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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
4
A fragmentary text shows harsh jibes about poetry and writers. A critic taunts a poet with a bitter view of literary success while mocking cleverness and perseverance, implying the climber will stumble on obstacles laid by the quitter.
Testimonials from women across the United States praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers free advice to sick women and has aided thousands with female ailments, saying her guidance costs nothing and has saved lives.
A jumble of old clippings quotes B B Dewhurst calling Spanish waiters rude to Americans in Madrid. It mentions a New Hampshire cent sold for 60.50, a Brittany wedding with 1800 guests and 300 servants, cures, ads for tonics, and various odd notes.
Henry Soule of Hammondsport New York recalls twenty years of kidney trouble including gravel dizziness and weight loss. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a cure eight years ago and says he has remained well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A foreign statesman praised American humor after a Summer visit. He noted Western wit as most humorous and recounted a Nebraska hotel owner’s quail quips about quail being a constant nuisance and a cook fending them off with toast. The anecdote highlights American rustic charm and lively hospitality.
The New York Press notes widespread fur wearing with squirrels and rabbits in vogue. The naturalist laments a tigerish gap in fur supply as many women wrap in fur, praising genuine squirrel and denouncing excessive ermine usage.
An 19th century style advertisement claims Mull's Anti Belch Wafers cure stomach ailments by absorption. It promises free samples to prove effectiveness against belching indigestion and related symptoms while arguing drugs worsen stomach conditions. The offer emphasizes harmlessness and urges quick action.
A vintage advertisement promotes Mull's Anti Belch Wafers with a coupon for a free sample and a 2c credit toward future purchases. It lists Rock Island address, pricing, stamps accepted, and urges readers to mail full address and pharmacist name. The closing line references no pre determined death bed repentances.
A man recalls severe foot injury in 1896 with flesh healing only after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for seven months. He notes crutches during pain, but recovered and praises the remedies, contrasting with prior medical bills. Also mentions Taylor's Cherokee Remedy for coughs and lung troubles sold by druggists.
A London correspondent notes Baron Sugematsu and Viscount Hayashi as key figures in promoting Japanese causes among Western elites. Sugematsu, Cambridge alumnus and Ito family son-in-law, rose quickly in social and diplomatic circles during his two-season stay.
Cy Silloway the New Hampshire congressman visiting a Dover estate was told by a digger to fill a hole with the workers if no dust available. The digger quipped that next election time the congressman would be digging them up.
A San Bernardino California widow credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength after three months of illness post childbirth. She reports weight gain from 95 to 113 pounds, steadier nerves, and renewed appetite. Her four year old child also recovered from eczema after starting the Grape-Nuts diet.
A vast sawdust hill in Cheboygan Michigan grown over thirty years from a W and A McArthur Company ore mill by water power disposal limits. The pile spans 1080 feet by 875 feet and 20 to 60 feet high occupying about twelve acres and remains damp requiring drying for potential processing.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for blood and skin ailments including cancer ulcers sores eczema rheumatism and kidney weakness. It claims to purify health with improved digestion better skin glow and new blood for the elderly, with sample free and prepaid by mail. It ends with an odd moral line about debt.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by internal administration. The sellers offer $100 for any case not cured and urge readers to contact F. J. Goodry & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, with testimonials. It also promotes Mills Family Pills for constipation and notes that only one American was naturalized in Great Britain in September.
Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn of the U S Navy endorses Peruna as an invigorating tonic. He notes its usefulness to soldiers and sailors facing catarrh and claims early use can prevent colds from developing into catarrh and help rapidly relieve acute or chronic catarrh with a few doses.
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