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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
7
RS Lizzie Lohr of Chicago describes a year of night sweats and weakness, notes doctors proposed surgery, and credits Dr Hartman and Peruna after four months of treatment. She says she used five bottles and offers to share her case with others, as a widow and mother of six children.
A young lawyer defends a notorious burglar in his first case and asks how long his jury speech should last. An aging lawyer suggests an hour to keep the defendant before sentencing. A joke follows about a will and a mispronounced testament. Also a waiter humor piece ends with a pun about a five cent tip being a good start.
A Texas girl recalls starting coffee early, switching to Postum Food Coffee, and experiencing relief from nerves indigestion and headaches. She notes clearer skin and better energy for teaching, says others misprepare it and later try again, with Postum linked to Battle Creek Michigan by the maker.
Illinois marks eighty nine years since statehood with Chicago celebrations and university observances. Reports note saloons closing under local option, a new union depot planned for Carmi, and Governor Deneen commuting a prison sentence. Other items cover a mother killed before children, an interurban railway dissolution, accidental deaths, oil finds, a pioneer dies, a congressman’s death from typhoid, and a new Catholic church planned for Dubois Nashville.
G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write him for details of how Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after long hospital treatment and severe back pain He reports gaining 19 pounds after 10 or 12 boxes and says the pills cost 50 cents a box Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A wealthy man revisits his native village and tells old cronies of his rise. An old character encounters him and, after a pause, quips that forty years ago he had no money and now he is holding his own, illustrating pride and irony.
An aggregation of 19th century advertising blurbs and notices. The page mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a reward offer, testimonials, and pricing, plus various mentions of autos in Abyssinia, starch brands, ideas of home, Japan’s gender ratio, a piles remedy, a smoking cigar ad, and Bank of England employment figures.
Winnipeg Correspondence asserts Western Canada soil yields top grain in the past season with frosts limiting potential. It notes vast lands open for homesteads with 160 acres free, entry via proxy, and cites Craik Saskatchewan with a Dahlia showing rapid bloom as evidence of soil strength.
A county fair booth hawks zigzag items sold as skirt patterns to women and maps of Mars to men while Defiance Starch claims chemical free safety for fine fabrics and great stiffness. The piece notes the Saturday half holiday began in England in the eleventh century.
A scan of a period ad page highlights Defiance Starch boasting one third more starch per package for the same price. Other bits note France’s limited telephone use and a bromide cough remedy branded LAXATER BP and an assertion about Niagara Falls’ power value at forty six million dollars annually.
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