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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1905
Page
7
Public speaking tires the throat and bronchial tubes leading to catarrh, and crowded assemblies plus night air exposure worsen it. Peruna is described as especially popular among preachers for health and vitality.
The article extols Peruna as the most prompt and sure remedy for catarrh and notes many preachers rely on a bottle to meet emergencies. It mentions numerous letters of recommendation and praise for Dr. Hartman’s famous remedy, with only a glimpse of grateful messages on file.
In Berlin a workman lit his pipe with a scrap of paper and left a lottery ticket. A widow found the crumpled ticket and later learned the ticket matched the first prize of $50,000. The workman's fate remains imagined as the tale ends.
The note contrasts a modern turn key arrangement used for dental extraction with a sixteenth century technique that employed a cant hook to remove teeth, highlighting evolving practical tools in dental history.
An Australian dog helps its owner breach a prohibition order by returning with a beer bottle after being given a shilling to fetch liquor. The police face difficulty arresting either the owner or the dog due to legal gaps and lack of proof of intent. The Sydney Bulletin notes no law against supplying liquor to dogs.
L A Newton received a remarkable animal from Waterloo described as a cross between a shepherd dog and a small black bear. The creature has a canine head and forefeet with a bear body and hind feet, one brown eye and one albino eye, a heavy black coat with white markings on the neck and breast, and moves with bearlike steps. The dog is gentle and docile.
The Maine senate has only two farmers, while the house has 444 members. Lawyers are the largest group in the upper chamber with ten, about a third, and merchants hold nine. In the house twenty three lawyers and seventeen merchants.
A Camden New Jersey mother recalls severe infant skin sores and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the infant’s sores healed within a month and sleep returned. Mrs. Mary Sanders 709 Spring St Camden.
Col Edward Hatch Jr of New York crossed Lake Champlain from Willsboro to Burlington on New Year's Day in a rowboat. The lake was smooth as summer and the eight mile trip felt easy. A Woman's Martyrdom is too often her own fault because she won't try Dr Caldwell's Laxa tive Syrup Pepsin which aids stomach liver and bowels. Sold by druggists 5c and $1.00 with money back guarantee.
During a telegraphic fault messages from New York to Chicago were routed via London Gibraltar Alexandria Oden Bombay Madras Hongkong Guam and San Francisco. Replies returned to New York in under an hour.
A local advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. The notice claims the remedy works by improving blood and mucous surfaces and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure. Includes address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Willa A. Leonard has served as a money counter in the United States treasury department since 1862. She is described as an expert and the fastest counter among government employees.
In winter use Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating sore feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
London Truth asserts that now for the first time in centuries England possesses at least one composer of international reputation, naming Sir Edward IFlgar as the figure.
La Crosse Wisconsin based John A Salter Seed Co introduces the Earliest Green Mating Onion as a new money making vegetable. The catalog touts it as a winner for farmers and gardeners.
A broad notice mix includes a seed and plant offer promising thousands of vegetables for a 16c postage, a Salter corn bonus, and salacious names like Frederick Robie in Maine. It also cites Defiance Starch, a Parisian doctor’s pension bequest, a Donahue Co recruitment ad, and a guaranteed Piles cure with PAZO OINTMENT.
Advertises the Dixie Flyer from Chicago to Jacksonville with through sleepers and daylight South views. Also features the Chicago and Florida Limited with dining and observation cars arriving Jacksonville and St. Augustine next evening. Trains run via Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway Bat tlefields Route. Contact Brisard F Hill for folders.
Short dialogue hints at household dynamics and a husband who critiques meals with a dry, humorous edge. The exchange underscores domestic humor and character quirks within a home setting.
A housekeeper’s tip touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as non sticking to iron and packed with 16 oz per package. It contrasts with rival 4 pound packs and states the same 19 cent price. Warns grocers against selling 12 oz stock.
A humorous brief noting a Wild Man explains he eats raw meat after marrying a collect girl and can't afford a cook. The line signals a comic exchange in the Chicago News.
A health article urges women to avoid surgery for ovarian and womb troubles by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites symptoms like bearing down, irregular menstruation, and nervous debility and shares testimonials from Mrs. Fred Seydel and Miss Ruby Mushrush about avoiding operations and regaining health.
Patrick Gorman felled a hollow maple in Munroe Conn damaging a 17 pound coon that lived there. The animal’s pelt now sits among his prized possessions.
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