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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
6
Blanchard of West BangorNew York says five years of kidney disease improved after using two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure as advised by several doctors. Sold by John Gifford.
C. Shepard, a street railway magnate, planned to build a hospital and invest $500,000 in Oswego New York when an Oswego article severely criticized a railroad company he controls. He has now reconsidered his hospital project and other investments.
London’s rapid expansion of underground railways risks a disordered tangle of tunnels and tubes. Government leaders warn a comprehensive, coordinated plan is needed to prevent each line from undermining the others and to avoid a chaotic city site.
An advertisement claims dandruff stems from a diseased scalp and promotes Dr White's Electric Comb as the world’s only patented device to cure it. It asserts universal user delight and prices it at 85 cents plus one cent.
An old advertisement promises a patented electric comb remedy by D N Rose of Decatur Indiana. It claims to stop baldness dandruff and scalp diseases and urges readers to send 50 cents by stamps for a sample with a money back guarantee.
The czar of Russia selects twenty seven physicians from the nation’s medical celebrities. A first physician in chief leads, followed by ten honorary surgeons, two oculists, a chiropodist and honorary chiropodist, two court physicians, and three specialists for the czarina.
Thoughtful customers learn true merit comes only with the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea made by Madison Medicine Co. at C. I. Eliett's Pharmacy. The advertisement urges buyers to seek the authentic product over imitators.
Jno G Clark of Westfield announces he will be at the Central Livery Stable every Friday to pay the highest market prices for horses.
Government revenue officers report numerous inquiries as July 1 brings repeal of taxes including special tax on commodity brokers stamp tax on bank checks drafts and orders for payment. Other items repealed include certificates of deposit post office money orders and many insurance documents. Some taxes reduced on real estate conveyances passage tickets cigars tobacco and liquors while April 1 bucket shop and stamp taxes extend to grain securities and dealer contracts.
Mrs W K Havi land of Armonk New York says her little daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis but the life was saved with Dr King's New Discovery. Her niece with advanced consumption is now well. The medicine masters throat and lung diseases and is guaranteed 50c and 1.00 by C K Elliott with trial bottles free.
Interest grows in women in photography as The Ladies' Home Journal features a page devoted to Frances and Mary Allen. Their exquisitely picturesque pictures of quaint village life recall the charm and dignity of bygone days.
The ad promotes Dr White's Electric Comb to stop dandruff and hair loss with a written guarantee. Available in ladies 50c and gent 35c, small size 20c via stamps. Sold by D N Rose, General Merchant, Decatur TL.
A description of W. J. Taylor's image The Passing of The Farm in the June issue of The Ladies' Home Journal shows a lonely widow at an open coach door, looking back at her abandoned home. The scene includes a November sky, misty hills, a closed house, deserted barns, and a sorrowful figure that stirs deep emotion.
An old notice extols a steady girl while noting men’ s complaints that outings fail due to a sick headache. It promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin claiming to cure stomach trouble and headaches with a short, persuasive sign off to readers.
The Bureau of Standardization announces a national standards bureau funded with 1.25 million dollars to build a highly protected facility distant from the city. The building will have double walls on separate foundations and a distant power plant to preserve constant temperature and minimize outside influence. It will house a standard for capacity distance and volt testing and ensure precise thermometers.
Mrs L Pease of Lawrence Kansas lay bedridden seven years from kidney and liver trouble and nervous debility. She credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with restoring her ability to walk and feeling like a new person. The tonic is advertised as a remedy for headaches backaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness at 50 cents by C E Elliott.
Noted experts contribute to the Current Topics Club in the Chicago Record Herald with names like A Draper Geo I Hoar John H Finley Newell Dwight Hillis Darryl D Wright Eden M Henrotin May Wright Sewall Alice Morse Earle Mary Hartwell Catharine. The column offers articles on the Woman's Club Movement living a hundred years government for the people colonial governments literatures and biographies of remarkable men with new topics starting mid June.
Special train to San Francisco leaves Chicago Tuesday July 9 at 11 59 P M. Stops at Denver Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Salt Lake en route. Limited party under personal direction of Tourist Department Chicago and North Western Bay. Round trip 50 dollars with return route choices. Send stamps for illustrated itinerary and map of San Francisco.
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