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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
7
An old remedy advises mixing glycerine and pine oil with alcohol and water to cure coughs or cold in a day. It promotes a genuine pine oil product sold by a Cincinnati company with distinctive packaging. The item ends with a humorous exchange about hunting and cooking a fox.
A Virginia case from 1906 details a six month old with severe eczema treated by two doctors. After using eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the child recovered with no further signs of the condition. The testimony, signed James J. Smith of Durmid, Va., dates October 14 and 22, 1906.
William F. Wahlberg of Oklahoma City reports that one bottle of Peruna relieved his stomach catarrh more than years of medical treatment. He plans to continue use, praising Peruna as an effective, lasting cure after prior doctors and sanitariums failed.
Miller recalls his failed attempt to switch careers and join Chicago journalism. He describes the Tribune’s space men room, the pay structure, and his 20 day trial before getting a real assignment. The piece includes side notes on productivity myths and rural oddities from Missouri.
A fragmented ad and classroom anecdote describe a man claiming kidney pills improved health and enabled mobility after a serious injury. The scene shifts to a schoolroom where a proud mother learns her son is among the three top students answering a puzzle about who broke the back window glass.
A dubious remedy claims a never falling cure for rheumatism using whiskey, Toris Compound, and Syrup Sarsaparina Compound in tablespoon doses before meals and at night. The clippings also include scattered humor and fashion notes from early 20th century columns, mentioning college dining, vacuum preservation, and fashion auctions. Evidence of sensational tone and anecdotal anecdotes reflects the era’s newspaper collage style.
A mother and her young son recover from months of sour stomachs by adopting Grape Nuts after a stomach specialist advised a lighter diet. The woman reports improved digestion, restored energy, and better sleep, claiming weight regained and daily use of Grape Nuts. The testimonial is attributed to Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan.
A Laurel Advocate summary extols Western Canada as revering law and governance under British influence. It highlights regulated liquor and tavern rules, strong churches and schools, thriving wheat fields with yields up to fifty bushels per acre, and favorable homestead terms. Notes New York and Chicago school spending and a quip about manners and manners.
The advertisement promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars in a foil wrapped bandana style, touting fresh tobacco and old well cured tobaccos. It warns against imitations, urges customers to ask dealers for Lewis' Single Binder.
A distressed, misspelled excerpt describes a “compressman” father and a boy who wants to make people tremble at his name. The garbled lines mention a Tan and a “Catarrh Cure” with questionable internal remedies and a dated conjoined sales pitch.
A jumble of quotes and ad copy from various sources mentions Yale, Harvan men, crooked streets, a first amateur fisherman, and a Baltimore American note on markets. It includes a Dr. Johnson quote about truth and a line about Red Crossall Blue, with a final quip about breaking promises leading to ruin.
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