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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
6
W L Jackson of Parkersburg West Virginia says years of kidney pain and urinary trouble ended after using Deans Kidney Pills. He reports being cured eight years, still active despite age, and notes the product was sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Washington Post quotes Rev. Madison Peters railing against modern marriage practices. He recounts a story where a beautiful girl and her mother discuss Charles Adams as a suitable match, noting his wealth but condemning his heart disease and alleged character flaws.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive treatment for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring internal use. It promises to cure by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with a family laxative recommended.
The report compares Panama mortality under two occupations. In 1882 during French rule the death rate was 112 per 1 000 with 1900 troops. By 1905 under American occupation with 12000 soldiers the deaths were eight, about two thirds per 1000, attributed to vigilant sanitary precautions.
A Newburgh New York mother describes her seventeen month old child suffering severe eczema on hands and face. She reports rapid improvement after using Cuticura Resolvent and continuing Cuticura Soap. Neighbors corroborate the claim in a September 9, 1905 notice.
The text explains that floaters seen in sunlight are not solid particles but cones of light reflected by dust. It notes that unaided vision reveals the light cone extending from a particle rather than the tiny solid itself, unlike what even strong microscopes discern.
An advert promises a free box of Mull's Anti Belch Wafers to cure stomach trouble and belching by absorption without drugs. It alleges relief from gas foul breath and indigestion, blaming slow digestion on overeating anxiety and fatigue and offering the wafers to improve stomach lining and digestion.
All the hospitals and almshouses in Berlin are regularly supplied with Bowers from the city.
In India, kites are common and fearless as boys trap them with a tight line and bait. The kite dives for the bait, strikes the string, and is forced to rise where the quills snag on the line, leaving him suspended until the boys release him.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes a tapestry of manners from each nation. The American and English greet with How do you do while the German asks about self growth and the French about bearing oneself. The Italian stance, Spaniard blessing Go with God, Russian living, Dutch dining, Chinese eating rice, Egyptian spirit, Muslim blessing, Persian shadow, and Burmese nose touch weave a cultural mosaic. Arabs extend a blessing in greeting.
A list of tongue twisters and word play phrases including busy phrases about oysters, geese, seas, shoes, coffee pots, and peppers. Notable items mention Susan, Bertie Black, Frank, Peter Piper and a variety of alliterative lines.
A Nashville Christian Advocate excerpt notes how family members gloss over kindness with grumbling. It cites Rob, Mary, Tommy, Bridget, and Susie as examples, showing how hurried lives turn small acts into chores and diminish good will.
In a Boston Herald piece, children too young for tough games are the ripe cherries in a simple street scene. An old woman selling cherries and a buyer negotiate as the children line up, learning to assess value with care.
The piece explains horse ancestors roamed plains needing quick starts to avoid ambushes while donkeys descended from hill dwellers developed caution and sure footedness. It notes donkeys’ slower starts and lack of wild attack exposure and mentions their habit of eating thistles due to arid habitats with scarce forage.
A short tale traces Giotto from a shepherd boy drawing on rocks at ten to lessons with Cimabue in Florence. An encounter with the Pope’s agent leads to recognition of his simple circle as a sign of true artistry and Giotto’s later Rome works, preserved to this day.
Homer Hoch laments waste and calculates that Kansas men wear about 1.2 million coats with 4.8 million sleeve buttons costing roughly 80 000 dollars at twenty cents per dozen. He urges thrift and economy to end this extravagance.
For cleaning jewelry mix ammonia and water and gently brush very dull pieces. Rinse in cold water and dry with an old handkerchief. Finish by rubbing with buck or chamois skin to restore freshness and brilliancy surpassing jewelry store compounds.
The guide explains checking eggs by candling to see which end is unsealed, spotting indicates not newly laid but usable for most purposes except soft boil. Large spots mean the egg should not be used. Fresh eggs give a milky white when boiled soft. older eggs yield a white like rice in milk or a tough, difficult to digest white.
Soften grease with lard then turpentine soak, scrape away dirt, sponge with turpentine, and dry. For tea and coffee stains soak in cold water with elycerine, wait hours, then wash. Grease spots respond to hot water and soap. if set, use ether chloroform or naphtha away from fire. Mildew treated by soaking in weak chloride of lime solution, then rinse in cold water.
A reader lists common neglectful practices such as rice and sugar in torn bags, scraps in garbage, bread dough stuck to pans, rancid fat in dishes, open mustard, dried herbs, discarded egg shells, moldy cheese, open kerosene, unpaid clothespins, damp boilers, and soiled linens washed without proper stain treatment, illustrating a broader call for careful household management.
A period cookbook excerpt outlines a cold meat rice dish with gravy and browned oven heat, croquettes from cold chicken and potato, a Cuban soup with gelatine and cheese toast, creamed spinach with butter and cream, and okra with rice and ham in a tomato stock sauce served hot with rice.
The Des Moines Register notes a formal Iowa society pronouncement favoring Joway while senators use varied forms. Tillman, Teller, Overman and Bailey each vocalize Eyeoway Eeowa or Iowa, with Allison and Dolliver cited for references to the railroad bill.
A historic chained library in Wimbourne Ireland preserves a 200 volume collection begun in 1686 with books secured by chains and rods not renewed until 1857. Notable works include a 1614 first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh History of the World damaged by fire with a local tale about Mathew Prior.
Aluminum paper, a near new product, is claimed to keep butter wrapped in it sweet and fresh for a very long time.
A mixed clipping notes Dr Kline many nerve restorer trial offer and other cures, a live fish market practice in Japan, Malden England votes a special tax to fund local attractions advertising, and a line about lands between Mandalasc ar and Indian coast.
An aged Scotch minister, nearing his fourth marriage, explains to an elder that he wants someone to close his eyes at the end. The elder replies that he has had two wives and both opened his. The London News provides the quip.
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