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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
4
Letters from readers describe relief after using Peruna and Manalin for kidney trouble. Mrs Simser from Grant Ontario credits Peruna for restoring health after four years of illness. The ad argues kidneys must stay active and Peruna provides needed support to prevent disaster.
Five refugees from San Francisco and a stray dog named Sport are sent toward a former home on Long Island. After a quake and fire destroyed the Berz home, Sport was kicked from a ferry but swam 2.5 miles to Oakland. There Anna Bert signaled, and a boat hook saved the dog as he reached the pier.
The trials of Chesapeake bay and Botomac river to their crews began in Norfolk.
Lieutenant Colonel Duff of the Salvation Army is sister to the Duke of Fife and sister-in-law to the prince royal, serving as editor at Salvation Army headquarters in London. In Oklahoma a three year resident became the youngest woman ranch owner in the United States, Georgia A Burns, who owns 11 000 acres of Arrow Heart cattle ranch and recently leased 100 000 acres of oil and mineral land. She runs her ranch with 30 cowboys and spends much time in the saddle ear shooting and roping cattle with notable skill.
A humorous collection notes that love is all joy or pain with no rule. It states it costs $20,000 to educate some boys who never earn the interest. It adds a quip that a woman believes better math would keep house bills from adding up.
Dick the Bengal tiger suffered two ingrowing nails in his right forepaw forcing three legged walking and roaring fits. Chief keeper Bill Snyder led six keepers in a tense nail extraction using a rope noose and steel nippers after a fifteen minute struggle. Dick recovered with antiseptic care and began licking his paw.
William O'Brien recalls his first days at school and a dramatic student uprising led by his elder brother. As the master orders order, barricades fail and a blacksmith breaks in with a sledge hammer. The narrator witnesses a perilous escape from the window as panic grips the room.
A Baltimore attorney recalls a San Francisco gold rush scam in which two men dumped fake powder into a stove to spark panic. Patrons fled as they looted the gambling house and rode away, leaving the outcome a hoax of black sand misdirection. The tale ends with questions about who witnessed the escape.
London in 1806 reports a quarrel between two men ending in a fight. One man prepared to strike, a bulldog was released by the other to maul him. The mob attacked dog and master, the dog biting and defending as the crowd tried to restrain it. The owner fled amid chaos. the wounded man urged arrest of the dog’s master.
Fred Rose of Stroudsberg heard his hound in the woods and followed the baying to a swamp where a large catamount crouched ready to spring. Facing no retreat, Rose struck the animal with his axe, killing it. The incident was reported by the Portland Advertiser.
Sir John Sinclair presents gramophones and records to 300 asylums and other institutions on condition they are played to inmates for half an hour each day.
New Yorker Eben Appleton owns the Star Spangled Banner that inspired the Key to the national song. Efforts will be made to purchase the Baltimore house where the flag was made to turn it into a museum or patriotic shrine. Textiles exports rise while other ads promote patent medicines and child syrups.
Patient recalls a year of facial and arm eruptions corrected after months use of Cuticura Soap. Claim praises the soap for a perfect complexion, skin softness, whiteness, and velvet feel. Customer Maud Loggins, Sylvia Tennessee, Aug 1 1905 endorses the product. Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial is advertised for stomach woes teething children diarrhoea and dysentery with prices 250 and 500 per bottle.
Boston Herald recounts Oliver Ditson, the music publisher, helping an intoxicated Irishman reach the sidewalk. The man, grateful, asks who he owes, and Ditson declares his name with pride. The Irishman replies humbly that he is “all over mud” beside Ditson’s neat attire.
A Colorado mother recalls her infant son recovering from pneumonia and brain fever after switching to Grape-Nuts and milk. She reports rapid strength gain, then uses the story to endorse Grape-Nuts and cream as nourishing, building a sturdy brain and nerves for healthier children.
An advertisement claims Mall’s Anti Belch Wafers cure belching and foul breath caused by stomach trouble. It states they absorb gases, aid digestion, relieve seasickness, headaches, indigestion, cramps, and other stomach ailments, with a promise the offer may not appear again.
A collection of 1900s era health ads and claims describe cures for deafness through constitutional remedies and catarrh treatment. Also promoted are Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and Dean’s Kidney Pills with testimonials and price points, alongside general medical notices and international trade figures.
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