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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
7
Advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery made with glycerine and native medicinal roots. It claims to cure weak stomach indigestion biliousness and related throat bronchial and catarrhal ailments and warns it will not cure advanced consumption while urging timely use and free mailings of endorsements.
A Breckenridge County school favors a rule allowing a boy to kiss a girl who misspells a word in class. The note highlights local social games, patent medicines, a new pottery project, tobacco growers meetings, and various regional notices with names like DeWitt and Basye.
A minister at a editorial convention offers a toast praising editors while joking that readers can save them from starvation bankruptcy and despair by supporting the paper with prompt payments advertising free news and clear letters. He quips that burying editors prevents mistakes since dead people never err.
An old advertisement claims Cascasweet calms a peevish infant with no opiates or harmful drugs and asserts compliance with the National Pure Food and Drugs Law. It mentions general mother approval and sale by retailers.
A Dale Catholic church committee has spent a week visiting neighboring congregations to discuss and decide on future plans for their parish. Local leaders say the visits aim to gather input and align on community needs.
A physician asserts that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures chronic piles and constipation through easy natural bowels movements without surgery. Letters from cured sufferers nationwide support the claim. Sold by all druggists at 50c and 1.00. free sample offered by Pepsin Syrup Co. for first-time users.
A contract for the Dale building goes to Huntingburg Pressed Brick Co. at 70e per hundred delivered brick with work date undecided. Work started at Whitely tobacco barn this week with several loads delivered. Lewis Heidelbech injured by a flying wedge left eye nose and nose bone crushed. Grant Johnson in Dale completed Spencer county exhibit work for National Corn Exhibition Omaha Dec 9 19. Exhibits from eight locals and prizes up to three thousand dollars. Beware frequent colds prompt Chamberlain Cough Remedy recommendation from Mrs. M White Butler Tenn. endorsed by T. C. Basye.
Abalone shellfish abounds in Southern California waters with export potential in hundreds of tons yearly. A Chinese market is seen as a ready outlet for the delicacy. Once dried, abalone is now being canned for sale.
An advertisement urges dieting not to cure indigestion and promotes Kodol as a natural digestive aid. It claims Kodol digests all food, strengthens a weak stomach, is pleasant to take, and guarantees relief from stomach trouble. Sold by T Basye.
Dallas sits of Roosevelt country life commission heard farmers resist new ideas yet embrace scientific farming and home beautification. Speakers urged book posts parcels post and agricultural labs in high schools while touting county farms as potential experiment stations and rural schools as social centers. T. Y. Munson warned tuberculosis threatens 8 million Americans.
Boston readers admire new subway station signs for artful effect. The Milk station sign shows only the word Milk, while the entrance lies on Water street causing bemused travelers to wonder at the odd pairing.
A French paper introduces a so called science predicting fortunes from speech traits. It claims a long tongue signals prosperity while a narrow tongue denotes divination, and a short but large tongue indicates a good lover with many voyages ahead.
Jacob A Riis recalls Yuletide in an old town with 806 years of tower history. The town band climbs ladders at dawn to play four hymns facing each compass point, beginning with A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, while storekeepers and artisans echo devout crowds below. The memory lingers as bells roll across fields and heath, marking a moving, surreal Christmas ritual.
A group of Denver’s young women form a first aid society aimed at teaching how to treat car accident injuries. Attendees at a lecture by Dr. William Edmonson include Imma Phipps, Mrs. Harold Kountze, Miss May Kistler, and Miss Edith Thomas. They learn splinting, bandaging, blood control, and injury care to prevent serious outcomes.
Pittsburgh Nationals catcher George Gibson experiments by running a jackrabbit daily near London Ontario to stay in shape. He writes to Barney Dreyfuss about the lone rabbit, noting its speed and joking of using it for training before taking it to Hot Springs for conditioning.
The president ordered four pairs of knee high hunting boots from a Brockton Massachusetts factory. More than forty measurements were taken for each foot to create plaster casts and build waterproof boots with an extra double sole and waterproof stitching.
An apparatus is under construction in Philadelphia for a coal mining and navigation company. It will lift canalboats sixty feet and dump coal into a storage pile a wharf or the hold of another vessel.
A proposed fifteen mile motor approach road to London would be forty to sixty feet wide with a maximum gradient of one to thirty. Estimated cost is two hundred thousand dollars per mile.
A damaged note outlines a new naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii with projected cost and capacity. It mentions a figure of 5,000,000 and indicates build timing around 1613.
Wanted salesmen for Stark Bros Trees offer steady cash weekly and an outfit. The ad promises a long 83 year tree-growing record and easy selling in the territory. Also includes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy promotion and a brief essay on the origins of the handshake as a peace gesture.
Every case of backache weak back bladder inflammation and rheumatic pains is dangerous if neglected for such troubles are nearly always due to weak kidneys Take DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills They are antiseptic and soothe pain quickly Insist upon DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Regular size 50c Sold by T. C. Basye.
A letter of thanks notes the beautiful clock arriving in perfect condition and placed in the parlor atop the book shelves awaiting a visit from the giver and her husband. Separately an ad promotes Wood Liver Medicine in liquid form claiming liver relief, headache and constipation relief, with a dollar bottle claimed to contain 234 times the dose.
The article notes blasting marble is impracticable due to quarrying methods used since the Partheson era over 2300 years ago, with blocks split using traditional techniques.
Colds are relieved quickly with Bees Laxative Cough Syrup whose laxative action rids the system of the cold. Pleasant to take and advertised as best for children for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Sold
The team felt overwhelmed by constant messages coaching and nagging, yet the pressure pushed them to reset and respond with renewed effort. They faced a coaching style that combined guidance with persistent reminders.
Small gold globules claim direct kidney action and blood purification. A 31 day trial costs $1.00 and promises relief from backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue.
Telegraph instruments in New York City record about 25 000 messages daily throughout the year. The figure reflects high volume as operators handle rapid dispatches and routine communications across the metropolis.
For eczema and related skin conditions the salve is said to relieve intense itching almost instantly. The advertisement notes many severe cases cured and lists T. C. Basye as the seller.
A reflective line notes that personal impact comes from tone and manner rather than words alone, suggesting empathy and self awareness in how criticism is conveyed. It contrasts external opinions with the delivery and character of the speaker.
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