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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
7
Mrs James M Long of Staunton Virginia testifies that Doans Kidney Pills cured her back pain and urinary troubles on January 31 1903 and that over four and a half years later on June 20 1907 she has had no kidney problems. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A lighthearted exchange doubles as a joke in the local page, with a witty line about a husband speaking in his wife’s sleep. The quip highlights small town humor and friendly banter among residents.
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas details a long battle with eczema on her ankles. After two doctors and numerous products failed, three Cuticura products brought sleep and healing. She reports no relapse after a year and credits Cuticura for relief of itching burning and sores.
The exchange features a long winded orator lowering his voice to ponder future life as a century passes and a wearied auditor retorts we will still be listening as the speech ends. The dialogue captures a tense exchange about time and endurance.
Frank J. Cheney attests his firm F. J. Cheney & Co. will pay $100 for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason swore to the document in Toledo dated December 6, 1886. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with 75 cent price.
A Sphinx riddle prompts puzzled glances as the crowd debates the meaning of a line about a 200 pound maiden and a high little girl. Laughter erupts when the joke lands.
An advertisement touts chocolate pie as healthful and nutritious with easy preparation using OUR PIE flavor. It notes ready to use ingredients, packaging directions, and a 10 cent price at grocers.
The Methodist Episcopal church property in the country is valued at about 187 million dollars with an outstanding debt around 12.13 million. An odd aside promotes Garfield Tea as a mild laxative made from herbs, claimed health benefits. A quip notes Socrates would be glad Xantippe had not kept a diary centuries ago.
Consumers are urged to try Brown's Bronchial Troches for sore throat relief priced at a quarter a box. Advertisers claim immediate comfort and safety with no harmful ingredients.
A witty quip contrasts the saying that good die young with jokes that persist beyond the moment. The line hints at humor’s enduring punch in culture, suggesting laughter outlives brief celebrity or keen one liners.
Local ad touts a bottle of Bromo Quinine Laxative as a worldwide remedy for colds. It claims the product cures a cold in one day and directs readers to seek the signature of H. W. Grove on the package. Price noted as 2 cents.
A man new to the matrimonial scene finds his hopes dented as his bold push for a wife backfires. The episode shows his plans unraveling and his prospects dimming after the failed courtship.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum softening pain relief and wind colic cure at 25 cents per bottle. The copy ends with a Danish proverb about appearance and esteem.
Poem celebrates Saint Valentine as winter wanes and love awakens. The speaker describes the season’s oldest chill yielding to tender, divine affection that breathes life into the cold earth.
The narrator recalls a February day as a child, detailing a Small Person’s secret gift gathering, the mailman’s delivery of envelopes, paper trees and cupids, and the ache of missing out when a Valentine box runs dry. The piece reflects on deprivation, memory, and the heart’s fragility.
Brown jokes with Potter about valentines at the stationer’s. Potter admits buying for his wife and explains his plan to send hundreds of burlesque valentines on Valentine’s Day to provoke playful scolding and achieve peace for months. He notes it beats threatening the family ax.
The article describes how on Saint Valentine’s Day youths in England and France once drew names from a common pot to paired couples based on gender. It portrays the ritual as romantic yet notes the fate could easily mispair partners and complicate loyalties for the year.
The piece stresses clean kitchen walls as essential to good cooking. It warns against glue or sour milk based coatings and promotes alabastined walls with regular spring and fall coats. The pantry requires yearly brushing, shelf cleaning, and filling holes with putty to keep out insects and mice.
An army officer in a native district presents a native boy with heavy nailed military boots. The boy enjoys them for a week, then returns with the boots around his neck. He explains the boots are too big and slow for walking or running, suitable only for wearing in bed.
An advertisement advises a home remedy for rheumatic pains using one ounce compound Sarsaparilla syrup one ounce Toris Root compound and half pint whiskey. The mixture is shaken and taken before meals and at bedtime with a month of use to restore health, claiming even severe rheumatism will yield.
Popular Mechanics reports the continued use of treadmills for convicts in some English prisons. An illustration shows prisoners performing the task. The treadmill runs at about 30 steps per minute and a missed step triggers a cross-bar to strike the calf.
Advertisement touts Salzer seeds including Emperor William Oats and Silver King Barley claiming high yields in 1907 and 1908. Promises substantial returns on 50 acres and offers original seed catalog for 10 cents plus samples.
In a reading from the investigation committee a member asks about the cause of unrest among the Indians. Comanche Pete, a famed scout, responds after smoking, stating the cause is fleas.
Gussie recalls meeting a man who called him a fool. Knox notes the fellow is very slow, shaping a bitingly humorous exchange between two speakers in a casual conversation.
Guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Claims a fast, effective treatment with a full refund if not cured.
A young man courageously overcomes hesitation and secures victory in a leap year moment.
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