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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
7
A Waterville Missouri restaurant owner Mrs S A Moore testifies to relief from year and a half of kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports back and head pain weakness and urinary distress subsided with continued use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A weary hobo asks to sleep in a farmer's barn. The farmer, reading from a cheap magazine, claims open air sleep cures nerves and colds, promising a rosy pallor with perseverance, and offers the potato patch and sky to the hobo.
A Denver bank teller advises that truthfulness is detected by voice not eye contact. She explains that when a teller avoids the eyes and watches feet hands or knees a truthful speaker remains firm while a liar shows hesitation quivering voice and throat clearing.
A north Ireland country doctor, a sharp tempered bachelor, blocked by an old bog road woman leading a peats laden ass. He curses women and asses are always in the way. The woman retorts that they have manners to put him last as he drives on.
A Boston lawyer, exuding Dublin wit, cross examines a plaintiff in a divorce trial asking if she divorces because she drinks. When asked if he drinks, the plaintiff declares that is his business. The lawyer then inquires if he has any other business, and the reply is Everybody's.
In a health note, Dr. Felix Oswald argues outdoor exercise aids digestion of meals for brain workers and laborers alike. Grape-Nuts is promoted as a pure natural food from field grains containing phosphate and potash, prepared for immediate serving with cream, sold by Possum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich.
The article recounts the Libby prison tunnel escape of 109 Union officers in 1864 led by Col. Thomas E Rose and Maj. A G Hamilton. With two case knives they hacked through a sewer tunnel amid rat hell conditions, facing floods and collapses before reaching the surface after 17 nights of digging under secrecy and danger.
A Civil War anecdote from the Philadelphia Ledger describes two jokers convincing a raw recruit that General Grant ran a washing service. The man delivered a bundle to Grant, who then ordered the jokers to wash his clothes at the guardhouse to prove the prank.
A British officer, never prominent in the South African war, retires to a coastal Devon villa and asks a friend for a name reflecting his military career. The friend suggests "The Retreav" as a punny title.
In a Civil War vignette, a young private fearing court martial at Cold Harbor meets Adjutant General Williams. The general, amused by the private’s fears, promotes him to second lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment of the U S artillery and offers help with travel and clothes.
New York state erected a white marble McKinley shaft in Niagara Square Buffalo to memory of President McKinley. The dedication is set for Thursday Sept 5 as part of Old Home Week Sept 1 to 7. Governor Hughes and his staff will attend with Roosevelt and Cleveland invited to speak. Military parades will feature the ceremony.
A reader questions the claim that Monday is linked to washing clothes citing the Mayflower voyage and Plymouth Rock legends. The piece contrasts moon day origins with ship sanitation, noting the Mayflower carried about 100 people for 63 days and discussing vessel size.
The District of Columbia has the highest population density per square mile in the nation at about 3 839 people. Alaska averages one person per ten square miles, while Rhode Island ranks second with 407 people per square mile.
Michael Steinman of Brooklyn describes twelve years of misery from eczema spreading across four body areas. After doctors deemed it incurable, he used Cuticura Ointment and Remedies, reporting marked improvement after the first box and a full cure after the second set.
A reflective line notes that some men are clever in business yet leave clients unwilling to return. It suggests smartness without lasting trust can deter repeat dealings.
If so, get a box of Krause's Headache Capsules of your Druggist. 2c. Norman Lichty Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Ia.
A story about Lincoln being besieged by commission seekers who care more about a horse than a brigadier. Lincoln notes he can make a brigadier any day but the horse is valuable, a line echoed by John Russell Young who recalls Lincoln granting a brigadier’s son. Lincoln sighs that he needs time for other matters.
A four year old girl invited three older children into a shop and ordered four plates of ice cream. After finishing she left without paying. The proprietor stopped her and she said with innocence she would pay when she is married.
Judge notes some men believe true nature access requires excess gear and alcohol. The remark highlights conflicting views on enjoying the outdoors and self restraint while seeking natural experience.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic with claimed pain relief at 25 cents per bottle. Johnson cautions that round numbers are always false.
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