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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
4
Mrs M Harvey reports twelve year eczema relief after four days of Lurretns cure sold by druggists or mailed from J J Suur, Savannah Ga for 50 cents. The notice dates from November 21 1907 in Glencoe Maryland.
A record drive of 3 090 000 feet of logs arrived at the Lake Irving inlet where the Mississippi feeds the lake. The logs, cut in Itasca State Park and along the river, were moved from Lake Itasca in exactly thirty days with favorable water and no impediments. The entire drive will be boomed at Lake Bemidji for local milling in Bemidji correspondence.
A swallow built a nest on a hatpin between two wires, shorting the Ballard fire and police alarm network. Investigators traced the fault from Ballard to city hall and found the obstruction lay between the Fremont box and the next. The eight inch nest bridged the lines and caused the outage.
A pupil challenges a teacher to explain who Peter the Great was, with the response from the New York Press reflecting a classroom inquiry about the czar's identity and significance.
A Virginia mother reports improved health and successful nursing after adding Grape-Nuts to her diet following a doctor's advice. She says both she and her four month old baby gained strength, with the baby thriving while the mother handles all her work. The letter is presented by the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
A compilation of old advice on cleaning silver with hyposulfate solution, washing cut and pressed glass with borax and careful temperature control, and sanitation tips for infant milk. It also notes economical linen use by rotating sets and delaying reuse.
A compact list of old fashion desserts and breads. Cottage Pudding uses milk egg and flour with butter steam time thirty minutes. Sultana Sauce simmers raisin tea with sugar to a syrup. Stuffed Squash bakes with crumbs and cayenne. Corn Bread blends cornmeal with milk eggs soda sugar and butter. Baking Powder Biscuits use flour baking powder lard and milk. Raspberry Charlotte Russe layers lady fingers with raspberry custard and whipped cream.
Reverend G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies that four years of lumbago caused severe pain and movement, and Dean's Kidney Pills relieved the trouble after a short time. He shares his experience to help other kidney sufferers. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Too Busy. Do you keep a cow since you moved to your suburban home Chicago Record-Herald joke about chickens.
An OCR filled with patent medicine pitches and quirky lines lists Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward and testimonials. It includes references to Gerald and Geraldine jokes, Hicks’ Capuchine headache remedy, and Groves quinine iron tonic with unrelated blurbs about leap year bachelor buttons.
The Well-Informed world seeks a simple laxative and the California Fig Syrup Co. promotes Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna as a known value and ethical remedy. It claims physician approval for family use and urges purchase of the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A blunt ad warns buyers about adulterated white lead and touts National Lead Company and its Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee. It invites readers to request a free painting book and test equipment from National Lead Company in New York as the campaign concept mentions starts when coins rattle in a tin cup.
A collection of brief testimonials tout Cuticura and other remedies for eczema. Included are claims of full recovery for a brother after three summers, a Indiana mother curing her grandchild, and various notices of cures in Atlanta and Michigan. Other items mention Shuptrine remedies and Hicks Capuchine with brief product details.
A clipped fragment notes an engagement called off. The text mentions Etie Tre visiting New York for three weeks and a marginal mockery about a copy request. A Cornell Widow caption alludes to jokes about Three Weeks being throttled and destroyed.
A Kansas City Journal cartoon caption questions what true patriotism means as a boy prefers missing a game to watching a ball hit by the visiting team.
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