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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
7
An old newspaper ad touts Swamp Root and Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It invites readers to write Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York, noting testimonials and urging copy of the ad.
Vintage advertisement touts hair care with Herpicide as the only cure for dandruff Burrowing germ roots hair loss claim. Sample offer via The Herpicide Co with price details and special agents Wells & Haymaker.
Multiple properties offered including a 5 room house on a lot by new fair grounds with apple trees and barn, two lots with two houses each on Grasselli Addition at 3000 each, a seven room house and lot in Industrial Addition, a 88 acre farm near Grasselli with orchard, plus shares in Clarksburg Cemetery Association for sale. Prices and terms vary.
Fragmentary OCR shows bus or train timetable notes with times and destinations but many garbled names. The legible elements indicate a departure around 7:28 am and routes possibly through Philadelphia area, with misread lines and codes.
Years ago General Beo fosnin Py Dather attended a Brooklyn review and noted conductors were urged to register fares as passengers entered the car before fares were collected. Years later he represented the plaintiff for 15000 in a trial against a Brooklyn Street railway. The conductor testified strongly for the company, but the attorney questioned prior disclosures and implied fare practices affecting the case.
A Chicago News item recounts a letter carrier's method for deterring aggressive dogs. He carries tobacco dust to blind a dog's eyes, allowing safe passage without confrontation. The practice is framed as a lesson for both dog and owner, highlighting discipline in uniformed service.
An Englishwoman at a lighthouse notes the death of a wealthy neighbor who helped her country. A pastor in New York state and a series of eerie coincidences frame a tale of sudden illness and fate as the scene unfolds.
Mrs. St Aubyn, after twenty years of Paris to London life, longs for the simple country with orchards and fields. She recalls a vanished era as she travels from New York to Meadowbank, noting a village scene, autumn leaves, and a return toward the old orchard path.
A chance meeting in an orchard leads to a confession of love and a critique of wealth and status. Mrs St Aubyn confronts past hopes while others discuss letters to a church and the import of mail for wandering travelers. The scene shifts from intimate talk to social observations about letters, church visits, and the era’s manners.
A performer presents a dancing figure illusion using a pinned black silk thread. The figure sits and stands while the thread runs from each leg to the performer, who moves to create a lively dance without the audience noticing the taut line. The trick relies on careful positioning and controlled foot movements to animate the figure.
The Chicago News explains the cuckoo’s true method of reproduction. The female lays eggs on the ground and male helpers place them in prepared nests. Eggs hatch into large chicks, displacing fostered offspring of the rightful nests.
Red coral is a thorny axis organism forming a soft-bodied colony that yields a hard red core used for neck lace jewelry. The material is largely inorganic with calcium content, purified by removing the animal matter, and valued for its antique jewelry appeal.
A garbled OCR style note touts Dr Bhoop Bas flavoring with cereals malt and nuts. It promises Hearth Lotree product with coffee and toffee hints though the text is incomprehensible and unclear on facts.
An old advertisement touts Beewt Melody Flour cough syrup as a remedy for hoarseness and coughs. It claims honey and tar formula, pleasant for mothers and children, with no opiates and a bowel-covering effect. Sold by H Burke.
Free samples or Freventica and a booklet on colds mailed upon request by Dr Shoop Racine Wis to prove merit. Preventics are candy cold cure tablets with no quinine or harmful ingredients. Preventics claim to prevent colds when taken early or at the sneeze stage and to break up a heated cold quickly. sold by all druggists.
An advertisement touts Pineules as a kidney remedy free of alcohol and opiates and claims it complies with the National Pure Food and Drugs Law. The offer promises guaranteed results and a thirty day course for $1.00, with sales handled by H. B. Burke.
An old ad claims Ken niedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup cures cold or cough by using opiates to move the bowels and drive the cold from the system. It asserts compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law and that it is sold by all druggists.
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