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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
4
A garden note describes planting honeysuckle and Esarpnikle vines to form a rapid growing hedge. The vines cover a simple fence, deter intrusion, mask unsightly views, and create a fragrant, windbreak canopied by leafy growth. It mentions timing and maintenance considerations.
Readers report health improvements after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. Testimonies mention relief from headaches stomach issues and heart and digestion problems. Several women describe immediate benefits and renewed energy after switching to Postum.
A fragment from an Atlanta Constitution piece shows a folk songish warning about a character called Puano, urging caution and escape when danger or trouble appears at a fork in the road. The text uses dialect and vivid imagery to convey risk and evasive action.
Charles Coburn driving 23 lambs from his Sierra farm to Los Angeles encounters a mountain lion and cubs as the crate is attacked at night. He shoots the lion after a tense battle, frees the damaged crate, and reaches the railroad with the herd. The lion and one cub are killed. the remaining cub lingers nearby.
Raised Up When Science Said There Was No Hope recounts G W L Nesbitt of Marion Kentucky praising Dosa’s Kidney Pills after a kidney ailment left him almost paralysed. He says three months of use brought rapid recovery and return to work. Also reports a fatal slate fall at Dnieper Bocker Mine in West Virginia killing Thomas Young and Franch Hurley, newlyweds.
A garbled wartime style notice mentions a reward and a suspect named Cheney with a history of dishonor. Also referenced are Hall’s Catarrh Cure ads and a note on C. C. Wertz, pioneer miner and Civil War veteran who died at an advanced age after opening Elk River’s first lock and dam in West Virginia.
A collage of consumer advice and patent medicine pitches. It warns buyers that pure white lead and linseed oil ensure lasting paint and offers a blowpipe test kit from National Lead Company. The page also promotes various remedies and aphorisms, with multiple brand claims and slogans.
A testimonial from Mrs V V Albert of Penningtonville Me notes rheumatism and leg sores healed after using Cuticura products. She claims burning pain ceased and sores dried in three weeks with full recovery in three months. Also mentions other medical ads and advice on giving and helping friends.
An old feature extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It cites Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri describing twelve years of suffering and eleven doctors before following Pinkham's advice to achieve restored health and strength.
The Well-Informed of the World demand simple health aids and the California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Fig Elixir of Geana and Elixir of Senna as an ethical laxative. Distributed through druggists at 50 cents and 7 1 2 cents.
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