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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
7
In Little Rock a clothier scattered 700 counterfeit looking dollar bills in a window and offered them for 95 cents each. Passersby doubted their authenticity, while a bank cashier bought one of the notes, recalling a western wager.
A panoramic jumble of data on stamps, silk vs linen, global outputs, church denominations, notable deaths, geography, military garrisons, explorers, stars, and daily life. It notes stamp origins, church funding, census figures, Siberian land share, and cultural tidbits from Britain, America, and beyond.
A compact chronology lists battles, deaths, and notable events from 1588 to 1907. Highlights include Otterburn prisoners, Cortes retaking Mexico City, Armada calms, Mohaez victory, Fort Boonesborough siege, Savannah evacuation, Ghent peace talks, Ly on’s death, Smithsonian founding, the Prince of Wales visit, Wilson’s Creek, and Manila surrender ending the Spanish-American hostilities.
A Bureau report tracks price movements from 1890 to 1907 showing higher year end levels despite recent pessimism. The wholesale price average peaked in 1907, with farm products rising 10.9 percent and notable gains across food clothing fuel metals building materials drugs house furnishings and miscellaneous items.
New York inventor William Patten unveils a powderless noiseless gun driven by a flywheel and centrifugal force. Bullets are loaded and released as the wheel reaches velocity, producing a solid stream of lead.
The article argues that Peruna contains two classes of remedies real and tonic and that its ingredients are standard catarrh remedies. It claims chronic catarrh is widespread and that many doctors fail to cure it, while Peruna’s label lists its principal active constituents for public inspection.
Capt Pritchard of the record breaking Mauritania told Americans that a sailor’s life remains hard despite steam. He noted no one has a decent excuse for going to sea, joking that Noah would have drowned if he stayed on shore.
Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia reports that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her pain in the back and urinary troubles in 1903 and, four and a half years later in 1907, she states she has had no kidney trouble since. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Philadelphia traveler spoke at a globe trotters banquet about rough inns along South America's coast. In Peru one jailed American sought lodging after release and returned to the jail begging admission. The Saxony Supreme Court ruled boycotts and strikes in wage disputes are not punishable by law and employers cannot claim compensation for losses.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy told a Western Christian Scientist audience about a nervous sleep troubled friend. A physician advised a before bed light snack with milk and biscuits, claiming medical progress since three months ago despite prior orders against eating.
A mother recalls her baby niece suffering with severe eczema all over the body especially the face and hands. After long medical care without improvement, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and reports a cure in three months. Address 4769 Faston Ave St Louis Mo. May 2 and 20 1907.
The article catalogs animal lifespans with age ranges for many species. It places whales at about 1000 years, tortoises 100 to 200, camels eagles crocodiles around 160+, and various others from swans and parrots to bees and small mammals with shorter spans.
An assortment of items including an advertisement for Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising cure of fat St. Vitus dance and nervous diseases with a trial bottle offer, a magazine quote about a prodigious five year old, notes on Lewis' Single Binder cigars, a 1832 New England labor strike, Spanish weavers seeking emigration aid, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, and a census note noting ten women wheelwrights in the United States.
One of the essentials of a happy home is information on health and trusted products. The Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a well known ethical laxative, is endorsed by physicians and the Well Informed of the World and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Available through leading druggists.
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