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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
7
A compilation of anecdotes on carefulness in business from John D Rockefeller Jr and a coal yard incident, a Derbyshire doctor resigning from a Midland golf club with a witty reply, and a testimonial praising Postum as a coffee substitute that improved health and weight. The piece cites Postum Co references and advertises the slogan There’s a Reason.
Reports list incidents from December including a snowslide that killed David H. Lindsay in the Big Horn mountains, a fatal Elko train wreck, and over forty sheep entered for a Helena wool convention. Bank failures in Rocky and Nye counties are noted, plus endowment fundraising in Colorado Springs. Also covered are ship collision in Portland, railroad work, a Seattle lodging house fire, and Oregon death records.
C L Wood, a prominent merchant from Fentress Norfolk Co Virginia, suffered months of kidney and bladder pain with scanty secretions. After using Corn Kidney Pills, he passed a stone and has had no kidney trouble since. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In an Ohio school a local school committee chair urges children to value education as the reason for higher wages. He points to a railway crew earning modest salaries and contrasts them with higher paid roles like timekeeper engineer and superintendent, concluding education is the difference.
A youth named Dick, up to age sixteen, laments feminine scorn but then attends dancing school and grows smitten. He asks his father for theater tickets for two and picks Mabel not for affection but for the experience, prompting a witty exchange about his motives.
A playful dialogue reveals a couple’s affection as they profess love with light humor. The exchange centers on mutual attraction and a promise of devotion amid casual, intimate banter.
Local ad copy extols Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any deafness case not cured, cites mucous inflammation and Eustachian tube blockage, and mentions Toledo firm Cheney & Co. Numerous product pitches appear next to Syrup of Mrs Winslow and Brown's Bronchial Trocheas.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee known as Fiddling Bob says he has not played a fiddle in twelve years and denies the popular tale. Representative Hughes questions his musical claims as the exchange reveals the senator’s blunt rebuttal.
Dr Earl S Sloan, son of a veterinary surgeon, leverages 20 years practice to develop remedies aimed at saving life and relieving animal suffering. Readers can request Sloan's Treatise on the Horse by writing to 6165 Albany Street Boston Mass for guidance on horse cattle hogs and poultry care.
The text blends jokes and quoted snippets with odd items and health offers. It mentions a Cape Breton maid questioning a statue, a Cape Breton remark about dead men, a nerve restorer ad, a name debate, a chauffeur elopement joke, Garfield Tea promise, and PAZO OINTMENT piles cure claims, ending with Nevada mining notes.
A downtown office boy framed a humorous timetable on the wall listing hours from 9 to 5 with distinctive blocks for book agents insurance agents church solicitors and social visitors. The note ends with a sharp line about transacting business at night. Also mentions Poruna Almanac in 8 000 000 homes available from druggists and urges early inquiry for the 1908 edition.
An article promotes the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven health product. It emphasizes its approval by physicians and wide acceptance, urging buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co version from leading druggists.
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