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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
7
Hicks Capucine advertised as best remedy for summer headaches caused by heat, draughts or feverish conditions. Available in 10c 25c and 50c bottles at medicine stores. Contains quinine and iron in tasteless form. Also notes on social church members and a joke about quitting political voting habit.
A publisher promotes King’s Diarrhoea Cordial as a bowel ailment remedy with testimonials from Burwell & Dunn Co. Mfrs Charlotte NC. A New York woman invites dressmakers to bid on numerous dresses and alterations, signaling bid-based pricing and a new field for makers.
Orfia the celebrated doctor was examined as an expert. He was asked how much arsenic would kill a fly. He replied that he must know the age sex temperament condition and marital status of the fly before answering. He noted he could not determine the dose without these details.
Sisters Alison and Rose plot to alter a grandfathers waistcoat into a stylish panel for a new gown. Aunt Anne objects but relents as Mrs. Norris Lane funds a festive season, revealing a moral pledge to preserve family heritage and end with a double betrothal blessing.
A Kentucky woman explains how replacing her ordinary breakfast with Grape-Nuts and cream cured indigestion and nervous prostration. She notes lasting relief from heat flashes dizziness and chest pains when avoiding rich greasy foods, and attributes her current vigor to the change. The letter is presented by Postum Co. and tied to The Road to Wellville booklet.
In a Paris salon story from Le Cri de Paris, Anatole France discusses The Gods are Thirsty with M. Paul Sonday and a Russian lady. They recount tales of wolves forced to eat vegetables, then of sheep that become wolves, and joke that wolves never become sheep.
In Dreams, Mrs Torkins recalls Charley enjoying life as a convention delegate. He reportedly spoke in his sleep using phrases he uses at a baseball game, suggesting a strong tie between his public persona and nightly language.
For years the Winchester Cathedral faced cracks bulging and settling threatening collapse. A diver in regular gear removed water from beneath the foundations and a cement floor was laid to seal the cavity. Liquid Portland cement grouting repaired every flaw, and seven years of careful work left the structure solid as ever.
George M. Morgan Jr., 23, of 1351 East Thirteenth Street, who had been totally blind for fourteen weeks, regained sight after a fall at his boarding house. He had earlier lost partial vision from a stone injury to one eye years before and was treated in Baltimore last year. Morgan plans further medical care despite doctors' doubt about full recovery. His mother confirmed the restoration when he described colors and room details.
Kingston farmer Ellis Osterhaut found a scarecrow near his fields transformed into a hive. The bee swarm nested in the figure with honey filling the trousers legs.
Two married men Henne and Peeke recall bachelor days and married life. Henne laments a past girl he once walked with, while Peeke boasts of holding his wife’s hand for three hours and fears letting go would anger her.
Mrs W H Edgerton reports her daughter suffered two years from ear itching to pus filled sores and foul discharge. After two uses Cuticura Soap and Ointment cleared all scabs and redness in four to five weeks. The remedy also healed other sores and chapped feet. Sample free with Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Boston writer Philip Hale urges barley water as a sensible hot weather drink over iced blends. His recipe uses pearl barley water sugar lemon rind and juice poured over boiling water cooled strained and poured into a jug. A Paxtone bath ad promotes odor control and a Paxton Toilet Co product. Jokes about a cook and a wife provide light social notes.
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