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Newspaper
Potosi Journal
Location
Potosi, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
3
The back is described as the mainspring of a woman's body, signaling trouble through ache and accompanying symptoms like nervousness and headaches. It claims immediate feminine health care is needed and cites a single remedy to restore balance, though the remedy is not named in the text.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Missouri says three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured long lasting backaches and side pain after failed doctoring. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania reports severe backaches and sleeplessness eased, appetite returned, feels like a new woman. For thirty years the remedy has been standard for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration.
A fragment from a 1900s era ad style piece notes that Americans spend less on liquor than on hair oil and other goods while claiming over nine million hair oil products and cigars sold this year. It emphasizes quality driving sales and cites comparative figures for 1907 and 1906 sales.
A father explains to his son that an inspiration is the sudden recollection of someone likely to stand by or support him. The exchange frames inspiration as a personal memory guiding action and courage.
A short note extols Cocoanut Custard Pie praised when baked properly. grocers now offer OUR PIE packs at ten cents each, containing ingredients to make custard for two Cocoanut Custard pies.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause. E W Grove advises a dental student to begin drawing lessons.
President Roosevelt ordered an Erdman act investigation into looming railroad wage cuts after a railroad employers group signaled reductions. Charles Neill and ICC Chairman Knapp lead the inquiry with notes on wage advances last year totaling about 100 million to 310 million dollars affecting roughly 1.04 million workers across western lines. Wage pacts expire March 1 on most Western routes, with a one year term and a 60 days notice required for termination.
President Roosevelt shows no intent to change railroad regulation policy. An order directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to join with labor and mediation officials to probe why some railroads plan wage reductions for workers. The move mirrors previous government inquiries into railroad conduct.
The Missouri State University senior class elected marshals and speakers for the commencement. Highlights include Horton Hutchinson as marshal and Ethel Noshit as a student speaker, with note of class orators and honorary fraternities. A fire incident at Warrenton is mentioned along with historical notes on campus buildings and figures. Also covered is the tuberculosis asylum project and a brief feature on aging twins in Kansas City.
New York officers of the United Typothetae of America announced that the national council has ordered an appeal to the U S Supreme Court from Judge Thompson's Cincinnati circuit court ruling. The injunction against strikes or boycotts by the International Printing Pressmen Union and its officers was set aside. A national executive committee meeting was scheduled for February 28 in Chicago to assess the situation and plan a program.
A small town northwest of Emhogeas votes to issue bonds for 31000 to rebuild after a fire that destroyed the business district. One thousand dollars funds a new city hall while 120 dollars go to a municipal water plant.
A blaze in Seymour damaged three buildings near the square and threatened others on the east side. Officials fear an incendiary origin. Total loss estimated at 18,600 dollars with 10,009 dollars in reported damage.
Washington, D. C. Senator Asbury Co. Latimer died Thursday morning after a brief illness following an appendicitis operation. He was 57. Latimer succeeded John L. McLaurin in 1903 and had served four terms as a U.S. representative. He was a farmer by trade.
A mob in Statesburg Georgia killed Thompson Gilbert a Black faith healer who was summoned to aid Mrs Matthew Howard wife of a well known planter. Initial reports claimed an assault but later details show no such attack occurred and the shooting stemmed from a terrified scream.
In Daimel Ciudad Real masked assailants entered the town hall during a municipal council meeting and struck the mayor, and reportedly six councilmen, wounding several. The accused fled amid the chaos of the incident.
Sir-David Litton, 56, of Taylorville, was fatally injured Thursday morning when coal fell at Christian County Company's mine. Authorities say the accident occurred during ongoing mining operations with Litton trapped following the collapse.
At a Sulphur Oklahoma banquet for the Texas colony only frontier fare was served. The menu included black coffee beef beans and cornbread. Coffee was sweetened with sorghum molasses and bowie knives served as the sole silverware.
Henry McIlroy of London and Glasgow died by self strangulation, using a rope tightened with a poker. The fatal act occurred in his residence, with authorities treating it as a suicide inquest. No other persons were implicated.
Mrs. Mary Benfro, a Camden county resident, celebrated her 105th birthday anniversary recently in a local observance.
The Cooper County Horticultural society plans prizes to encourage boys in gardening and girls in floriculture, per the Bunceton Eagle. The article promotes cultivation and flower growing as moral and physical improvement for youth. Three Vernon County men die: Dr J N Leitensdorfer of Milo, 61, and two senior residents Christopher Eddleman, 83, Nevada, and Dr W R Lovell, 95, Lake township, all passing on the same day.
Drexel establishes an automobile club aiming to amplify its honking heard worldwide. The effort signals bold outreach from the campus group.
J. M. Hansen, head of the work department at Park College since 193, departs to Youngstown Ohio to serve as secretary of the Associated Charities work. He is remembered for his role as general secretary of Associated Charities work in Kansas City from 1899 to 1902.
Gov Folk names Miss Willie McWilliams to Clinton county school post replacing J D Marr who has resigned. McWilliams becomes the new school commissioner in the county, with the appointment effective immediately and to serve the term ahead under the state education department.
Cloverport judge J H Wills offers to answer inquiries from backache kidney and bladder ailment sufferers. He endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as the best remedy he knows and invites letters for questions. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Dr O F Renick a pioneer physician and surgeon died at his home in Butler aged 89. He had been coroner of Hates county for many years and held that office up to his death.
St Joseph distributes souvenir buttons with praise from the Gower Enterprise. The paper notes the new pin is strong and easier on clothing than the old suspender nail, signaling practical fashion improvements.
A neighboring boy is killed by a trolley car, plunging the town into mourning. Mary, grieving deeply, asks her mother if she will die from a disease rather than from an injury, revealing a child’s naive fear of death.
St Paul reports a heavy expected settlement movement to the Canadian Northwest from the United States in 1908. Railroads offer homeseeker rates comparable to years past, with favorable districts, while Alberta's winter wheat belt reports unusually mild conditions and strong yields across multiple farms and crops.
A figures of authority warns that some men will do anything for money while Mike responds with denial, highlighting tensions over integrity and financial influence in local affairs.
An advertisement extols Salter's strain of Macaroni or Kubanka wheat as pure Dakota grown seed that resists drought and rust, promising 40 to 80 bushels per acre in various regions and 40 to 60 on arid lands. It urges 10¢ for the seed offer from John A. Salter Seed Co. and mentions other seed varieties and a free sample package. A separate anecdote about a Brooklyn servant Nora features a punchy end line about deceit.
Since the Courtrai robbery of a Van Dyck churches in Bruges have hardened security. Notre Dame Bruges uses a night watchman with a dog, and the Cathedral of St. Saviour plus other churches employ similar patrols to deter thefts.
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