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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
3
Hon W H Kelbaugh, former West Virginia legislator, praises Peruna for curing a stubborn cold and restoring health. He states he used it after trying other medicines and costly doctors, and claims it strengthened him and saved money.
Mrs. Clara Litterst of Seafield Indiana says she suffered a severe cold last fall and used Perna vegan to improve her health and regain the ability to work.
A compact, playful clipping blends aphorisms and quips on money, romance, travel, and social manners. It jokes about rainbow riches, shy writers, jewelry of honesty, and a worldly financier who shirks responsibility, while playful lines critique eavesdropping chaperones and seeing beyond appearances.
The steam yacht Rose Marine, which set sail in October 1923 to search for a pirate treasure said to be hidden on Cocos Island, has returned to Southampton. Captain Mathews remains reticent on results, but says the voyage strengthened his belief in the project. The island search remains arduous.
Francois Geromini, longtime guardian of the Bastile column, has been pensioned by the French government. Born in Corsica, he left for military service in the grenadiers of the imperial guard, fought in Algiers and Rome, plus 1870 under Bourbaki, was captured and sent to Darmstadt, and after the empire fell served as Bastile concierge.
A Massachusetts physician reports relief in fifteen cases of pediatric constipation after feeding Grape Nuts. He cites natural bowel action, energy to the nervous system, and easier digestion as benefits, noting improved appetite and even dental health from chewing firm food. Read The Road to Wellville.
A 1916 era article encourages working women to value hard, honest labor over desire for easier distant comforts. It urges self reliance, professional improvement, proper dress, and respectful conduct at work while praising the enduring sacrifice of poor mothers who support families from crowded tenements. It also notes the dignity of women as workers and caregivers and laments social expectations.
A doily pattern for white linen or damask foundation shaped to fit a dish features a scalloped buttonhole edge and fish and rush embroidery suitable for any size. It explains blue tracing cloth transfer and repeated use. The piece notes the origin of the title colonel from the word signifying a column and a commander of the column.
Sargents Pictures Rare. Only three pictures by John 8. Sargent have been offered at auction in recent years. A head of a girl wearing a red shawl brought $750 at Christie's. A portrait of Ellen Terry, which fetched $6,000 and was sold subsequently for $15,000, and a half length portrait of a lady sold in 1903 for $685.
An explorer notes unlimited tundra berries in the Arctic sustain millions of birds. The cranberries cloudberries and crawberries ripen at summer’s end, while birds arrive at melting snow to feed on last year’s fruit during a brief Arctic season. The vast tundra stretches across Asia with vast quantities of berries preserved in snow and ice.
Eight ounces precipitated chalk and eight ounces orris root are combined with two ounces white castite soap two ounces borax one ounce myrrh and equal parts honey and glycerin to form a smooth paste. A touch of carmine adds color and wintergreen provides flavor.
Small elasticated white oversleeves keep children's sleeves clean during meals and play. Made from light material, they are easy to launder and fit at the top and wrist. Useful to protect cuffs of dresses that wear or slip during activities.
The advertisement extols Defiance Starch as free from injurious chemicals and safe for fine fabrics. It claims the starch’s strength reduces required quantity for a perfect finish on collars and cuffs, plus a formula for stiff gloss or domestic finish. It also references Ancestry of Dion Boucicault and mentions packaging directions and a price of lo oz for 10c salt by grocers.
A reader muses on why successful actors with large salaries stay in modest hotels. The remark suggests gendered social pressure and neighborly competition as a driver of dissatisfaction.
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