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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
7
A collage of vintage ads and personal endorsements mentioning medical tonics foot powders and consumer goods. Notable mentions include Allen's Foot Ease, Piso’s Cure, and Red Cross Ball Blue, with dates and place hints like Philadelphia and LeRoy New York.
Mrs Louise M Gibson advocates Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for kidney trouble in a letter to Dear Mrs Pinswan. She recalls two years of suffering and failed medicines and expresses renewed hope for health and vitality.
The Lake Shore and New York Central lines showcased twenty hour long distance service with trains arriving in New York and Chicago three to four minutes early. The Twenty Century Limited maintained about 40 miles per hour on average over the New York to Buffalo stretch, surpassing many foreign services in speed though with longer distances. Railroads note the westward leg ran smoothly with a brief delay near New Carlisle that was recovered before Chicago.
William Rush Merriam, director of the census since April 1894, has beaten all records for the twelfth census closing. A Washington correspondent notes his outstanding ability as a former Minnesota governor. Merriam, 68, is a New York native who relocated to Saint Paul in youth and has held roles as banker, businessman, agriculturist, legislator, educator, and statesman.
The article outlines a fifty year discussion on draining the Everglades in Florida and its potential to add vast acreage to wealth, noting ongoing debates among experts about feasibility and impact. It mentions financial and environmental considerations shaping the long running controversy.
The article outlines a grand project to drain and reclaim Florida Everglades like areas turning swamp into arable land. It cites high speed trains and European efforts to contrast with U S progress and notes early crops already grown on cleared land with sugar cane vegetables rice and corn.
James R Keene is described as a witty New York financier famed for long finance chats with King Edward at Lady Lister-Kaye's dinner. Born in England to a wealthy London merchant, Keene later built a storied Wall Street reputation as an American figure. The piece notes his English birth and his seamless acceptance by the British monarch.
The piece notes 227 distinct sects in Great Britain and Ireland and cites growth in the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Great Britain. It mentions Miss Ethe Dunmore organizing the Loyal Temperance Legion in Guanajuato Mexico, concerns about Chicago church work, and 2000 Navy men pledging total abstinence. Roosevelt’s Bible address distributed by the American Bible Society with 90000 copies, plus Y M C A rail department building 48 structures in four years, funded mainly by railroad firms.
The report by Judge Advocate Crowder to the President details British agents at Lathrop Missouri using 17 985 350 dollars for horses and mules shipped from New Orleans to South Africa. Between 95 687 horses and 75 108 mules were paid for plus freight forage and labor costs. Graves shoots wife in Salt Lake City then kills himself. No reason given. In the past year Britain completed 35 ships for its navy with 75 more under construction.
Jose and Luis Palma, sons of Cuba's president, have been sent to New York to attend school, according to reports noting their relocation for educational reasons.
The Weather Bureau weekly crop summary notes warm central valleys and cool upper New England areas, with heavy rains in the lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. Corn growth up in Nebraska Kansas Missouri Indiana Illinois while drought persists in central and west gulf states. winter wheat improving. tobacco and cotton show mixed progress across regions.
Caution against substitutes for Peruna urges customers to insist on authentic Peruna. Includes testimonial from Minnie E McAllister about back pain relief and overall health improvement after seven weeks. Warns druggists offer cheaper imitations and urges immediate action to obtain genuine product.
Experiments with five hundred foot rails on the Michigan Central railroad began years ago on Detroit suburbs sections. The setup uses 30 foot rails spliced end to end with tight machine bolts and special slip joints to allow expansion and contraction. At Detroit and on the Saginaw division the rails are anchored mid section with concrete foundations and vertical anchor rails. Chief Engineer A. Torrey supervises these trials noted by the Engineering and Railway Reviews.
Sarah E Rowe of this place aged about 72 years shares her recovery from a long standing kidney ailment with Dodd's Kidney Pills She says the medicine cured her kidney trouble stopped the burning sensation in urination and she now feels better than she has for twenty years
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes a quarrel where Mortimer debates asking his father for consent to wed, noting it would be a state prison offense to strike anyone wearing glasses in the eye. The exchange highlights a dramatic, socially charged scene.
In a humorous Punch cartoon panel a wife berates Edwin for misplacing a letter while the husband groans at the headache caused by the search. The exchange features playful banter about appearance and health during the domestic scene.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The claim suggests it treats catarrh by addressing internal conditions rather to external symptoms.
A fragment notes Maude asking why Millicent did not scream when kissed. Millicent replies she could not react at that moment and questions the point after it happened, from an Ohio State Journal passage.
The Prussian government imposes price controls on medicines, setting official rates to govern costs for the public and streamline access to essential drugs. Authorities argue the measure curbs profiteering and stabilizes the market amid shortages and wartime pressures.
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