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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
7
Working women are invited to write to Mrs Pinkham for free health advice about their health issues. The advertisement asserts Mrs Pinkham helps with painful periods backache and other serious problems. It mentions Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and promises confidential letters. It provides the address Lynn Mass and urges women to seek her help.
Jove illustration shows the Thoth building of the John M Smyth MNmpany of Chicago. For 25 years the firm has grown from a local supplier to a nationwide wholesale direct-to-consumer seller with a 1000 page illustrated catalogue. Their low cost model cuts middlemen, offering colors and designs by rail or lake freight. Coughing Leads to Consumption ad copy closes the piece.
Advertisement offers a free sealed postpaid copy of Know Thyself to male readers who mention the notice. Request should be sent to the Peabody Medical Institute at 4 Bulfinch Street Boston Mass. The regular price is 50 cents.
The text repeats warnings about insults to Invalids Asia rule and asserts iron as the nation’s wealth, followed by a pitch for Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters to relieve digestive issues and improve appetite. It ends with a comment on social pressure in legal suits.
An assortment of vintage advertisements tout Libby’s Luncheon Meats with over thirty canned varieties and a free recipe book for order requests. Also features early 20th century medical claims for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Lakative Bromo Quinine Tablets, with testimonial-style endorsements and price notes.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease offering a free sample by mail to Le Roy New York. Describes relief for tired sweating damp swollen feet and ease for tight shoes with additional claims for corns and bunions. Mentions price 25 cents and availability at druggists and shoe stores. Ends with a quip on hereditary traits.
An advertisement for Salter's catalog and Salzer Seed Co invites readers to request the big seed catalog from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin. It touts cattle sheep and swine labour costs and urges action today.
Try CGHRAIN-O the new food drink that can replace coffee. Children and adults may drink it safely and many like it. It boasts a rich taste like Mochuacur Java, yet is made from pure grains and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced at 1 cent per cup and 25 cents per package. sold by all grocers.
An herbal remedy claims daily use improves health by acting on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headaches priced at 2 percent and 50 ce.
An old advertisement urges universal vaccination with a smallpox vaccine pack sold by Address Pharmacy in Las Vegas New Mexico. It promotes 8 percent cents per package and seeks agents to distribute.
A columnist notes a shift in behavior as people abandon laziness and adopt extended rest practices. The piece frames fatigue as a health trend and discusses cultural attitudes toward work and recovery.
An aged advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and claims it softens gums and cures wind colic at 25 cents a bottle. It promotes Dr Kline's Insiguratives Tone and a free trial bottle from Dr Kline's Institute at 954 Arch Street Philadelphia, founded 1871.
Indiana Attorney General W L Taylor asks for a rehearing in the Kentucky Court of Appeals over concurrent state jurisdiction on the Ohio River for serving court processes. The issue concerns Meyler’s summons while on a steamboat and underscores broader law enforcement and police protection concerns for Indiana along the river. Brownsburg fires and trichinosis cases headline linked local items.
Independent telephone companies from Indiana Illinois and Kentucky unite to form the Interstate Telephone Association to acquire all independent lines in three states. Officers named include President Charles R Duffin of Terre Haute Vice President J L Horney Clinton Secretary Henry A Colt Terre Haute and Treasurer J B Connelly Rockville.
Marshall Brantly was arrested by Sheriff Thompson after a Friday night shooting affray in Linton that killed Bryan Cullem and wounded Marshall Wright and Ward. He appeared at a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury in Bloomfield.
A recurring column presents portraits of prominent Indiana figures in church, politics, and business, highlighting the typical Hoosier virtues and influence in the commonwealth’s public life.
Valparaiso figure renominated in the Tenth District as a Republican standout for casting a lone vote against the Puerto Rican tariff bill. He was the only Indiana Republican delegation member to oppose the measure on the final tally, signaling an independent stance.
Tuesday night a major blaze gutted Roberts's grocery and threatened Masonic Hall. A Big Four hose wagon arrived from Indianapolis, water from the creek covered 00 feet of hose, and several firms reported losses from $250 to $3,000 with varying insurance. Local buildings including Green & Co. drugs, Dinwiddie grocer, and Eaton’s building suffered damage. Odd Fellows lodge and Record Printing Co. also listed insured losses. George Nash’s building endured $550 damage and stock dealer W S Hopkins reported $1,400 in notes and accounts harmed.
Shelbyville capitalists and business men representing 1,000,600 dollars ask city council for a franchise to build an electric railroad from Indianapolis to Shelbyville and to all county towns. Chicago capitalists recently arrived and made concessions to be met by local rivals. If granted, the line is promised to be operating by October.
Rev A Z McNew, once crippled after a runaway, créditDowie in Chicago restored mobility. While traveling Tuesday in Dublin he slipped on ice, injuring his leg again and awaiting recovery. Embezzler case linked to John Fred McConnel noted.
Coroner Axe delivers a manslaughter verdict in a case involving four gunshots to Cullem with Brantley claiming only two. About twenty five grand jury witnesses subpoenaed. Wounded men expected to recover. Linton residents split on blame amid unclear shooters. Calem left a widow and three children. Rushville divorce: Mrs Penina Goldsberry granted divorce from Benjamin Goldsberry for abandonment after forty seven years of marriage and his disappearance in 1872.
Dr W V Morgan performs a historic grafting of white eye skin over raw flesh on Scott Smith, a colored man burned eighteen months earlier. This second such procedure and first involving a colored patient uses a dozen eyes and shows capillaries integrating with the skin, making the graft appear part of the patient’s body.
A Kokomo company that makes woven wire fences and fence machines has received a large order for materials and machines to be shipped to Kaka Burman in Asia. This marks the first Kokomo manufacture to reach Asia, though the firm also sells extensively in South America, South Africa and Australia.
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