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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
6
A long compendium of editorials and notices weaves medical cures with local happenings. It cites Dr. Pierce’s claims about stomach health, remarks on Republican politics, and a string of incidents from Spencer and Pike counties including marriages, accidents, and public notices.
Everett, former organizer who helped form the society, accuses Speer of publishing attacks in his paper. Speer, editor of the Ft. Branch Herald, is well known in Gibson County and has many friends. He was released on a $200 bond Friday afternoon.
Harry Wilson of Waynetown Indiana says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is unequaled for croup and cold throat troubles. Given at first sign of croup it can prevent the attack and is used in thousands of homes. Sold by T C Basye.
Texas is not a land of milk and honey but a land of beans and brains corned beef and courage onions and optimism oranges and opportunity alfalfa and ambition poll taxes and patriotism truck patches and profits farms and firesides and happy faces Let Texas grow. Fort Worth Star
A brief advertisement notes DeWitt's Little Early Riser liver pills are small safe and sure. Sold by T. C. Basye.
A traveler party, a fool, a barber, and a bald headed man, lose their way and sleep outdoors. They take turns watching. the barber amuses himself by shaving the sleeping fool, who wakes and exclaims that the barber shaved the bald headed man instead. The incident is noted by the Liverpool Mercury.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School in Havana Cuba lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after his baby suffered a severe cold. He recalls his mother's use of the remedy and states it saved the child's life within days. Sold by T C Basye.
Lord Orford’s anecdote recounts Bishop Burnet dining with the Duchess of Marlborough after the duke’s downfall. Burnet likens Marlborough to Belisarius, prompting the duchess to ask how a great general could be abandoned. The remark leaves listeners speechless at the parallel.
An advertisement promotes DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve sold by T. C. Basye. It claims healing smoothing and cooling effects and notes use for piles.
A broker calls at the office asking for Mr Middleman. The clerk says he is out on a wheat matter but not long or short. he is out because he was short. The exchange appears as a humorous quip from the Philadelphia Press.
An old ad urges readers to treat a cough with a reliable remedy that moves the bowels while soothing inflammation. Kennedy's Laxative and Cough Syrup is described as gentle and pleasant tasting, recommended for children, and sold by T. C. Basye.
Professor W J Direnge mocks modern cynicism on love with a quip about a bricklayer and a plumber. Mr John Riha of Vining Indiana touts De Witt’s Kidney and Fladder Pills, claiming many customers and personal success with the remedy sold by T C Basye.
The passage notes early stereotyping known in 1711 and practiced by William Ged of Edinburgh around 1730 with plates seen at the Royal Institution London. It cites attempts by Mr James to introduce Ged's process in London in 1735, and mentions Holland printing of two quarto Bibles and a Dutch folio Bible, revived in London by Wilson in 1864. It then discusses electrotyping since 1850 improving durability, and ends with Kodol as a stomach remedy guaranteed to give relief, sold by T. Basye.
A Louisville Courier Journal flavor line quotes a man asking about his early struggles. He replies with a boastful retort that he never faced early hardship and always took things as they came. The exchange reads as a folksy era anecdote.
A letter from Hon Jale Moore State Warden of Georgi reports dramatic relief from chronic dyspepsia after using Kadol. The testimonial from Jake Moore of Atlanta dated Aug 10 1904 claims weight gain and improved health. Sold by T Basye Chicago.
In Washington, Willis J. Abbot analyzes Kentucky politics with Beckham and the four Democratic defectors under fire. He links Bourbon allies and Blackburn payoffs to the senator race while detailing the submarine boat lobby and navy graft concerns prompting a pending Senate inquiry.
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