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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
7
Mrs. Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee reports long dyspepsia left her bedridden after trying many doctors. She credits a bottle of Peruna with her recovery, stating she now feels well and recommends it to others.
Dr. 8. B. Hartman announces that after years of requests from grateful friends he has added a mild laxative quality to Peruna. He believes the modification enhances the medicine’s well known beneficial character.
The article lists fifteen ladies serving Queen Alexandra including the mistress of the robes and the ladies of the bed chamber and maids of honor.
An advertisement touts Mull's Anti Belch Wafers as a drug free absorption cure for stomach troubles. It claims relief from belching indigestion sour stomach and related pains and offers a free box to prove its effectiveness. The copy asserts drugs worsen stomach health and urges readers to respond before the offer expires.
A home recipe describes making mustard dressing by slicing an onion, covering with vinegar for forty eight hours, then straining. The vinegar is seasoned with red pepper salt sugar and dry mustard to a thick cream, with pepper and salt at a teaspoon each and sugar about twice that, adjustable by taste.
Mrs Rover states cooking fish mirrors meat first seared in hot oven or boiling water to seal juices and flavor. She notes cooking time relates to length, not thickness, and suggests cold fish can become entrees such as cutlets cremes croquettes scalloped fish or mashed potato cakes.
Mrs Rorer outlines ice cream making with half cold cream, sugar steps, and timing. For fruit ice cream use eight ounces sugar per quart cream and a pint mashed fruit, stir in after freezing, then repack and age. Moulding tips include dipping moulds in cold water and sealing seams with paraffin dipped muslin to keep salty water out.
A vintage home recipe listing several dishes with steps and measurements. Includes Railroad Pudding with milk molasses suet raisins and vinegar, Macaroni and Eggs with baked macaroni and milk sauce, Chocolate and Lemon sauces, Sweet Potato Fritters with cornstarch baking powder and milk, Youngto Cheese with tomato juice paprika and bread crumbs, Carrot Soup with carrots onion celery parsley milk flour butter and spices.
A New York Globe feature profiles women running small aquatic enterprises from Boston to Washington. A Maryland based entrepreneur lays out steps for profitable goldfish farming, detailing tank setup, water quality, feeding, plant life, and shipment methods. The piece notes modest profits of 50 to 100 dollars yearly per operator, with growth potential through large scale pools and fancy varieties. It highlights practical, low‑expense maintenance and the appeal of watching fish spawn and develop.
A New York Press observation notes dogs mirror their owners in disposition after years together. Descriptions include a quiet dignified Welsh spaniel, nervous fox terrier owners, a pampered poodle pair, and a jolly fat fox terrier, all reflecting human habits and humor.
The Philadelphia Record comments that some merchants dismiss certain trades as sour because they cannot reach them. The piece argues the grapes are sweet if pursued sensibly and suggests a practical step ladder in the shape of newspaper advertising to reach new markets.
The fragment hints at gender roles and personal behavior with sardonic tone. It mentions a budding genius with a seedy look and advises self-reliance as a valet hero. A summer departure threatens ruin through hard drinking, reflecting social anxieties in a Boston Tran script.
A Munich professor invents a clock for the ill, pressing a button lights a lamp behind the dial to cast magnified shadows of the hours and hands on the ceiling so a patient in bed can read the time without straining.
The Buenos Ayres City Council adopts a regulation banning itinerant musicians from city streets, enforcing a new public performance restriction.
The republic of Marino with 1,700 residents plans reforms as emigration rises. Its assembly moved to abolish the life tenure of the executive council and switch to three year terms elected by the people.
Senator Clark of Montana is described as the richest man in the Senate and among the wealthiest in the nation. He is noted for his lack of close friends and extreme public isolation in Washington.
An early 20th century advertisement touts FITS and St Vitus dance treatment by Dr H R Kure Ltd offering Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a $2 trial bottle and free treatise. The note claims permanent cure and lists the Philadelphia address. It also notes 5000 to 6090 alcohol engines are operating in Germany.
The product claims to soften gums ease inflammation relieve pain and cure wind colic priced at 250 per bottle. The text notes a premium on gold in Haiti ranging from 400 to 500 percent.
A humorous reflection on skull operations used to reform bad boys in Philadelphia and Toledo suggesting scientists might work in the Senate. The piece hints at possible pressure on Senators' brains at times.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo is marketed as the only constitutional cure, with a $100 reward for any failure. Sold by Druggists 75 cents, and family pills for constipation are recommended.
The Charleston News and Courter notes farmers’ superstitions include avoiding corn under moonlit nights fearing tall stalks with short ears. Some still plant regardless, while others toss cobs in running water or spread burnt ginder hulls on roads to secure better crops. green butter bean hulls are scattered daily along paths for the next season.
Postmaster General Cortelyou unveils a new small denomination postal note system to replace coins for low value mail. It includes 1 to 9 cent notes, sold at face value with no fee, and regular notes at 10 to 1 dollar plus higher denominations. Congress is urged to appropriate 150000 dollars to launch the program starting July 1.
An advertisement argues bread dyspepsia stems from white bread starch. It explains wheat’s diastase in grain, produced via moisture and warmth in Grape-Nuts, which is pre-digested starch turning to grape sugar. It claims ten days on Grape-Nuts improves strength and health.
Mise Barrows recounts how Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound helped a working girl with nerve headaches backache irregular periods and fatigue. Barrows from Nelsonville Ohio attests the remedy revived her health and strength and urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham s advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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