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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
8
William Cross signs his name as Oklahoma Secretary of State in an advertisement for Dr. H R Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It promises cures for fits St Vitus dance and other nervous diseases with a $2 trial bottle and free treatise from 931 Arch St Philadelphia PA.
Paro Ointment guarantees cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 14 days or money back. Price 50c.
An editorial argues Japan's ascent is a normal pursuit of peace commerce and friendship akin to early United States and German national aims. It cautions against assuming malice and highlights plausible, constructive goals guiding Japan's status as a global actor.
The ad claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women suffering from displacement inflammation and other female ailments. It attributes success to Mrs Pinkham's guidance and urges readers to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Mr. Abbott argues in The Outlook that training children is building habits from infancy. He urges parental self restraint to avoid collisions with children and to teach the child to cry, eat, and sleep with dignity, fostering self command and regular life.
Des Moines bandmaster Sousa arrives abroad asserting American music resonates in Berlin and Paris. He recalls Berlin audiences welcoming his Wagner pieces followed by American ragtime, noting universal emotional expression and predicting music’s global appeal. He spent a month performing daily in Germany.
A well known illustrator rhapsodizes over pale yellow curtains on a French Market area house, claiming a decorative second and third story display. Locals reveal the “bamboo” drapes are dried spaghetti hung to dry, turning the spot into a joke about artists in a misread bamboo house.
The piece rebuts President Moffett of Standard Oil Indiana who argued the six and eighteen cent rates for oil shipments and defends the six cent commodity rate. It contends the commissioner's rebuttal is weak, accuses him of misinterpretation of tariff filing practices, and questions the credibility of the government case against Standard Oil.
The steamer Monterey reports a strange dust shower in the Gulf of Mexico while en route from Vera Cruz Progreso and Havana. On January 11 a peculiar white powder like flour fell from the sky onto the ship and stuck to surfaces, not volcanic in origin.
On the day a Cook County judge dismissed charges against former Chicago Builder Commissioner Williams, the last of the Iroquois Theater disaster defendants, the article notes barred exits and choked fire escapes as the era of accountability drifted away, with four years of legal evasion cited.
Advertisement promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches as the best preparation for coughs to stop them before they become chronic. The copy emphasizes quick relief and preventive use. It targets readers seeking a reliable cough remedy and mentions no other products.
Record passenger movement across the Atlantic peaked in the first ten months of 1907 with about 2,000,000 travelers. The surge reflects growing transatlantic traffic as ships carried larger passenger loads this year.
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as the laxative Bromo Quinine and promises a universal cure for a cold in one day. It references the signature of W. Grove and asserts worldwide use.
Benton Harbor Michigan mayor Marrow tossed the grocery store key into the canal five years ago and the shop has remained unlocked since, triggering concerns about security and property access.
An advertisement asserts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch in 30 minutes with no failure. Product marketed through druggists.
The Salar Grande salt mine in Chile spans 80 000 acres and holds 14 000 000 000 tons of pure salt. The Italian government is taking steps to divert emigration from the United States toward Africa.
A steer yields dressed weight by section in round numbers: loins 15 percent, ribs 10 percent, rounds 21 percent, chucks 19 percent, plates 16 percent, flanks 4 percent, shanks 7 percent, tallow 3 percent, kidneys 0.25 percent, sausage meat 1 percent, shank meat 1.5 percent, tankage 2 percent, loss in cutting 0.25 percent.
The notice promotes Moravian Barley and Speltz cereale for better hog and cattle fattening in Duak Montana and other states. It markets Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass, the 12 ton Day wonder Yeosinte, and other rare seeds, inviting readers to mail 10 cents for a large seed catalog from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
The Lima municipality controls all outdoor advertising and owns the billboards. It bans placing ads on vehicles or non city walls. An American firm won exclusive three year rights to use the boards. The system limits ad content and may inspire copies elsewhere.
The New York Tribune reports on a decision by the Supreme Court declaring a national employment law aimed at interstate commerce as unconstitutional. It notes the broad humane aim but notes split judicial opinions on constitutionality and the law’s practical effect, concluding the law dies judicially.
The coldest period occurs a few minutes after sunrise as sunlight begins striking the earth. This triggers evaporation of moisture cooling surfaces and air briefly before warming.
Green's Bons of Atlanta Ga claims to be the only successful Dropsy specialists in the world offering a cure. The paper carries their wholesale advertisement in another column.
A man reflecting on romantic disappointment notes that without that heartbreak he might have faced a unhappy marriage. He frames his experience as a lesson in philosophy rather than tragedy.
A traveler in the grand lady of Baden sends a message from a moving train by writing a postcard, stamping it for wireless transmission, and dropping it in the train box. At the next station the box is emptied and the telegram is wired onward.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F de Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is promoted as the only constitutional cure with internal doses, backed by a $100 reward for any uncured case, plus circulars and testimonials. Druggists sell it at 75 cents. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The government of Chile has paid to date 2,818,480 United States guilder for property appropriated for public use in the reconstruction of the eye of Valparaiso.
A humorous line notes that while literature exists, the real demand lies in hugs, suggesting a market-driven contrast between artful writing and warm contact. The remark frames hugging as a thriving, perhaps unexpected, commercial niche.
The piece notes all true camphor comes from Japan and China with 0 percent and 20 percent shares. It says camphor extraction destroys trees and China and Japan have laws requiring reforestation. China mandates five new trees per tree cut, while Japan has planted 3,000,000 since 1900 and adds 500,000 this year and 750,000 annually thereafter.
The Burmese government plans to lease the government rubber plantation at Mergui for 30 years with renewal rights for 20 more. The area features about 240000 rubber trees and is offered with the lease terms.
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