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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
7
Dozens of lines warn that women visit family physicians for varied symptoms masking uterine disease. The piece criticizes misdiagnosis and long, costly treatments, promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe, feminine tonic and stimulant. It claims it eases nervous symptoms, restores sleep, and supports digestion, with Pleasant Pellets as a stimulant and laxative aid.
Herbert Masterson five year old son of Mr and Mrs William Masterson of Troy is being taken to Indianapolis Pasters Institute for treatment after being bitten by a mad dog. Parents opted for preventive care to avoid complications.
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment recalls a girl’s summer leave in Kentucky describing a stubborn horse sent by Cousin Hal. The horse refused to move, taking her to a saloon’s side door, forcing her to dismount and remount, while male relatives deny ever riding it.
Every case of backache and bladder inflammation is warned as dangerous if untreated due to weak kidneys. The ad promotes DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic and fast-acting, urging insistence on the regular size pills sold by T. U. Buasye.
The Boonville Enquirer reports Lindsey, Lind sey & Tweedy dissolve with Lindsey & Lindsey remaining at the old stand and Tweedy forming a partnership with Mr. One Youngblood on the east side of the Square over Klostermeyer's grocery. Caleb J. Lindsey is named Warrick County Attorney for 1909 as the sole applicant, a choice praised as careful and faithful to local interests.
The Shillalah traces its name to Wicklow barony trees where the finest specimens grew. A root-sprung sapling is seasoned in a chimney then oiled and wrapped in brown paper buried in a hotbed. The proprietor watches closely to prevent warp and ensure a perfectly straight piece of timber.
A promotional note claims Kodol for Dyspepsia combines natural digestive juices and vegetable acids to digest all foods under any condition. It guarantees prompt relief from stomach trouble and asserts it will cure dyspepsia, sold by T. C. Basye.
Remarks suggest a decline in intimate male friendships due to busy modern life. Some argue changes in social roles make equals of men and women more common in exchanges, impacting traditional male bonding.
Readers learn a mild herb laxative can normalize bowel movements without pain. Testimonials from doctors and patients claim Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin safely eases constipation, aids digestion, and strengthens the system. free samples offered by mail from Pepsin Syrup Co.
A foreman explains that on crowded building floors a “green” recruit once carried an “old man” up eighteen stories. The kid misunderstood the phrase, thinking it meant a real person, but the elder was actually a tool named old man, used to stop a collapse in progress.
Advertising copy touting Rings Little Liver Pills for biliousness and a sick headache with a claim they keep you well. Mentions price of 25 cents and selling by T. C. Basye.
The piece describes how artist Thomas Nast could distort features yet retain recognition. He studied subjects in conversation, left his cane as a ruse to revisit a memory, then made a sketch on a card. The habit allowed him to immortalize figures and perfect likenesses from memory. Joe Keppler similarly sought statesmen in Washington for drawings, avoiding photographs.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascasweet as safe for a fussy infant. It claims no opiates or harmful drugs and notes compliance with the National Pure Food and Drugs Law while urging purchase through retailers.
Sir Walter Scott published his books anonymously until financial embarrassments brought his name to light. Prior to that time he had become famous and all England was talking of "The Great Unknown" as he was called.
The Teachers Journal in Marion Indiana mounts a broad challenge to state uniformity laws for public school books. It cites figures from Harvard Angell and Columbia Butler among educators opposed to uniform texts and outlines historical graft fears, preceding carpet bag regimes, Minnesota and California episodes, and Indiana's 1905 ten year adoption policy.
Recount of 1891 to 1905 attempts at standardizing or localizing text book selections in Missouri and other states. Describes voting by county boards, executive sessions, and alleged publisher combining to control adoptions, with cost, monopoly concerns, and calls for open market competition.
Wanted salesmen to sell Stark Trees with weekly cash pay. Easy to sell products boasting an 83-year record behind them. We provide order-getting outfit and full support. Address: Stark Bros Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri.
An attentive listener is a joy and improves understanding while an inattentive one creates strain. Listen with eyes face and heart, maintaining direct gaze to the speaker to show genuine interest and avoid offense. focus on the person talking.
An advertisement touts Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form as a tonic that relieves sick headache constipation stomach and kidney disorders and acts as a gentle laxative. It promises relief from chills fever and malaria with the first dose and notes a one dollar bottle contains 24 times the contents of the fifty cent size sold by T C Basye.
The display includes a dummy stomach used to hide contraband goods, a horse collar filled with chartreuse, and a cart shaft containing rolled lace. Guards at Paris gates kept watch as the devices were demonstrated, illustrating how smugglers evaded officials.
Colds this season relived quickly by Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It uses laxative action to clear the system. Pleasant to take. Suitable for children for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by T. C. Basye.
A Hearth and Home remark notes a man who cannot travel yet enjoys the illusion of travel. He studies costs, attire, schedules, and buys timetables then plans trips in imagination after reading travel books. The piece highlights the charm of dreaming as a substitute for motion.
Pineules for the Kidneys are small golden globules said to act directly on the kidneys. A 30 days trial costs $1.00 and promises quick relief from backache rheumatism lumbago and fatigue. Sold by T. C. Busye as a blood purifier.
In a celebrated case Roger Minot Sherman quipped that his opponent could not prove high point or cut a hair lengthwise. The rival sharply split a beard hair with a knife as the court laughed, prompting Sherman to retort I said a hair not a bristle.
A reader touts ManZan Pile Remedy as providing immediate relief for all piles. An article notes abundant abalone in Southern California waters, export potential to China, and a shift from drying to canning for market sale.
A dated discussion cites available inscriptions and Sri Lankan chronicles. The latest writer places Buddha's Nirvana at 487 B C and, given an 80 year life span, suggests a birth year of 567 B C.
The passage explains that in ancient days people offered their right hands when meeting to show their hands were empty and harmless. This gesture stood as a peace treaty showing intent to avoid conflict and demonstrate friendship.
In Burns' Land, the Auld Brig, once Tam Shanter’s escape over his mare’s tail, is preserved as a sacred historical relic though no longer used. A new bridge now stands nearby, a few yards away from the old crossing.
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