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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
7
Letter from Mrs T C Willadsen touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as life saving for women. She recalls years of sickness, medicine, and advice from Lydia Pinkham, claiming the product restored her health. The notice includes Pinkham's invitation for sick women to write for guidance from Lynn Mass and cites widespread reported cures.
A string of comic vignettes and brief anecdotes appears including a streetcar encounter with an educated hog and a quip about reading a newspaper. Other bits reference a bronchial remedy, a western doctor, a mother lamenting a prescription’s odd effect, and a judge explaining evidence in a golf game with Chevy Chase. The text then shifts to a house hunter seeking Mr Smithson’s new block and a five minute advertisement versus reality debate.
A well known German physician warns coffee weakens the heart and causes undernourishment leading to organic diseases. He favors Postum as a healthful substitute free from injurious substances and cites results among his family and patients. The ad promotes Postum by The Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan with the slogan There’s a Reason.
Washington shoppers find rest from the crowded bargain counters as major churches in the downtown district keep doors open weekdays. The Church of the Epiphany on G street welcomes visitors for prayer, with First Congregational and St Patrick's nearby offering libraries and quiet spaces for rest and planning purchases amid the bustling retail area.
A promotion of healthful living cites a widely accepted product, an ethical remedy approved by physicians. The Syrup of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, is recommended as genuine and obtainable from leading druggists.
A nostalgic note recalls courting in country lanes with buttercups and daisies, now replaced by autos and momentum. The piece hints that inventors can obtain patents and asks what happens to bad actors, inviting readers to read the answer in the article.
Fragmented promotional text references spot cash for dreams and various products. It mentions Nature's laxative and soothing syrup lines, hints at misused phrases, and contains scattered lines about prices, consumers, and advice. The passage reads like an ad collage with no clear single news item.
Frederick Sandys famed as England's great draughtsman was asked to paint a mayoral portrait while unknown. A deputation offered up to 50 dollars for a full portrait, then settled on half length. Sandys quipped about preference, humorously noting the choice changed the stature of the work.
Alice L Dowell recalls her baby niece suffering severe eczema that tormented sleep and caused constant scratching. After a year with doctors and a prognosis of long lasting symptoms the child reportedly improved in three months using Caticura soap and ointment. The testimonial dates back to May 2 and 20, 1907 in St Louis Missouri.
Fragmentary note cites Hut theatrical productic line noting potential success. It remarks on uses and implies silencing repeat viewers, referencing contingent who have seen the performance before.
Fragmentary quote by R. J. H. RIndlaub, specialist, Eye Ear Nose and Throat, Fargo. The text questions living with misfortune and urges turning from discouragement, noting that not all women are geniuses and offering a proverb about timely words versus out of season lectures.
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