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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
7
Disjointed lines show a bizarre exchange about pancakes forks and a castle. A landlady comments on seasonality as a prune is singled out, while vague names and phrases hint at a quirky domestic scene.
Mr Dustin Stax argues that wealth buys many comforts yet he resents others, including staff, enjoying them for free while he toiled for his fortune. He contemplates the fairness of labor versus privilege.
A Muncie bride of two months visits a city department store to buy four pairs of socks. The clerk asks for size and she says her husband wears a 14 collar. The report comes from the Indianapolis News.
A Mexican laborer in San Bernardino California endured months of severe pains after two beans entered his head through the left ear. One bean sprouted an embryo plant nearly an inch long inside the ear tube before a physician removed them from the head.
Mrs Oldcastle asks about Thucydides while Mrs Gottalotte contemplates a $600 Persian rug. Josiah deems classics fresh only, grocer stock limited to canned editions.
Tired Blood manifests as dry skin itching eruptions eczema pimples rashes boils carbuncles scrofula and more. The Tonitives remedy claims to purify blood to destroy germs and prevent skin diseases. 75c per box. Buffalo New York.
A correspondent recalls a Istanbul harem of a great Turkish general. Sixty slaves aid daily life in a two-part house with male salamlik and female haremlik. Meals come via a floating tray, rose baths exist, and marriages are arranged with veiled brides.
This January lesson centers Genesis 1 through 3 and the theme of creation. It argues that God created the heaven and the earth, and that science aligns with Scripture on creation and divine power. The piece stresses teaching children about God and upholding the first verse as foundational.
State Auditor Gordon appointed Thomas Bond, a young attorney, as the auditor’s local counsel to collect the collateral inheritance tax. The post, worth about 9000 dollars a year, had been vacant for 18 years prompting questions from politicians about the oversight.
Dr. H. V. Beeson extracted two beans from the head of a Mexican laborer in San Bernardino California. One bean had sprouted into an embryo plant nearly an inch long, growing in the ear canal after months of severe head pains.
A lesson by E. O. Sellers, director of the Evening Department at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, presenting guidance and interpretation for students and readers.
The ad explains kidneys filter blood and that weak or diseased kidneys cause backache, dullness, nights of restlessness, and headaches. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick, safe remedy without poisons or habit forming drugs, claiming overall improved well being.
Advertisements reference Mrs. Austin's Bag Pancake and a note on engaged people being less sane than neighbors suppose. It mentions a guide who shoots hunters in self defense and a claim of accident versus intentional harm.
A customer protests a price rise from a quarter to fifty cents for a load of coal while the coal man explains that costs have risen. The exchange captures a small town dispute over living costs and service charges.
Two veteran anglers named Daniel and Harvey fished in deep water with their backs to each other. Daniel slipped overboard but surfaced moments later with his pipe in mouth and whiskers shaking. He quips that he went down to check his bait.
A Scotch doctor new to the gun pursues rabbits with a keeper during a day's shoot. Ferrets chase the swift prey as the physician complains the beasts are too quick, while the keeper jests that patients do not lie still either.
Dubbleigh runs out of gasoline and asks a roadside hotel landlord for a fill but is told gas cannot be sold on Sunday. The landlord offers a $7 room for the night, and Dubbleigh accepts the lodging option.
A surgeon testifies caffeine in coffee and tea caused fifteen years of insomnia and indigestion, and that stopping coffee and drinking Postum restored health and steadied his hand. The ad promotes Instant Postum in powder form, with preparation steps and pricing, from the Battle Creek company.
Dr L F Kebler declares 99 percent of cocaine and morphine in the U S comes from prescriptions fueling the drug habit. He cites increased usage over 40 years and urges stricter physician discrimination alongside failing state laws. Dr Patterson echoes that 19 of 20 patients seeking treatment were led by doctors' prescriptions.
On January 27, 1778 Don Bernardo de Galvez, then governor of the Spanish province of Louisiana, petitioned the Spanish king for aid for Missouri settlers along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. He asked that enslaved workers be provided on credit to promote flax and hemp cultivation, with repayment in crops.
A quip notes that half of women desire weight loss while the other half desire fullness. The remark plays on universal body image conflicts and societal pressures.
Advertising copy urges caregivers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the genuine signature of its longtime maker. Claims the remedy is safe for infants and children and has been in use for over eight decades as a trusted product.
A judge remarks on a woman's age during a courtroom inquiry. The exchange hints at societal views that a decent wife may differ in suitability for poor versus rich suitors.
Advertisement listing 16 sizes from 85 to 850 dollars for farms or large communities with a booklet by THOS. M. BROWN of Springfield Missouri. Also promoting Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain bottled at 2 cents. Ady.
A brief item notes that the sting of defeat lingers longer than the sweetness of victory, reflecting a mood of lingering disappointment despite recent wins.
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