Are those dogs here to eat up subpoenas
A witty visitor asks if the bulldogs on a multimillionaire’s estate are meant to eat subpoenas. The host replies with a sly wink that the dogs are there to “eat up subpoena servers.”
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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
7
A witty visitor asks if the bulldogs on a multimillionaire’s estate are meant to eat subpoenas. The host replies with a sly wink that the dogs are there to “eat up subpoena servers.”
Mrs John Kirk of Detroit Michigan shares a kidney illness near collapse five years ago. She used Dean's Kidney Pills and soon felt better with improved weight and health. The ad notes 50 cent boxes via FosterMilburn Co Buffalo. Also mentions early marriages in Mexico with a 16 year old boy and 14 year old girl wed in the capital.
Advertising notice touts Pettit's Eye Salve as harmless and fast acting for any eye disease or injury. Mentions druggists and Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York as suppliers.
The Atlantic fleet led by Admiral Evans sails into San Francisco Bay after a 14 000 mile voyage from Hampton Roads. One million spectators line the hills and piers as the fleet passes the Presidio cannon salute and city bells ring in approval.
Agricultural appropriation bill totals 11 518 806 dollars. Gov Sheldon of Nebraska received a 5 227 dollar warrant for Third Nebraska regiment officers. Nora May French poem Death by Own Action notes third victim in New York as Rossale Peck shoots himself in Prospect Park. Wallace Ham ex treasurer of St Pauls Episcopal Church Boston dies in state prison after larceny of 214 000 dollars. Minnesota Automobile Association committee proposes motor tax range from 10 to 6. The fragment ends with a legislative note.
A Denver woman shares her six year battle with female troubles and how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. The ad claims the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female ailments and invites readers to write for advice in Lynn Mass.
Mrs. Clapsling recounts her husband faced trouble collecting a debt and mentions that before payment could be made the money man Barney Shea allegedly collected the wages.
Mercury ointments harm smell and whole system through mucous surfaces. Use only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Wall's Catarrh Cure also made in Toledo. Testimonials free, sold by druggists. Price, T. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Drearyhurst resident voices confusion over village politics. He says voting for the citizens ticket would betray the people and voting for the people's ticket would prove he is not a good citizen. He walks away in disgust, deterred by the political tangle.
A New York Press note describes capturing hummingbirds for commerce using water darts from blowguns or small syringes. Birds are stunned, netted, then doomed with cyanide, as tiny species evade human tracking during rapid flight.
A testimonial touts Grape-Nuts as curing years of indigestion. The writer credits the predigested, easily digestible nutrition with rebuilding nervous energy and improving overall health. The letter notes family use, ready-to-eat packaging, and references The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
M W Hilton-Simpson notes that Arabs use a sharp sheath knife for shaving. In Haouamed camps he saw a man skin a sheep and shave in 30 minutes with the same blade. Biskra market barbers appear rough and ready, shaving a long hair head in minutes without soap.
Citizens are urged to inspect the local school yard and judge its beauty shade protection and educational value. If unsatisfied, join others to improve conditions and transform public property from a reproach to a cared for space.
A three month old’s eczema worsened despite care from several doctors and hospitals. After trying Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the baby improved in days and was fully cured by six months. The family spent $1.25 for one cake of soap and two boxes of ointment, per C I Kara of New York.
The Los Angeles Times urges forming an improvement society in small populations to oversee health and welfare, arguing for universal hygiene laws and communal sewer and drainage systems when no city government exists. It notes 500 annual hunger and destitution deaths in Great Britain.
Peruna is described as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. The text argues it must act on mucous membranes and also strengthen the nervous system and circulation. It cites hydras tis canadensis with cubebs copaiba and tonics like collinsonia canadensis corydalis formosa and cedron seed, manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
A temperate Chicago Tribune paragraph mocks Congress for balking and overquoting its own rhetoric while railroading heated atmosphere and self serving commentary.
Advertising copy from D Zerta Food Co Rochester New York promotes Our Die pie mix. Each package yields two large pies and costs 10 cents. The copy targets home cooks, suggesting wives mothers or sisters can outperform experts using the ready ingredients.
The dialogue shows Eminent Statesman bemoaning lack of press coverage as Private Secretary notes no mention for a month. The exchange uses a mock newspaper frame to lampoon attention and naming.
Eight attractive postal cards depict valuable wild animals from Ringling Bros Menagerie. Set mailed for 16e with dealer discounts. Great opportunity to profit by selling to collectors or the public. Address The Evening Wisconsin Co. Post Card Dept Milwaukee Wis.
Smokers judge the Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar as matching the quality of the top 10 cent cigars. Egyptian irrigated districts cover 5,340,000 acres and sustain 10,000,000 people.
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