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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
4
The item touts Peruna as a cure for catarrh including female-related cases. It cites Mrs. M Brickner of Milwaukee and advises readers to contact Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for free advice. Also notes a sanitary ad style with testimonials and a patent medicine warning.
An Ontario mother recounts her three month old son nearly dying from a widespread itching rash. After applying Cuticura once, the child slept in the cradle for the first time in weeks and a complete cure followed. The letter is signed by Mrs. M. C. Maitland of Jasper Ontario. Alongside, testimonials praise Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for dysentery and throat and lung ailments, and Piso’s Cure for throat and lung complaints, with brief notes from various locations.
A home tip suggests covering the bath with a sheet to ease nervous children into warm water, reducing bath fear. It also advises turpentine on grease spots, followed by air drying. Plush fabrics can be cleaned safely with borax and water, applied gently with a soft sponge.
An article discusses proper lamp care for dim evenings and safe, well lit rooms. It includes a household tip pairing potatoes and sausages, detailing how to boil mash and brown sausages, then present them with gravy in a central dish.
Clam Bisque cooks one pint clams with rice parsley and bay leaf in veal stock until tender then finish with tomato ketchup and hot cream. Cherry and Pineapple Soup uses cherries pineapple and arrowroot for a chilled dessert. a peach compote is molded with rice and possible gelatine. Salmi of Chicken browns bacon and flour in beef drippings, adds stock and seasonings, parboiled chicken pieces simmer an hour and a half, then serves with lemon rounds and French fried potatoes.
The farm life of today contrasts with the past as a paradise of comfort and convenience. Modern homes, daily mail, telephonic access to markets, better lighting with acetylene, and refined heating and plumbing mark the farmer’s life. Acetylene gas usage among farmers numbers high, reflecting ongoing progress and evolution in rural living. The farmer is portrayed as the freest, healthiest, and happiest class due to these advances.
The Bulawayo Chronicle recounts a Saturday night incident near Raylton where five feet of black mamba leaped through an open window during a whist game. Players used a water bag to strike the intruder, the snake fled, and police note it is still at large after a search found it in an adjoining room.
A Akron, Ohio farmer sent a natural maple growth fashioned to resemble a pair of trousers and part of a close fitting jacket to a Chicago wholesale firm on Van Buren street. The tree stood about six feet tall when cut. The farmer found the unique section while exploring woods near his home.
A swarm of bees took over a ventilator aboard the British naval ship Diana tied to the mole at Gibraltar. A clever seaman moved the bees into an old soap box and sold the lot to a local bee raiser.
An Oakland woman narrates her health turnaround after quitting traditional coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee following reading The Road to Wellville. She credits two days to noticeable improvement in nerves and digestion, noting lasting strength during a San Francisco Conclave event. Postum Co. promotes the little book in every package.
The piece argues that open discrimination in freight rates may be necessary under complex conditions while unjust discrimination should end. It cites Samuel Spencer and the International Railway Congress on fair, flexible tariffs and notes opposition to fixed government rates. It also questions beef industry charges and cites bank failures as misattributed to the Beef Trust, urging caution until proven. A wartime ad for Botanic Blood Balm followed by a brief preparedness quote closes the item.
A promotional piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for women's ailments including backache, menstrual pain, and uterine issues. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cottery and urges letters to Mrs. Pinkham for free advice, claiming widespread cures and urging refusal of substitutes.
A. A. Boyce of near Trenton Missouri suffered severe kidney related backache that kept him from walking. After trying various remedies with no relief, he used Doan's Kidney Pills and reports the backache gradually disappeared. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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