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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1906
Page
7
A Moberly foundry worker describes severe rheumatic pains and heart flutter from damp work. After a month of Dr Williams Pink Pills, pain and swelling faded, appetite returned, and he regained strength. The pills also treat sciatica locomotor ataxia and other blood or nerve disorders.
Daren describes a business trip to a small town and a hotel he calls the worst he ever knew. He woke in the night to gas escaping, noting he would have escaped himself if another hotel had been available.
The Nickel Plate Road offers attentive care for all travelers with features like uniformed colored porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers on all trains, and dining options including club meals. Tickets from La Salle Street Chicago, with J. Calahan as general agent at 111 Adams Street for information on rates routes and sleeping car reservations.
Bothered by lawyers, a widow says the legal tangle over her late husband John’s property would be eased if he had left a will. A visitor notes the lawyers’ pressure and the widow’s wish that John hadn’t died, illustrating the heart of the dispute.
The article describes two main woodwork setups for sharpening fence posts. One uses a tripod of three rails and a stump block to cradle the post for freehand chopping. The other places a post on a fixed block near an outbuilding with a nailed timber brace to steady the work. It also notes using a solid chopping block to reduce blows.
A historical look at the early coffee houses in Oxford and London. It traces origins with Nathaniel Conopius and Jacob in Oxon, notes 17th century sales and nuisances, and cites the 1662 Kingdom’s Intelligencer advertisements offering coffee powder and tea at Exchange Alley with promises of quality and free coffee at the Great Turk house.
An assorted old newspaper ad listing Garfield Tea as a mild laxative from Garfield Tea Co. Brooklyn. It also promotes Bayer’s Penetrating Owl for throat and tonsillitis, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, and a quip about education, football crowds, and household habits.
A hay dealer warns against loading flat sided bales as they trap air and heat. Properly loaded cars place rough bale edges together to create air gaps and prevent heating. Pay excess weight if needed, since higher hay prices offset extra freight. bale size should suit buyers, with 60 to 75 pound bales common for city retail demand.
Ornamental trees suffer from indiscriminate pruning that seeks uniform shapes. Each tree has a characteristic form and should retain its natural growth. Remove dead or blighted branches but avoid drastic thinning that alters overall appearance.
The article explains that melon flavor and value depend on where grown. Rocky Ford melons differ from eastern Gem melons, gaining superior flavor and size when cultivated in Rocky Ford Colorado with ample sun and moisture.
A London paper claimed the fable of the fox and sour grapes is inaccurate but an Oxford professor, asserting natural history, bought grapes and tested them on a fox at the zoo, where the fox ate the grapes greedily.
Report notes a pianist performance at the concert hall last night. A nearby spectator shares a remark about New York and Alice Roosevelt's trousseau, reflecting social chatter at the event.
Chicago Tribune notes the trust magnate Multim has withdrawn from business and questions his accumulated fortune, stating he cleaned up everything in sight but his record.
New York reports firm flour and steady sheep with no hog sales. Cleveland lists mixed grain prices and strong butter. Toledo shows cash Wheat at 854¢ and Corn 47¢. East Buffalo notes prime cattle and lamb prices. Pittsburgh cites prime cattle and sheep with hogs at prime heavy use.
Historic notes describe whist possibly dating to Henry VIII, the Royal William as the first Liverpool to New York steamer in 1838, and the Massachusetts as the first transatlantic screw steamer in 1847. It adds lanterns on medieval swings and the Savannah of 1819 as a Western Ocean voyager, plus hat band origins from ancient fillets and lacing traces.
A brisk roundup notes Joseph Nix gathering 3845 signatures in Bradford for a gospel temperance pledge. Silvester Horne praises Whitefield tabernacle billiard room as church recruiting ground. Porter, I. T. preacher Rowell marries in his blacksmith shop. Father Boulet divests wealth to build churches in Blaine and Lyndon. Father Ramsey, Africa veteran, vacationing in the U. S. Hurley, Conn minister in the Athenæum and RK 5 member, famed for arithmetic prowess as a youth.
A trained nurse from Newark recounts personal recovery using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after six years of health decline. She cites four months to cure and urges other women to seek the remedy, praising its safety and effectiveness for female illnesses and endorsing Mrs. Pinkham's confidential guidance.
An Ohio woman recalls severe health decline from coffee use and heart trouble. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, she reports stronger health, clearer mind, steadier nerves, and regained interest in home life, crediting Postum as the sole cause.
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