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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1909
Page
7
A London Daily News writer notes Norfolk farm laborers aged 70 to 90 remain hale, with several centenarians and long-lived spouses across villages. The Lancet links longevity to outdoor work, plain diet, and strong health despite housing and sanitation shortcomings and rheumatism as a chief health foe.
In Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava W T Hornaday notes the Bisnaga Barrel Cactus serves as a portable well. He describes cutting and pounding the plant to extract three pints of pale white water and drinking it cool and mildly sweet, offering thirst relief on Arizona journeys.
A Baltimore American clipping recounts a dentist claiming to perform a supernatural act by killing a young Brassy’s nerve. The exchange questions belief in powers and cites the dentist’s supposed miracle, highlighting skepticism and curiosity about extraordinary claims.
The Baltimore American notes increasing quarrelsomeness among people and observes bull dogs gaining popularity as a social humor angle in the era.
Mrs Ezra Donovan of Willimantic Connecticut credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after five years of dizziness and weakness. Ad promotes the remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation irregularities and backache. It claims long-standing success and urges trial.
Advertises Mall's Catarrh Cure with a nationwide 100 dollar reward offer. Claims testimonials from F J Cheney Co and wholesale agents in Toledo and Watona, Kilman Manvin. Promotes internal treatment and twelve page testimonials free. Also markets Fall's Family Pills and Brown's Bronchial Troches and notes Greenland whale weight comparison.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine Laxative with a signature by B W Grove and a claim to cure a cold in one day for 25 cents. It mentions horse-based sausages from Germany and promotes Hamling Wizard Oil as a pain stopper, urging shoppers to ask druggists about it.
A Cal-Watsonville reader reports chronic stomach troubles for eight years, tried three doctors and nervous dyspepsia meds, found no cure until Peruna. After nineteen bottles she is "entirely cured" and attests to Peruna's claims. The piece also includes quips about love letters in court and salt yields from oceans.
An old advertisement page touts Piles Cured in 14 Days with Pazo Ointment promising relief from itching and bleeding piles. It also promotes Cascarets and mentions internal piles and constipation remedies. The copy is boastful and tests product claims with a mock testimonial style.
The article discusses maintaining proper moisture for seed beds to avoid waterlogging or drought. It explains that in open conditions moisture fluctuates but can be managed, while artificial environments like greenhouses or hot beds allow precise moisture control. Small scale methods such as covering seed receptacles with glass are noted.
A collage of medical ads and letters describes ringworm treatment with Calicura remedies and a whiskey tonic, plus immigrant praise of Western Canada’s prairies. It mentions George, Chambray, and Pursey street, with anecdotes on health products and farming prospects in Saskatchewan.
A physician in New York writes of American views on Chinese workers, noting that Chinese laborers earn about 20 dollars weekly with board, including a high quality diet. He argues they work hard, adapt quickly to American methods, and often take overtime without extra pay to ensure tasks are completed.
A ball mishap by Stub Weeks at center field derails his confidence as teammates mourn the muffed fly. Hicks and others recall the moment, while Weeks faces isolation and sorrow after the game turning error.
A Herne Hill gardener named Wal lace discovered a Bible bought second hand containing two five pound notes and a description offering the money to the heir of anyone who returns the Bible. The note claims the money was gathered with difficulty and has no near relative in need.
A fragment cites a Birmingham Age Leader quip praising punctuality of an alarm clock at 6 10 am and humor about future demographic ratios proposing one man for every 209 women. The note ends with a proverb about a frugal son.
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