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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
7
An epitaph on a tombstone cannot judge a man’s life path. An advertising blurb promotes Dr. H R Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with a $2 trial bottle and free treatise from 941 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. A quip notes that a girl who keeps watching a man may miss his glance.
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal cold remedy with the slogan used the world over to cure a cold in one day. It features a signature by K. W. Grove and markets the product at five cents. A separate item notes Li Hung Chang’s adopted son, newly named China’s minister to Great Britain, with an income of $5,090,000.
Historical records show England allotted 565090 dollars for the Czar Nicholas visit to Jondon in 1844. Of this sum 60000 dollars funded Buckingham Palace redecorations.
An ad claims local applications cannot cure deafness and that nine of ten cases arise from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube due to catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The lyceum bureau reports William Jennings Bryan lectured on 175 dates in 1967 and earned over 360 dollars per appearance, totaling 52 500 dollars. He leads today’s platform speakers in audience size box office receipts and demand for appearances.
Mrs. Anetta KE. McCrea is noted as the first woman landscape architect in the country, serving as official landscape architect for the St. Paul road and consulting landscape architect for other western roads.
A Denver woman, Mrs. A. Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female troubles and an unsuccessful medical operation. She urges other women with backache and bearing down pains to try the remedy and notes Pinkham invites inquiries and advice from sick women.
In Paris and London specialists transplant hair from the head to eyebrows or eyelashes. The procedure, costly and painful, is offered to the brave and rich. Eyelashes are inserted where absent or thin to improve expression, with undetectable workmanship and enhanced beauty for eyes.
In 1867 Sultan Abdul Aziz of Turkey visited Queen Victoria bringing a personal suite of 1000 people. The English Government had to provide accommodations for all.
A quirky clipping cites beetroot as fattening for those who want a firmer physique. It also notes Mrs Winslow's Teething Syrup softens gums and eases wind colic. A war authority says married men are braver in battle than bachelors, claiming they know more about fighting.
A brief claim states Itech cures in three minutes using Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. The note asserts reliability and directs readers to druggists for purchase.
The second wife of King Lobengula adopts as a state occasion headdress a carved bust representing his first wife. The item symbolizes royal ties and heritage in ceremonial display.
A historical claim promotes Brown's Bronchial Traches as unmatched for hoarseness coughs and sore throat marking decades of advertised relief in old newspaper copy.
The United States weather bureau under Willis L. Moore plans to popularize current meteorological data. Daily weather maps and forecasts are praised as the bureau’s most valuable service, with room for additional public information on temperature humidity and barometric pressure in major population centers.
An Illinois reader mails 12 cents for a seed catalog claiming 35 varieties of vegetables and many flowers mailed postpaid. For 16 cents an extra package of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower is included. company listed as La Crosse Wisconsin with A C L initials.
A report states defective vision as the cause of misconduct among men, linking bad sight to alcoholism and drug use and arguing vision problems impair judgment and self restraint.
Mrs B R Buffham of Roswell New Mexico reports success using 20 Mule Team Borax as a safe preventative spray and wash to rid poultry houses of lice. She notes prior use of inflammable lice killers caused fire risks and claims she caught hens free of lice after two months of spraying.
After three years of work the largest bridge across the Nile is completed connecting Cairo to Rodah Island. The structure spans 1740 feet in length and 65 feet in width.
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana recounts a severe itching eruption that began on her boy’s hands and spread over his body. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus lukewarm water, she treated him each evening and four nights later he was completely cured.
A Mexican brewery reports annual receipts of six million dollars. The figure reflects robust sales across domestic markets and growing export interest amid a strengthening beer sector.
A village in southern Russia recounts a fanatic tale of a self styled prophet known as the Saint who urged 28 villagers to kill a gifted boy. After a candlelit procession the child was slain and buried by a white mare as the police arrest the participants and await trial.
London Daily Mail recalls Dickens associations linked to the Bull hotel Rochester where the Pickwick Party stayed and Jingle drank port, with Dickens himself lodging in bedroom 17. Barnard's Inn Holborn, the Red Tavern in Pip's tales, is also noted and the hall at the back will be saved.
The Chicago News reports parrots of the double yellowhead variety thriving across Tamauliapas Tamaulipas in Mexico. They fill the woods with loud calls from sunrise to sunset and nest in tree hollows.
A student notes Manhattan firms and individuals in varied lines. Sol Leather operates shoe making. Ralph Cutter is a tensorial artist. Billy Cockfair runs a restaurant. Stiff & Co. act as funeral directors with embalming. Jo siah Lint is listed as a bandagist. Dr. Xynophon Payne serves as a surgeon dentist. Rev Joshua Sunday markets soul saving in Harlem near a barber shop offering free steamed faces.
Vienna authorities cap organ grinders hours to midday between sunrise and sunset, banning performances in morning and evening blocks. The move targets noise control and public order while preserving daytime street culture.
United States Consular Reports summarizes the ostrich feather trade in South Africa under Consul R B Mosher. It covers bird size and habits, captive breeding since 1857, egg production, farm layouts, feeding, and care, predator threats, and the value of plumes from different districts with prices up to 150 per bird.
In a New York Press note a restaurant owner, short on small bills during a panic, asks regulars to pay with fractional currency. A patron buys a 15 cent drink to force change for a $5, then surprises the proprietor by presenting the bill and demanding his $4.85 in change.
An associate justice of Patagascar is approached by a traveler seeking to cross. The traveler asks to use the judge’s boat and is told it is lawful to do so. The traveler leaves in the boat, which sinks and drowns him. The judge notes the boat’s condition was not brought before him.
New York City residents map a plan to build about twelve thousand new homes in Westchester County for use next year, indicating a major housing expansion near the city. The proposal signals substantial development activity and regional housing market impact.
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