Bargain Week Offer for The State Journal Berne
The State Journal Berne announces its third annual Bargain Week with subscriptions at 3 dollars for year without Sunday or 4 dollars with Sunday, valid December 21 to 28. New subscriptions start January 1, 1909 and run to January 1, 1910 at the cut rate. The paper touts advance payments, mail-only distribution, and no liquor ads, urging families to try the large state paper at the low price before returning to regular rates. Subscribe by sending payment.
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Berne
Uncle Sam
State Journal
Scotland completes first electric signal system on Caledonian line
A large system of electric signals has been completed along the Caledonian Railway line in Glasgow Scotland, described as the first installation of its kind in Scotland. The note also mentions fashion hats and a humorous aside on patience.
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Caledonian Railway
Cagow
Scotland
Best for the Bowels advertised laxative tonic
An old advertisement extols Best for the Bowels as a modern laxative liver regulator and bowel tonic. It contrasts palatability with salts and castor oil and claims it won’t upset digestion. Available from druggists, price 50 cents.
Alpine Queen Builds High Garden and Global Plant Collect
A narrative mentions Lady Ernestine Hunt operating a Calgary ranch of about 40 000 acres. It notes Queen Margherita’s Alpine garden near the Petit St Bernard pass at six thousand feet, famed as the world’s most perfect garden and a destination for diverse plants and lichens. It also highlights government printing costs and waste paper revenues, plus electric drive boosting English dolling mills’ output.
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Ernestine Hunt
Marquis of Allesbury
Calgary
Alberta
Alps
Trout to invade African rivers and aid explorers
The piece notes plans to introduce brown trout to Africa's rivers, where many rivers are presently fishless. It cites experiments showing trout thrive in fishless waters and suggests future explorers may breakfast on grilled salmon cutlets before daily adventures. It also mentions large numbers of US school buildings and teachers, and a medical claim about Pazo Ointment for piles.
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Great Britain
Africa
Shifting Fragments on Remedies and Ruins in France
A garbled note mentions Bromo Quinine as a laxative and hints at RE W Gio ve as a signature. The text references reading the World over to cure a cold in one day and contrasts a circus with Palace and Gardens in Vers ailles, France, described as beautiful yet in ruin amid historic associations.
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RE. W. Giove
Versailes
France
Bed Sores Relieved By Cuticura After Severe Rheumatism
A 1907 testimonial from Mrs Lavina Henderson of Stamford Connecticut describes a long illness with inflammatory rheumatism and skin damage including three bed sores. She credits Cuticura Ointment and Soap with restoring her hair and skin after poor appetite and high fever. The note includes other miscellaneous items and odd historical curiosities found in the issue.
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Lavina
Deafness Cure by Constitutional Remedies Promoted
An advertisement explains deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and mucous membranes. It claims local applications fail. proper treatment is constitutional and warns nine of ten cases arise from catarrh. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness cured by nothing but catarrh cure.
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Austria
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Bohemia
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tawe Mall
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