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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative. It emphasizes honesty, natural action, no debility, and physician approval. The copy urges buying the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co. via leading druggists.
A New York World piece recalls a tenderloin precinct officer intervening in a minor campus style incident as a boy mislabels coin quarters. A Georgia slave descendant memoir offers wry observations by Uncle Moton. A Chicago hotel gag has a man signing as William Henry Tyler III while another writes John Smith MDCCCLXLIX on the pen slip.
A girl recalls her mother’s seven year battle with nervous headaches and coffee and how switching to Postum cured her. She describes teaching a friend proper Postum preparation, leading to both homes banishing coffee. Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan promotes a booklet “The Road to Wellness.”
A farmer describes converting two acres to peaches and apples near five miles from fruit markets. He shares soil type, drainage, and a three foot ditch to stop root spread, plus meticulous preplanting soil work, manure, and cover crops. He bought trees direct from a nursery to save costs, planted 30 feet apart, and uses rye and crimson clover as seasonal crops. protection measures include rabbit wrapping and spring lime whitewashing to deter worms.
An illustrated pruning device helps trim raspberries and blackberries with fewer scratches. It uses a long 144x1% inch piece with a four inch slit to hold a mower knife and a second 144x1% inch piece attached at the opposite end. The uprights connect to a lever for operation.
French researchers seek regulation to label arsenic and insecticides as poison and to color or package them clearly so they cannot be mistaken for food. Buyers and sellers would share responsibility for denaturing arsenic to prevent misuse.
Prepare land ahead for spring planting of fruit producing vines and canes. Do so as far in advance of use as possible to ensure optimal soil conditions and root establishment.
A discussion compares thoroughly tilled soil with poorly tilled ground, noting that well-tiled soil supports better crop growth, root expansion, and nutrient access, boosting overall yield.
Bernard P. Woods of Lonaconing Maryland reports years of fatigue dizziness and backache from heavy labor. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with steady improvement and eventual cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The speaker Mr Woodson declares he will never wear a high hat again when snowballs are ripe, signaling a playful stance on winter mischief and attire in the current season.
An Illinois recipient mails 12c for a seed and flower catalog promising various seed packets including Quick Quick Carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage and Berliner Earliest Cauliflower mailed postpaid. The notice also promotes Castoria with the warning signature and long usage claim.
An old sour witch warns of peril as broomstick flying collides with gas bag air mobiles and wheeled vehicles. She fears the pitched danger of modern travel obstructing magical spell travel.
A quirky note promotes lemon pie making with the call to try the “OUR PIEB” preparation priced at 10 cents. The text cites a quip about trying old methods and ends with a quoted line on sacrifice as a duty, attributed to Froude.
Tourists roam Ciudad Juarez with delight at adobe houses and narrow streets but a New Yorker’s boastful sign reading BIGGEST BEER IN TOWN 5c shocks a maiden lady who had praised the town’s quaintness. The exchange ends with her silent indignation.
Dorothy, Lady Stanley, widow of the explorer Sir Henry M. Stanley, married a few days ago to Henry Curtis. Curtis is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Since Stanley's death three years ago she has lived a recluse at Furze Hill, Surrey, where Stanley is buried.
Advertised cure claims to treat catarrh as a constitutional disease by internal remedies. Says Hall's Catarrh Cure works systemically on blood and mucous surfaces and is recommended by leading physicians. Includes testimonials and free sample offer and locations in Toledo Ohio.
Mrs Mary Ellen Barraby of Brockton Massachusetts celebrates her 105th birthday having started smoking a pipe at 80 and laments not starting at 40. An advertisement promises easy money selling Family Health Tablets Liniment and Salve by Vesena Company offering exclusive territories and no experience required.
An old note states Italy owns the three largest churches St Peter's in Rome the Duomo in Milan and St Paul's at Rome. It cites a 1908 suggestion to take Garfield Tea to soothe digestion purify blood and bring good cheer as an offshoot of wisdom by Bovee.
Mt. Washington Missouri clergyman Rev Geo A Troutman and his wife praise Peruna tablet form for catarrh and la grippe. He notes Dr Hartman and team labored to create tablet versions and claims each tablet equals the medicinal ingredients of Peruna previously in liquid form.
A German tourist stated that doing nothing is the national occupation of Koreans, reflecting a dated stereotype. The remark appears in a historical newspaper fragment describing attitudes toward Korea.
Local dealer promotes Lewis Single Pane remedy for piles claiming cure in six to fourteen days. Ad asserts duty and quotes Channing while urging smokers to inquire at Lewis Factory in ra Illinois.
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