about her husband George Ransome known as Greswold and the alleged murder of his first wife in Nice. Lady Lochinvar recalls the contested death on a cliff edge and Mildred vows to find proof of her husband’s innocence.
In a dialogue from chapter XV, Lady Lochinvar and Mrs Greswold confront memories of Mr Ransome from seventeen years ago at Nice. The exchange reveals concern over Ransome’s sanity and the impact on Mrs Greswold as revelations unfold in a tense social drama.
Mildred seeks the Bout du Monde villa reputed as the scene of a murdered English wife. A market woman recounts the story of a troubled marriage and a possible fate at a cliff, while the villa now bears the name Montfieuri and is tied to haunting rumors.
In an Austrian village two farmers reach a lasting settlement over a boundary gooseberry bush. Each may pick berries from their side but must not destroy the bush. Costs shared, each pays 225 krone. yearly yield valued at 0.5 krone, judge notes the bush may take eight centuries to pay.
Mrs Sallie French of Pancaule Indiana Territory writes that seven years of female troubles left her run down and nervous. After seeking medical help without relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports full recovery and strength regained.
The ant eater, allied to the sloth family, has a tubular muzzle and a sticky long tongue used to collect ants. It can break open nests with a large third-toe claw and, though usually harmless, may show bold fighting when cornered.
The text notes a large domestic peanut consumption outstripping native supply and cites imports from Marseilles totaling about $3,000 in 1908 and over $73,000 in 1907. It adds that the west coast of Africa yields significant peanut quantities.
A New York man recounts how switching to Grape-Nuts with cream, eggs, toast, Postum and fruit cured his indigestion within two weeks and restored lunch appetite, claiming his health improved to a first rate level. The letter comes from Postum Co of Battle Creek, urging readers to try the product.
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