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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
7
A Graniteville reader testimonial extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health and strength during the change of life. The letter claims the remedy is uniquely effective for female ailments and worth “mountains of gold” to suffering women, urging others to try it.
A New York friend of Cuticura recounts a three year old aboard an Atlantic voyage eating an entire box of graham crackers spread with Cuticura Ointment. The claim touts the product as pure and harmless and cites other testimonials for Cuticura and Sloan remedies for horses and skin conditions.
A collage of quips about quarrels, divorces, and motives mixed with an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a cure for catarrh and offering one hundred dollars for any failure. The ad cites F J Curver & Co Toledo Ohio and Pills for constipation.
A sermon text on Acts 12 1 11 and 12 17 notes Peter facing death then deliverance by God and an angel. The church prays unto God for him with united intercessory prayer and the narrative highlights Rhoda the faith filled messenger who recognizes Peter at the door while others doubt.
A compact humor sketch describes a small boy speaking bluntly about a spring water’s quality. A mother and child exchange lines about drinking water with a playful twist, ending with the boy’s wry remark that one must lie down and drink uphill.
A report lists 221 deaths from shipwreck and 89 vessels lost along New England and Canadian trade routes in fall and winter 1908-09. In Indianapolis unruly students punished a boy by hanging him by the heels after chasing out teachers, the victim Charles Stinson dying hours later.
A historic note explains common causes of peeling paint and premature repainting, blaming adulterated white lead and advising proper surface testing and primer selection. It promotes National Lead Company’s Houseowner Painting Outfit No 49 for testing purity and offers a free complete painting guide with instructions and the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as purity assurance.
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