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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
3
Congressman Goulden reports rapid relief from bladder inflammation after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He endorses the medicine from personal experience, stating improvement by the second day. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Anderson of Hangchow argues Chinese bread-fruit pomelo could combine orange and rape fruit qualities for U S. trees yield 600 to 1000 pomeloes per season with diameters up to seven or eight inches. Fruit is oval, with color and appearance like grape fruit.
A Ray mond New Hampshire man, Porter, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing two years of severe neuralgia and head pain. He details lingering agony, sleeplessness, and irritable temper, noting relief began after the first boxes and full cure after six. The Pills are sold by Rue Rra and Dr Williams Medicine Co.
A woman recalls five years of severe itching bleeding sores covering body and face. After futile doctor visits, her mother urged Cuticura use. She reports immediate relief after first bath with Cuticura Soap and one application of Cuticura Ointment, then rapid recovery. Signed Mrs A. Ewon Belleville Michigan.
The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company files a Chicago Superior Court suit against Curtis Publishing, seeking about 260,000 dollars. It accuses Ladies' Home Journal of fraudulently circulating a testimonial allegedly given by Congressman George H White, which the firm says was not provided. The case marks a continuing large damage action against patent medicine notices.
The verse suggests tea provides rest when weary and stimulation when awake, pairing flavors with moods. It blends phrases about quiet talk and animated feeling, hinting at a personal vow or lyric cadence without concrete events or names.
Testimony shows officer pay at Mutual Life for 1904 including president 150000, two vice presidents 60000 each, other executives, with total receipts near 4 million and expenses around 25 percent. McCurdy agrees salaries reflect large-business rewards while questions of policyholder benefit trigger laughter.
Secretary Hitchcock rejects all bids for the Gunnicon tunnel near Montrose Colorado the main feature of the Uncompahgre irrigation project saying costs are excessive and authorizes completion by day labor under government supervision. Bids ranged from 1 541 000 to 2 125 000 with J G White & Co lowest. The reclamation service cites conspiracy fears and prefers direct government construction to avoid higher bids.
Secretary Taft will oversee Ixthinian canal affairs from the War Department and visit Panama in November to study sanitation facilities and labor conditions. Cabinet discussions confirmed continued control by the War Department with Taft set to review the situation in detail and report to Congress.
New York reports a ten million dollar John D Rockefeller donation to the General Education Board. The gift, announced earlier as forthcoming October 1, was paid in cash or securities at option, with the cash portion delivered to the board on the previous Monday. The executive committee received about twenty million in value through the arrangement.
A passage notes Mr Meredith as part of a group loyal to the quill pen before steel and metal pens. It mentions a belief that true genius comes only with traditional writing tools and cites British Museum authorities showing visitors the goose quill as emblematic.
The article cites Country Life in America noting that for every dollar spent on the weather service ten dollars are saved. It recalls the 1897 Mississippi flood where warnings a week ahead preserved 16 million in livestock and property, and signals for a single hurricane delaying port vessels worth 20 million. It mentions the West Indies stations of 1898 giving early hurricane alerts, Galveston’s chart a week before impact, and that forecasts now reach 85 percent accuracy with rural free delivery distributing 25 million forecast cards to farmers.
Sir William Ramsay states that not more than one tenth of an ounce of radium is known to exist and that the material often called radium walls is extremely scarce, highlighting a severe scarcity of this element.
W H Smith of Cream Arkansas reports eighteen months of back and kidney pain and epilepsy ended by Dodd Kidney Pills. He credits the medicine for renewed strength, able to work, and claims pure blood and health restored. The notice also includes unrelated household tips and a long aside on starch, laundry methods, and various anecdotes.
Reformer Piorangpedte warns against mandating label disclosures and formula statements for proprietary medicines. He argues such rules would curb advertising, empower pirates, and wreck manufacturers’ ability to inform the public about remedies seen in newspaper ads. He contends advertising funds public knowledge and many cures spread through ads.
A dated advertisement extols Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming 16 ounces per package at 10 cents, unlike rival half pound packs. It promises no sticking to iron and absence of harmful chemicals, urging purchase to save time and money despite garbled copy.
A disjointed notice describes the Alarka price at 350080 with an estimate that future value exceeds 10 billion dollars to the U S. It notes Chicago packers expanding travel salesmen into South American and Asiatic regions to exchange goods for money, with samples of meat products and exotic references. It mentions starch branding and a social scene, ending with fashion notes and remarks on embon OLN from an early 1900s marketing voice.
The line invites contemplation on the simple three letter word tea and the rich ideas it can evoke about welcome time, daily ritual, calm conversation, and shared moments across cultures. This playful musing links language to mood and hospitality.
A garbled, OCR style passage references a busybody, quality tea, and a grocer’s advertising pitch for Defiance Starch promising money-back value. It also mentions Hardy facing a house fire with mortgage concerns and scattered remarks on personal disputes and goods.
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