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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Thos. Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports ten years of chronic back pain ended by Dean's Kidney Pills. She describes exhaustion headaches and dizziness before relief with a permanent cure. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A man in a Florida town slept with a lighted cigarette in his mouth starting a fire that destroyed over 300 buildings including homes hotels and factories. One woman died from shock and 4,000 workers lost jobs while about 800000 dollars in damage occurred. The smoker expressed regret.
A brief note cites colds as the most frequent headache cause between October and May. It mentions Laxative Bromo Quinino as removing the cause and credits FE. W. Grove on the box.
Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal, long regarded as the United States’ leading Hebrew scholar, has died in Chicago. Born in Germany, he had been a resident of Chicago since 1858 and was celebrated as a world’s foremost Hebrew savant.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims gum softness, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic cure, offered in a 25 cent bottle.
The passage reflects on women's private secrets tied to homemaking skills such as bread making and coffee tests for housewives, along with vanity secrets like concealment of face powder and sunburn lotion. It asserts women can indeed keep secrets.
Wording promises cure for piles in six to fourteen days with guarantee and money back offer. Claims it treats itching bleeding blind and protruding piles and notes a price of 50 cents.
German engineer Hasenkamp proposes heating a strained bridge member with thermit to alter its length without removing components. The in situ process uses clamps and bolts to apply controlled heat, causing permanent shortening in minutes while traffic continues.
In a North Carolina frontier tale from the Revolution, Colonel John Gillespie rides alone through Tory lines to reach fellow patriots led by John Hall. The bold rescue ends with Gillespie's dramatic cry and a chaotic pursuit as Band counters the siege. The episode underscores partisan grit amid civil wartime rifts along Deep River.
Fragmentary verse recalls a death watch with folded hands and a loved one left behind. Vivid images of drained blood, frozen palms, candle glow, and pale blooms frame a mournful reflection on a Bohemian death.
A collection of curious notes covers vast topics from Manhattan floor space to immigrant origins and New York charity costs. It mentions Pow erfact items like Persian rug labor, river power projects, parrot language schools in Paris, cave-dwelling Granada gypsies, daily injuries on New York car lines, whale bone yields, colonial quotes, and unusual horse footwear. It also notes a Pike county Arkansas diamond find with over ten stones, eight to six carats, blue-white varieties.
A large pail with a 1-2 inch hole drilled near the top and a covered dish inside can be used to chill pudding. Pack with snow or cold water, insert a cork in the side hole to control runoff, and use the setup like an ice cream freezer for fast chilling.
A local advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only sure remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous membranes. The firm offers $100 to any case it cannot cure and invites readers to request testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Tall quicksilver columns measure extreme pressures in several sites. A 1650 foot column at Butte Aux Cailles, France records 660 atmospheres, a 1330 foot column at St. Etienne mine reaches 5380 atmospheres, and an Eiffel Tower replica stands 1000 feet tall recording 440 atmospheres. England’s tallest at Manchester Technical College is 175 feet.
A 12 cent order secures a mail order seed list including Quick Suick Carrot and Earliest Ripe Cabbage with a total value claim of 37.76 from a Illinois recipient. The ad promises additional seeds mailed postpaid and offers Berliner Earliest Cauliflower if 16 cents are added, listing La Crosse Wisconsin as the company location.
A Birmingham plantation owner, Senator Johnston, values marriage over leaving his wife for a new employer. A fashionably dressed visitor suggests work for pay, but Johnston laughs off the idea, saying he signed a lifelong contract with Mrs. Johnston. The exchange features humor and a jab at marriage as binding, per the Chicago News.
The Kansas City police report several Philharmonic Orchestra participants from this week’s concert eluded capture. The marshal told the grand jury that Beethoven Rossi Mendelssohn Chopin and Wagner appeared on the program but could not be apprehended, and urged warrants.
A Michigan music student credits Postum with stabilizing nerves and sustaining long practice. After switching from coffee to Postum, she resumed daily study and performance, noting improved well being and reduced anxiety. Her father, a physician, endorses Postum to patients as a health beverage.
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