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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
4
The article discusses newer coffin styles shifting from heavy iron to copper lined designs. It highlights the Couch Gasket that opens like a couch yet preserves all casket facts, offering peace of mind and preservation options. It notes nationwide adoption and Nashville plant readiness to supply undertakers quickly.
Simple or elegant, there is but one mode of treatment, says the California Ladies' Magazine. Never put a drop of oil upon them. If soiled, rub them off with a flannel cloth wet with turpentine, then apply a wax preparation, finish and polish until clear and shining. This preserves a wooden floor in perfect condition.
The Ohio State Journal describes miniature nursery furniture sized to about one third of adult pieces. Plush cretonne covers comfortable chairs and a matching box couch for toy storage, plus a small white writing desk and chair with slate, pencil, and an alphabet game.
Good Housekeeping offers methods to economize fuel by building a bed of coals and adding coal alternately to each side. Using fine coal and dust with lumps improves burning, reduces smoke, and lowers furnace heat loss. Sprinkling water on coal dust is claimed to boost heating.
This fragment outlines various dishes with preparation tips including a bread bun method for tea, liver pates with poultry liver or calves liver, venison broiling and marinating, and a detailed pot roast method attributed to Henry Clay and Mrs. Clay. It ends with a garbled note “Gooncas.”
The article notes present day women carry two concealed weapons in extended hat pins. Crown breadth of summer hats prompts two extra inches making pins ten inches long. Old seven to eight inch pins useless for securing hats. pins are inflexible metal designed to pierce heavy straw. Gold heads and jeweled designs appear on pricier pins.
A. A. Boyce of Trenton Missouri describes severe kidney related back pain that made walking impossible. He used Doan's Kidney Pills and reports the back ache gradually disappeared and fully stopped. Sold by all dealers or 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A ninth street business man dropped a $5 gold piece and missed it as police, mail carriers, and residents combed cobblestones for hours. The coin reappeared five miles away when the man found it in his trouser fold after returning home to prepare for a theater visit. A York England baby health contest awarded a prize to the cleanest healthiest infant based on surprise household visits by ladies.
A Postum advertisement recounts a Alabama mother praising Postum as a coffee substitute that soothes stomachs and nerves. It claims children and adults gain nourishment and regular digestion from Postum with grape nuts, often replacing coffee, and notes physician recommendations and widespread usage nationwide.
An assortment of testimonial style lines promotes Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer promising cure for nerves and nervousness. Mentions free trial bottle and treatise from Dr H Kurs Ltd in Pennsylvania and similar medical claims appear alongside unrelated notes about pens and lotions.
While en route to Washington from Oyster Bay, President Roosevelt rode past Thirty-fourth Street. A fake Rough Rider on a megaphone claimed to be arranging the president’s arrival. The crowd watched as the bogus bidder shouted greetings and salutes, prompting amused confusion.
In observance of Schiller's death centennial on May 9 1905 the Swiss Government allocates 20000 for every pupil in public schools to receive a copy of the poet's play William Tell. A medical ad promises cures for deafness via constitutional remedies and advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 reward. A St Albans man branded incorrigible rogue marries his aunt making his children his first cousins and his own uncle amidst a judge's lenient discharge.
Mrs Elizabeth H Thompson of Lilydale New York a Grand Worthy Wise Templar and W C T U member shares her recovery after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details relief from backache bearing down pains womb trouble and overall improved health with further mention of a relative cured and a blessing in their home.
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