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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
Advertisements report kidney pill samples aiding sufferers from bed wetting and nocturnal urination. Testimonials claim relief from back pain swelling and dropsy signs, with improved urination and weight gain after using Dean's Kidney Pills and Tyans Kidney Pills. Mention notes a fireman and several named places.
A quirky mix of ads and notices tout Defiance Cold Water Starch with 16 oz per 10¢ package, bragging it beats rivals in both quality and quantity. Also mentions Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children and a kitchen stove slogan, ending with a Boston question about grammar and faith.
A collage of vintage ad lines notes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75e, Baxter's Tulihead with a one word qualifier Quality, a quip about whiskey and Howe, a cold cure promise with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, and a humorous exchange about proposing and smoking a Bullhead 50 cent clear.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as a near miraculous remedy for eczema psoriasis ringworm and related skin troubles. It claims rapid relief from itching burning and disfigurement and urges cleansing with soap applying ointment and taking Resolvent to purify the blood, promising permanent and economical cure.
Sensible advice to women during the change of life promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites thousands of letters including one from Rena Ross of Roslindale Massachusetts praising the remedy and offering a $6000 forfeit if the original letter cannot be produced.
An Albany Indiana special to the Indianapolis Sentinel recounts Capt John B Ford founder of the United States polished plate glass industry. Ford built the first polished plate glass factory in New Albany and later firms, creating a fortune by age 78. He died cancer looming, having funded churches and large bequests.
The present cabinet favors short names with five of nine advisers having one syllable names. The piece compares current names with predecessors, noting similar letter counts and the trend toward signing documents with initials. It observes officials often switch from full names to abbreviated forms for efficiency.
The article recounts ex-Speaker John G. Carlisle, now a New York lawyer, mocked for a speech claim about secession and the U S, detailing how a Tribune reprint revived the yarn, Carlisle’s denial, and how the lie ruined his political prospects.
A Stranger asks about trouble as a crowd gathers near a tall city building for a man who fell from the top floor about half an hour earlier. The fragmentary text also advertises several products and local notices from a bygone era.
The Baltimore Sun reports Arizona's main sheep plant operates twenty gasoline powered clippers run by skilled shearers. A worker clips 100 to 125 sheep daily with even wool removal, improving condition and uniform staple compared to hand shearing. Some risk of sun blistering exists if settings are not regulated.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recalls an Oklahoma Indian who sized up a desperate white man as a coward. The Indian struck him with a glove, then again, noting the man's jaw dropping as proof of cowardice. The encounter ended without further violence. The Kansas City note closes with a remark on laundry bills rising with longer days.
Register Judson W Lyons of the United States Treasury praises Peruna as an excellent remedy for spring and summer catarrh and heat related mood issues. Letters from Miss Camilla Chartier and Mrs Kate Bohn attest to Peruna’s quick improvement in digestion, headaches, sleep, and overall health after long standing symptoms. Dr Hartman offers free advice to readers writing with their cases.
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