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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
7
Ad copy touts Davis's Perfect Fitting Shoes with a wide stock and a single low price. It promotes travel bags, summer vacation gear, and a “First Class” department store vibe aimed at families seeking affordable footwear and accessories.
The letter from Nancy Lowe of Virginia praises Doan's Kidney Pills for relieving long running kidney pain and urinary troubles after twenty years. She notes improved sleep and overall health, then mentions her son's ankle sore treated with Doan's Ointment which healed quickly. The ad urges purchase at Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as US agents.
An advertisement touts Kodol as quick relief for indigestion citing stomach juices and compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. It also mentions Manhattan Cafe meal tickets priced at six dollars for twenty one meals.
An advertised remedy promises quick relief for sore inflamed piles with a collapsible tube applicator. Claims patients experience instant relief from bleeding itching or protruding hemorrhoids and includes a guarantee. Sold by H F Burke.
At Port Pitt foundry in Pittsburg, 1887 guns for the navy were named Satan and Lucifer after clergy protests. Captain Wise defended the practice by citing historical vessel names like Jupiter and Venus, but religious sentiment blocked the proposed nomenclature.
Article discusses Parisian underworld gangs called Apaches. Names include Robert of Montpaine Gegene Courtillo Green Crypts Coxtands Villette Monten l air Batignolles. Police fight these bands as they terrorize streets nightly robbing cabs and homes. Youthful bands from shanty districts emerge from gutters and foundlings. life of an Apache is short, often ending at the guillotine or prison.
A jumble of 19th century snippets covers medical cautions from a Brooklyn doctor about cancer risks and training for nurses, interlaced with whimsical vignettes on midges, love, and social mores. The fragmentary prose skims themes of danger, romance, and human folly from Strand Magazine style pieces and early gossip columns.
A lively maritime program aboard details season entertainments deck mimes dances and athletic events for all ages. The varied schedule includes races drills boxing cricket dancing and a sack race with prizes funded by entrant fees, typically 60 to 80 cents per participant.
The Sydney Standard notes an old debate on the lightning rod. It cites Benjamin Franklin and references Talmudic passages showing prior awareness of protecting fowl from thunder and the idea of magnetism as a conduit for distant influence.
A garbled OCR style slice lists odd items on writing, wheels, and sickroom care. It mentions a penman tracing hundreds of curves per minute and a claim about writing millions of curves yearly. It also covers cleaning a sickroom with a mop and a few scattered travel magazine style debates on economy and manners.
The wall of Cartagena is described as among the oldest in the Americas, built with vast funds and guarding wealth and pleasure quarters. A government prison stands along the walls with guards and a line of cells, whose inmates now attract tourists who buy carved shell and wood from the prisoners.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recalls a wandering guest at a rough Atkinson hotel asking how to escape fire. The landlord coldly replies that only the night watchman with a shotgun can help, and suggests the guest settle the bill for board and lodging.
A garbled historical fragment recounts Brother Yves of the preaching friars in Damascus and a veiled woman with fire and water vowing to burn heaven and extinguish hell for pure love of God. Intertwined are stray hotel key anecdotes and goosology notes, concluding with fragmented lines about memory and marriage from 19th century notices.
An ad extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach and liver tonic. It claims to restore digestion, purify the blood, and relieve torpid liver and biliousness by supporting appetite, reducing headaches, and easing digestive discomfort. Endorsed by medical professionals from Jefferson Medical College and other physicians, it warns against unknown substitutes.
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