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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
7
The Well Informed World seeks a simple, pleasant, efficient liquid laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the trusted remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from reading druggists, fifty cents per bottle.
A Korean man named Kim Kyong Syop marked his thumbs with black spots as a vow to abstain from strong drink. He explains the marks were made when he vowed to quit alcohol, and the spots would remind him if he ever tasted again.
A St Louis architect notes ancient Rome regulated tenement height. During Augustus height rules capped generic tenements at 100 feet while palaces faced no limit. post Nero streets widened and tenement height fell to eighty feet, aiding city sprawl.
A fragmentary testimonial praises Postum as a cure for nervousness and fatigue. The speaker recalls severe illness four years earlier and credits coffee avoidance with improved health and energy, noting a return to daily tasks and household work. The text reflects early 20th century wellness framing and product endorsement.
In a tense drawing room tale Sir John Sisterson raves about a hidden business secret shared with his late partner Tom. Nurse Christabel and Maxwell Sisterson reveal the partner died in a scaffold accident years ago. The delirium exposes family tensions and a vow to keep the secret.
Montpelier Vermont industry turns out clothespins by the hundred millions each year using a spring wire design. Wood parts from Warren are assembled by right handed girls at Attic tables, with springs made locally. The firm ships pin loads by rail to distant markets worldwide as demand soars.
Rural mail service expands with two new routes from Cresbard starting May 1. A summary of local notices covers cattle inspector A J Huneh of Okobojo, a Terry girl saved from a well, temperance convention plans in Kingsbury county, and a railroad damages suit against the Great Northern by A B Melody from Garretson.
A historical notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles avoiding unnecessary operations. It quotes letters from women in Kansas and New Jersey praising relief from displacements, inflammation, and fibroid issues, and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A historical snippet shows Enterprise quipping about souvenir postcards of a pigsty and hen house offered for summer board or trade, reflecting local humor and rural life. The fragment highlights rustic commerce and a playful exchange about farm-related imagery.
A Milan Missouri resident recalls years of itch and pain from a leg rash before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After three applications cited as curing the leg outbreak and preventing blood poisoning after influenza and pneumonia, the testimonial is dated May 13 1907 and signed J P Hennen.
An OCR fragment shows a pledge about payment of one hundred dollars for a catanna item and a signature Frank J. Cheney dated December. It mentions Gleabon's medicine and Catarrh Cure taken internally, with a reference to a constipation remedy. The text is garbled with several misread names and phrases.
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