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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
4
Byna George L. Woody is identified as editor and publisher and is noted in a notice stating the posting location at the Russiaville Post Office as second class mail matter.
Woody is ill with tonsillitis while G W Freeman and family visited relatives last Sunday. Miss Curry of Indianapolis visits Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Ammon. Kincaid family to Indianola relatives. Freeda Leckrone to Dayton for aunt and schooling. Mrs Wright to Plaiyfield for yearly meeting and sister E J Carter. King’s Little Liver Pills advertised. Lloyd Jones guests of Mrs Woody. The Woody Bros Livery Barn advertises care if traveling. Marie Rhinehart returns home from Russia ville to start high school.
O L Quakenbush notes a small sum of money is needed and states the loser may obtain it by identification and paying for advertising.
A full line of Post Cards is offered at Mrs Woody's Photograph Gallery with each card described as similar to others but presenting a unique visual. The display promises a variety while maintaining a common format.
H S Nichols of Oakland law says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy cured all cases quickly since 1812 used by a traveling salesman for eighteen years. He trusts it as a faithful friend. For sale by G W Kemp.
John H Zirkle of Philippi West Australia praised Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after it cured his chronic diarrhoea. He reports no symptoms for eighteen months and states he remains active at sixty years old. Sold by G W Kemp.
Mrs Kate Wilhelm and her daughter Miss Viola Murphy departed last week to spend the winter in New York City.
Mrs M M Davison of 379 Gifford Ave San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She says a bottle provides more health for the digestive organs than any other remedy she knows. Sold under guarantee at Kemps drug store. 450e
A compact biography of William Hickling Prescott born 1796 in Salen Massachusetts. It covers his eye injury during youth, Harvard studies, travels in Europe, and his seminal works History of Ferdinand and Isabella Mexico Peru. It also notes a late 15th century belief in a top shaped earth and Columbus era writings supporting that view.
Pineules for backache described as easy to take golden globules. Claims act on kidneys to purify blood and energize the system. Marketed as best for backache and lame kidneys with a 30 days trial for $1.00. Sold by Swayzee Bros.
An old time advertisement touts Penny pictures at Mrs Woody's Photographic Studio with orders to Hudson Restaurant for Pure Manufactured Ice. Pinesalve Carbolized offers quick relief for insect bites stings chapped skin cuts burns and sores. Sold by Swayzee Bros.
A compact note invites photographers to add ping pong themed postcard cards to their gallery offerings. The item highlights novelty cards for display and sale, encouraging sales through a distinctive sport inspired product line.
A memory piece recalls ham and eggs as a favorite dish from childhood in the country. It also reports on long burning fires in Yorkshire England where peat fires have burned for generations at farmhouses and castles with records of centuries old and peat fuel supplied from moors.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says after twenty years of granulated sore eyes a February 1903 sample of Chamberlain's Salve cured him. He used most of one box and has had no trouble since. Sold by G W Kemp.
The Hungarian government plans vigorous steps to curb wandering Gypsies. About 150000 Tziganes, mostly musicians, live mainly near the Croatian frontier in Nagy Karped. Their one room huts lack furniture as they sleep on bare boards and often relocate camps away from towns. Attempts to restrict them have repeatedly failed.
A bashful youth and Miss Georgiana discuss Jupiter and Mars during a quiet starry evening. They note Jupiter about 400 million miles from Earth and Mars roughly 40 million miles away. They question whether inhabitants exist on either planet, with the girl quipping that they might not notice them from a dark night.
The obituary notes a man who avoided breakfast lunch coffee meat vegetables tea and slept outdoors to improve health. He walked ten miles daily and now rests in peace beneath the snow in Petropolis.
Superintendent Maurice Ruben of the New Covenant Mission in Pittsburg Pennsylvania reports many conversions this season. The board purchased a three story flat building at Reed and Crawford streets with plans to construct another building on the adjoining lot to expand the mission.
A writer notes burglar superstition about houses with a squinting female servant and horses seen on a day. A burglar would avoid numbers 22 93 111 and 444. The North American mentions Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe second volume issued Aug 20 1719 with a world map illustrating voyages. The first volume appeared April 1719 gaining rapid popularity.
Mrs W S Horne reports the China mission station at Kanchow now serves 32 scholars with a chapel two dwellings a school and five outstations. Eighteen years ago locals had never heard the gospel as the mission expands. Perfumed flower bracelets and new refined accessories reflect changing customs in milady circles. A sharpened salad fork offers a novel etiquette aid for cutting greens.
An ad touts CLOTHCRAFT menswear promising all wool garments with perfect style and fit. It argues loyal customers will return season after season, offering suits and overcoats at lower prices than competing all wool brands selling from 10 to 25 dollars.
Readable excerpts cover the proverb Necessity is the mother of invention tracing Persius and Richard Planck. A wheel game on slate scores numbers by pencil toss. A mattress protection tip uses newspaper sheets. Humorous exchanges from Philadelphia Ledger and a witty exchange about wealth and marriage conclude the fragment.
A child’s schoolbook style guide argues against phrases like I don’t think it will rain and over all the world. It critiques The reason why and quotes a King James Bible passage to illustrate awkward phrasing and explains why corpses arose in the morning. It warns that fell off a dock is poor usage.
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