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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
10
Home cooks plan to make sweets for children and guests using new and classic recipes. Divinity fudge, peanut creams, fruit and nut confections, and maple sugar candies are described with steps and variations. Aromatic nuts are salted by quick methods, then enjoyed with festive flair.
The author argues public schools shape society beyond basic literacy. True value comes from teaching habits and social ideas that children reproduce. A cooperative, nonindustrial system, not a business model, best nurtures the living reproduction of human minds.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century craft list offers gift ideas including embroidered magazine covers in linen or leather, a toilet kit travel case, a bell shaped emery needle case, a flower embroidered workbag, a linen telephone index book, a linen napkin ring, and an embroidered sofa fashion with card case text suggesting handmade decorative items.
A reflective piece argues civilization evolves from utilitarian basics to esthetic growth. It contrasts ancient Greece and Rome with modern comforts like electric light, trains, and breathable urban design. The author envisions a future where beauty rises from solid foundations of science and daily toil.
A New York column provides guidance on pension matters for soldiers and their heirs. Topics include establishing disability proof, aiding divorced or widowed spouses, special examiners, and choosing the 1908 act. Readers in various states receive step by step actions and eligibility notes from C. B. Jones.
A newspaper ad touts a home remedy claiming to cure an acute cold in 24 hours using Compound Syrup of SarsaparillaTorIs compound and whiskey, with doses every four hours. The blurb notes ingredients are available at any drug store. It ends with a light note about a man named Timson who hides from his tailor until they meet in Switzerland.
A 1907 letter by George B. Farley from Concord New Hampshire describes extreme itching swelling and raw limbs below the knees that resisted multiple remedies. He reports complete relief and resumed normal activity within two days after applying Cutiura.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease not curable by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to work internally on blood and mucus membranes, developed by a noted practitioner with purifier tonics. The ad touts testimonials and urges purchase from F J Cheng Y Co Toledo and local druggists at 75 cents. It also promotes Half a Family Pills for large cities offering 138 U S cities with populations over 30 000.
Evanston resident Sophia Kittlesen describes twenty five year catarrh suffering and a severe cough finally relieved by Peruna. She reports throat pain vanished and overall health improved and recommends Peruna to friends. Peruna tablets offered as a tablet form of the medicine along with Man a Lin laxative and a 1909 almanac.
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