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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
7
The article describes a quick release method for farm harness traces using a snap on the back band with leather and rivet. It notes common failures like broken hooks and missing straps and presents the snap solution as a convenient improvement.
Farmers' Review guidance outlines starting a two year old colt with a harness in a lot away from other horses, then gradually teaching turning, stopping, and noisy environments while using a steady horse. Emphasizes patience, firmness, and sight of surroundings. notes breed differences, especially Percheron and Hambletonian, and warns against blind bridles.
A collage of items appears from a period-era page: a dialog about a girl awaiting a promised future gift as a boy departs after five years. Seattle enforces a rat-proofing ordinance with market inspectors arresting meat dealers. the pope grants the Golden Rose of Virtue to the Queen of Spain. an elderly Windsor magistrate remains on the bench. Germany’s rise as a nation of sports clubs with 470,000 members. and a Detroit Free Press quip about a man’s so-called success in marriage.
New York and Toledo market notes dated January 14 1908 report prices for wheat corn oats and butter with range figures. Cattle hog lamb and calf prices are listed for winter markets with values from several regional yards.
A column blends railroads with jokes and anecdotes from small towns. From Irish drivers who ask where the train is after a buggy crash to a Philadelphia boy's prayer quip, the pieces lampoon transportation myths, family humor, and literary misfires in a brisk, period voice.
In Moscow Idaho Mrs. Frank Roseboom reports persistent kidney trouble disrupted sleep with vision issues and back pain. After trying many remedies she attributes improvement to Deans Kidney Pills sold for 60 cents a box by Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. A separate humorous note describes a milepost of letters and a dinner joke about onions and kisses.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes including a 1884 eczema remedy testimonial for Cuticura from M W LaRue in Louisville Kentucky, a Stanford trainer Dan Moulton hard luck tale, a local grocers selling Our Pie mix, aphorisms, and assorted ad copy on health and home remedies. The items read like clipped snippets from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
A comic clash unfolds as a minister seeks a genuine church member from a young man who attends weekly. The page blends sermon notes with advertisements and quotes from Poe, Ovid, Beaumont, and others, reflecting a mixed 19th century newspaper page.
A railroad worker credits Grape Nuts with solving long standing indigestion and boosting energy. He reports weight gain and no recurrence after three months on the cereal marketed by Postum Co. The testimonial also notes a wife’s adoption of the product.
The Well Informed world seeks a simple pleasant efficient liquid laxative and the California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The ad claims ethical lines and trusted harking to physicians and urges buyers to obtain genuine manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co only, price fifty cents per bottle.
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