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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
7
Professor Key led a large London school as head master famed for kindness and humor. He recounted global manners and joked about Spain noting that high status grants the title don rather than sir. A pupil quipped Don Key and the class was amused for the afternoon.
A lawyer prompts a wife to consider separate maintenance in a divorce case. She asks for clarification, then asserts she will not support her husband after the divorce, and seeks no further obligation from him.
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the disease at its source in the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the product is not quack medicine and claims it was prescribed by a top physician, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists with a Toledo address for F. J. Cheney & Co. Family Pills for constipation also mentioned.
A foreigner asks why U S department stores thrive. A native replies that patience explains it, noting fifty customers will wait their turn at a counter with a single salesgirl, illustrating steadfast public forbearance.
A statesman nicknamed Nord Alexis took a blow to the right solar plexus seeking a way out and asked for directions to Texis as he searched for an exit.
Mrs P E Gumbin reports a six month old baby with red facial spots that worsened under two doctors ointments. After months and $20 to $30 spent, use of Cuticura Remedies cleared the eczema by the next morning, with complete disappearance after continued treatment.
Lord Redesdale described Whistler painting a portrait by thrusting a loaded brush at the canvas and smashing it to form the sitter’s figure. The tale notes a sad ending as bailiffs visited the house while the painting was completed and Whistler later destroyed his canvases with a knife.
Benedict Arnold died in London June 14 1801 after a life of treason and misery. He was avoided by honorable men and insulted on many occasions. He received money from Britain and failed in business ventures in British America and the West Indies before returning to London where he died in obscurity. His second son born in 1780 joined the British army in 1798 and became a lieutenant general three years before his death in 1854.
A 300 pound visitor leans toward a pen holding a 600 pound hog at a livestock show. The scene unfolds with the visitor remarking it is tough on both of them to be prize beauties as the animals lie stretched and wheezing on the floor.
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to ease tight shoes with sprinkling powder and offers samples. It notes price 25c and distributor Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy, N Y. A child in a Sunday school joke answers when Christmas comes with a humorous line about paw.
An advertisement touts Pazo ointment curing itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money refund option. It claims glory for a German empire marriage statistic and notes various medical claims alongside a BromO Quinine laxative product signature.
A compact chronicle lists key events by year including the Boston Tea Party in 1773, seat of government move to Baltimore in 1776, battles and battles, constitutional milestones, fires and floods, notable deaths, and political changes such as Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1864 and Wisconsin governor La Follette's resignation in 1905.
A bureau of manufactures report notes cotton stalks can yield paper at about 15 dollars a ton. A Atlanta company with 500000 dollars capital is formed to pursue this. Other notes cover Iowa corn harvest 115 percent of last year, road conferences in North Dakota, and British action on cattle imports amid foot and mouth disease.
Claus Spreckels known as the Sugar king of the Pacific coast died at his San Francisco home on Saturday morning in his eightieth year from pneumonia. Born in 1828 in Lamstadt Germany he built a vast empire including Bay Sugar Refinery and beet sugar ventures and invested in Oceanic Steamship and the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.
President Roosevelt announced a plan for a February 18 conference at the White House to discuss conserving natural resources across North America. Gif ford Pinchot will deliver invitations to Canada and Mexico, with Canada first and Mexico City next, to involve state and federal representatives in joint conservation efforts.
Washington instructed Governor Magoon to assemble the Cuban congress on a date of his choosing to certify members elect and then canvass the electoral vote. The plan calls for inauguration of the President and Vice President on January 28 1909 and termination of the provisional government at noon that day.
Practically the entire business section of Ravia Oklahoma a town of 1200 inhabitants in Johnston county was wiped out by fire. Loss estimated at about 53 dollars and cents remains uncertain after the blaze.
W Massingale aged 50 of Valentine Nebraska was robbed of about 200 dollars and killed near the Eldorado Arkansas school building. Lee L Combs a farmer is held in connection with the killing.
Health advice urges readers to start the year with a clean mind and body. It links winter overindulgence to digestive issues and promotes Cascarets as a safe nightly aid to cleanse the digestive canal, with a sales pitch offering the product in multiple sizes and a pocket trial.
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