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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
8
Miss Sophia Kittlesen of Evanston writes that after twenty five years of catarrh and a severe cough Peruna restored her health. She says her throat became sore and the cough vanished after starting Peruna and she now recommends it to friends. Also notes Peruna tablets and a free Almanac for 1909.
A Washington Post item reports Mr. Fletcher’s novel cure for drunkenness. He proposes perpetual mastication of whisky, chewing for fifteen to twenty minutes to insalivate and create intolerance to excess. The method aims to turn drinkers into teetotalers through controlled sipping and chewing.
A speaker at the Oxford religious congress argues that authorship rewards understanding. Prof Rhys David is quoted saying writing a book clarifies knowledge for any major subject. The remark aligns with a past bishop’s comment at a Dictionary of National Biography dinner about seeking commissions to learn more.
A testimonial letter promotes Postum as a healthful coffee substitute. A Tennessee woman details indigestion, headaches, and weight gain from coffee, credits Postum with restoring health, and notes her husband calls her a living advertisement. The Postum Company from Battle Creek provides the endorsement.
A Belgian Army captain recounts a tale of a Black woman at a White Fathers mission who fled a lion by shedding her cotton gown. The gown blinded the lion, which fled, taking the garment with it. The village hero returned with the torn gown, now full of holes, hailed for her courage and quick thinking.
While teaching, Douglas studied law and, on March 1, closed his school teaching. He went to Jacksonville to seek a license from a Supreme Court justice, was admitted to practice law, though he was almost twenty one years old by a month.
The Canadian King Edward balloon with pilot John Bennett and Gerald Gregory, aged fifteen, sank into Lake Michigan twice during a Chicago to Port Huron long distance attempt. Capt. A. E. Nueller and George Schoeneck in the Ville de Dieppe also endured a near disaster ten miles offshore. After dramatic descents and ascents, the craft finally landed near Port Huron, with Gregory recalling a near capsize and a high altitude before the return to safety.
Dan Russell of Brownsville and Wren Tyus, west of town, fished on the Big Hatchie River near Van Buren when a moccasin attacked their boat. The pair overturned, Tyus was bitten in the thigh, and Russell carried him to shore where a physician attended him. The injury is serious but hopeful for recovery. Brownsville Correspondent.
Stephen A. Douglas, later Lincoln's rival, began his career in Vermont and New York before heading west. With only fifty cents in hand he walked to Winchester Illinois, found work spelling names at an auction, earned five dollars in two days, and joined a small town effort to open a school. A friendly Vermont storekeeper funded a forty-student subscription, while Lyceum meetings sharpened his debate skills and helped transform village leadership into recognized talent.
Clarence Macomber of Worcester watched W W Powers elephants perform at Lake Quinsigamond as he fell from a taffrail into ninety feet of water. Jennie the largest elephant grabbed the boy with her trunk and carried him toward shore until a policeman reached the float and saved him.
Beech lumber, noted as the lowest market value among American woods, sells for about four dollars per thousand feet versus twenty five for oak. Used in mines for ties and rails, in buildings for studding and joists, and in home use, it helps reserve finer trees for high value applications.
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley reports eight years of severe kidney trouble with back pain irregular secretions and swelling. After starting Donns Kidney Pills the pains lessened and the symptoms gradually disappeared, with the product sold by dealers at 60c a box from Yester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Dr Ida Kahn, a Chinese woman physician and UM graduate, returns to the United States for a Johns Hopkins post-graduate course. A Methodist Episcopal missionary, she opened Nanjing to missionaries after it was shut, reportedly by curing the wife of Tastai Taco, the viceroy.
New York diners report waiters assume the change belongs to them when payment comes near the bill, prompting customers to demand refunds. Advertisements note Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promising quick relief, with merchants in South America criticizing U S manufacturers for unloading undesirable goods.
A discussion notes a shift from painted wood to glass toys in nurseries to prevent paint ingestion. The glass toys are thick and difficult for a child to break, but they come at a higher cost.
A Liverpool Daily Post report explains an annual marriage lottery in India where names of marriageable girls and bachelors are placed in pots. Draws pair youths with a corresponding girl, giving an introduction letter, prompting immediate courtship. Most matches are said to turn out admirably.
Under the revised law governing the employment of women and children in Italy, night work is forbidden for all females and for all males under 16. The regulation tightens limits on hours and aims to protect minors and women from late shifts.
George R B Farley of Concord New Hampshire describes a two month bout of severe itching and swelling on his limbs that resisted several remedies. After applying Cutleura once the itching vanished immediately and swelling subsided. by two days later he could wear shoes again. The report is dated May 14 1907.
The item notes that if New York sends Roosevelt to the Senate and Nebraska sends Bryan, those actions would rouse the traditional statesmen who seem detached from current affairs. The remark emphasizes the potential impact of such political moves on established leaders.
In London more fires occur on Saturday than any other day of the week, and more in August and December than in any other months. The pattern highlights weekend and late-year fire risk, suggesting targeted safety measures for these periods.
A Denver woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of female trouble and an operation. The letter cites backache bearing down pains and periodic discomfort, noting the remedy restored health and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
The New York World notes that in fifteen years the North German Lloyd spent 50 million dollars on new passenger steamers, a figure likely to provoke envy among war lords and proponents of a larger navy. It suggests armored ocean liners with gundecks and fighting tops could be converted into battleships at once.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages, a constitutional disease treated internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. The ad claims $100 reward for any case it can’t cure, praises testimonials, and lists Toledo VA as the address for the patent medicine firm. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A plant called veratrumi or Indian's root was used medicinally by a dyspeptic patient in India. After a second dose his stomach revived and his appetite returned, prompting a whimsical note about seven million U.S. adults without stomachs fearing mealtime, cited from the New York Press.
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