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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement touts the famous California Fig Syrup Company laxative as a simple pleasant and efficient remedy. It emphasizes ethical production and physician approval and urges purchase of the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A lighthearted note from a rural paper recalls a young man named Kid Gee Whiz who laments loneliness until he finds a girlfriend in spring. The light verse reflects small town humor and seasonal romance.
The Natal Witness notes a sharp increase in self harm among Europeans with three reported cases in four weeks, four times England and Wales rates, while Durban sees about one per day. The piece discusses alarming trends and public concern over the crisis.
A discussion notes that lawmakers cannot pass a law to stop dogs from barking and disturbing people. The question is raised whether existing laws against barkers would apply to the issue.
An OCR fragment advertises Marine Eye Remedy by Marine Boesn't mart-Scothea Ee for red weak weary watery eyes sold at 50 cents. It mentions Marie Eye Remedy Co Chicago and includes dated quotes and other unrelated medical snippets.
The steamship Larache struck rocks near Muros and sank within minutes. Fifty-five or more aboard were saved, but eighty-five remain missing or feared dead. Rescue by local fishing boats was hindered by fog. the captain, doctor, and first officer died. Most passengers were Argentine residents.
Marquis Nakihiro Ikeda of Japanese royalty sailed on the Mauretania to Liverpool. He is Prince Keiki Tokuyama’s son, stating America has the handsomest women, the tallest buildings, and the greatest activity of any country he has visited.
Five people are dead and many injured after an explosion and subsequent fire in a five story building used as a boarding house. The blast occurred in the Pabst Chemical company plant on the ground floor. Four victims are members of one family including the mother and three children. their bodies were found by firefighters on the third floor. The fifth victim is Emil Scholy.
The Brooklyn Ferry property and rights worth $10,000,000 were sold at public auction in New York for $25,000 to the New York Terminal Company, the sole bidder. Most ferry lines will close unless the city or new owner arranges a takeover or agreement.
With the recount nearing completion Clarence J. Shearin for Hearst charges ballot boxes were stuffed. Hearst had started with 3 834 votes ahead of McClellan and after reporting 46 boxes unreported the net gain is 863 giving a 2 971 plurality for McClellan.
Private Bank owned by Antonio Bonetti at Woodland avenue and Fast Ninth street closed on Thursday. The bank served Italian patrons and held about $100,000 in deposits. Bonetti reportedly left the city days earlier promising to return next Saturday as a large Italian crowd gathered and police were called to protect the building.
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the national Democratic committee, predicts Bryan will be nominated on the first ballot with John W. Kern of Indiana as running mate. He says Kern will be placed in nomination by John W. Lamb or B. F. actively, both of Indiana, and his nomination should follow.
Samuel Fridley of near Mount Vernon South Dakota was killed in an electrical storm. Other items note twelve drowning deaths at New York City beaches, a Baton Rouge train wreck with one dead and fifteen injured, and various world and local notices.
The twenty eighth Montana State Christian association convention met in Billings. Other items report a Reno library robbery, a Portland executive named Fyavier elected, a Nevada fatal fire incident, a Laurel death by train, a Colorado Springs engineer's death, a Reno missing boy found in Stillwater, Oregon hop boycotts, an Isthmian Canal shift, a Montana wreck near Garrytown killing engineer Mulllen, and various local crimes and political events across Montana, Nevada, Colorado and California.
A New Jersey shoe factory owner’s son is teased by a New York telephone desk girl who decks him with a fake call from his supposed wife. The prank turns into a running joke as the girl boasts of her power to disrupt Mr Smith’s day and stir confusion with playful mischief.
A Montreal woman describes twenty five years of eczema failing doctors and a drastic remedy. After two treatments swelling subsided and within two months new skin formed. The physician advised amputation but the Cuticura regimen cured her, and she remains clear over seven years.
An early Victim report describes a mutual improvement society gathering where Miss Molemy Brown was unable to sing due to a cold. Mr Green performs A Song of Thanksgiving as the program proceeds while a debate on when a person is considered old appears in a Hearts of Oak Journal excerpt.
Wives complain of the monotony of marriage yet many men face the same dull routine at home. The piece urges both wives and bachelors to cultivate interests and hobbies to escape tiresome sameness, insisting marriages become monotonous only if both partners let it happen.
Snippet shows fragmented lines about coffee brands and refunds. The text mentions Java Mocha and a grocer refunding money, then stray dialogue about a country picnic and manners, with a trembling speaker and a bull appearance implied. The readable content is incomplete and lacks coherent event.
Otto E Schaar president of the Waiters club of New York clashes in a recent argument on tipping and uses a sharp retort comparing a woman's reply in a German court to a case of poisoning. The prosecuting attorney notes the arsenic filled body and the woman says her husband was a big eater.
A historical advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for sick women. It cites testimonials and letters from women claiming cure and relief, asserts safety, and promotes avoiding surgery through herbal roots and herbs.
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