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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
10
A white-haired English club member in Hong Kong becomes furious after finding a Chinese inscription on an envelope meant for the butler. He interrogates the hall porter, who had written In Chinese that the letter was for the old baboon with white fur. The man is noted as a first-class scholar in Chinese.
An eminent specialist prescribes Corpus Compound as a guaranteed cure for hair growth, dandruff, and skin itching. Mix one ounce of Corpus Compound with eight ounces of water to make a home solution. genuine compound is sold postpaid for fifty cents by The H Edward Gove Co., Mfg. Chemists, Haverhill, Mass.
A Washington man traveling for business visited New York then ran into Connecticut where he formerly lived. He approached an elderly local and learned the man was born near the area, revealing the speaker’s disappointment that the native had not always lived nearby and that the birthplace was nearby.
Letters from women across communities claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured them and saved many from surgery. The ads describe the product as plant based, drug free, and aimed at restoring the feminine system to a healthy state.
The report lists diverse happenings: James Oliver, the plow magnate, dies at 84 in South Bend. Major public actions include Columbus banning nickel theaters, Berwick plant resuming 4000 jobs, and $25,000 aid for Collinwood schoolhouse survivors. Labor strikes ease in Detroit while a Tokyo area fire devastates Noda Soy. Strikes, wind damage in Chicago, and political moves in Kentucky and Chihuahua round out the snapshot.
In a New York Evening Telegram excerpt a village encounter shows a villager asking if a recent conversion was real. The grandfather, a minister, retorts the Almighty had nothing to do with the conversion, reflecting skepticism and humor about religious turnings.
A woman recounts her brother’s years of eczema relief after using Cuticura Ointment. She also cites a Michigan mother who says Cuticura Remedies cured her son’s severe eczema, with proof from Mrs. Sarah B. Lusk in 1907.
A quoted exchange shows a woman and her husband debating accountability. She asks if he ever admits fault, he replies yes often but doubts his own belief in it. The dialogue hints at marital tension and skepticism about honesty.
The narrator recalls his wife urging perseverance and faith in a future monument to his worth. She promises to build a monument herself if the world does not appreciate him, and he notes the weather may turn but he will venture outside. The dialogue reveals a hopeful, intimate exchange about recognition and resilience.
A Connecticut man recounts a tale of two Irishmen from Boston driving through the state. They notice barns topped with large rooster weather vanes and a joke about the reason for a rooster and river-shin on barns.
A columnist notes Prof Price presenting tariff arguments with impartiality and balanced view of both parties. After the speech he is thanked by members of the Woman's Current Events club who compare the tariff discussion to a lover's quarrel between free traders and protectionists.
A Pennsylvanian patient recounts relief from chronic indigestion after doctors prescribed Grape-Nuts. He describes rapid improvement, renewed vigor, and clearer thinking within weeks, praising the food and the inventor honored by Postum Co. on the Road to Wellville.
A long illness from kidney trouble left the speaker bedridden with back pain and weakness. After trying many remedies, Doan's Kidney Pills brought a complete recovery. The speaker credits the pills with saving his life and health and notes the product was sold everywhere for 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co.
An OCR fragment mixes quotes on automobiles in Borneo with medical patent remedies for catarrh and bronchial issues. It mentions Cheney’s Catarrh Cure, Garfield Tea, Brown’s Bronchial Tracheas, and other home remedies, plus assorted misspellings and ad-like lines about fashion and weather.
A fragment recounts President Schurman criticizing youth indecision in choosing courses and a story of an old man who economizes on wives’ inscriptions by carving Christian names on small stones with guiding epitaphs pointing to larger headstones.
The Rural New Yorker praises Salzer's Earliest Potato as the earliest of 38 sorts yielding 464 bu per acre and Salzer's Early Wisconsin at 736 bu. per acre. The notice requests 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis for the only original seed catalog with samples of Emperor William Oats, Silver King Barley, Billion Dollar Graza, Sainfain and more plus a pack of new farm seeds.
The Herald and Presbyter notes that very few authors sleep more than seven hours a day while suggesting their rest fuels work for others. The remark frames authorship as a gift powered by rest to benefit readers.
Advertisement urges readers to send 25 cents to the Jerome H. Remick Co. for the words and music of nine pieces from the Merry Widow opera. Claim markets are active in London Paris and New York. The note mentions a profit claim and costs.
An 19th century testimonial style note touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for hot sweaty feet with swelling and aching. It lists Druggists as sellers and includes a compact, fragmentary ad text about remedies and headaches tied to October to May seasons.
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