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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1903
Page
3
A token testimonial from Ina Mua of Ohio describes an abscess in the Fallopian tube healed without operation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy as free expert advice and asserts it helps women with female troubles.
A historic panorama of harsh punishments in France and England, noting brutal maternal discipline for supposed bad habits and lingering schoolroom penalities for vision problems. The piece questions the persistence of punitive practices across ages and professions, from teachers to railway superintendents.
A mixed view contrasts Russian progress with Western deprivations. The article notes a leading women’s medical college in St Petersburg and many women doctors, while prison life images differ from Tolstoi and Kennan. It highlights village mir councils advancing local option and women suffrage, a longtime English struggle still unresolved.
An 19th or early 20th century style advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve uncomfortable feet that feel cold damp and sweaty. It claims to ease sore feet and tight shoes and notes availability from druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents with free samples and a provided address.
The pearl fishery in the Persian Gulf yields an unusually rich season with divers extracting more jewels than the prior two years. Arab merchant Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul Wahab of Darien buys most pearls, sending them to the Bombay market where they are expected to fetch over £100,000. A Scots laird amusingly admonishes his English guest to "look tae the fush" after the novice slips into the river during fishing.
In Kentucky country a hunter introduces himself as Tug Hunter now Joseph Hunter, recounting travels across the nation, old Major Downey, and Cull’s boy who grew to be a senator. A riding figure arrives with a salute, while locals recall a bull incident that shaped family pride and local lore.
Prudence comments on what should be said about a man as Senator Soremham replies that many matters are best kept hidden from history and he will avoid breaking into such records.
A letter from Sisters of Charity in New York and S B Hartman of Columbus extols Peruna. The writer claims eight bottles cured four years of lung catarrh and praises its impact on coughs and colds with no remaining catarh.
Catholic sisters report Peruna cures for throat and voice issues among charges. Letters from Detroit and Central Ohio claim relief from laryngitis and catarrh after Peruna use. Hartman Sanitarium offers personal case reviews and advice on treatment.
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